Major Bahraini lender launch the latest Shari'a compliance product for personal finance
The Bahraini Saudi Bank and Al Salam Bank-Bahrain have started the New Year with the launch of " Tayseer "…
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First Shariah-compliant hedge fund launched for retail investors
Dubai Shariah Asset Management’s flagship Kauthar Gold Fund, thought to be the world’s only Shariah-compliant equity gold hedge fund, has opened to…
Bahraini Saudi Bank, Al Salam Bank launch 'Tayseer' Shari'a compliance product
The Bahraini Saudi Bank and Al Salam Bank-Bahrain have started the New Year with the launch of 'Tayseer' promotional media…
Clifford Chance advises on $5bn of new sukuk issuances in January 2012
The Dubai office of Clifford Chance LLP has advised Emirates Islamic Bank P.J.S.C. (EIB) and Emirates NBD P.J.S.C. (ENBD) on…
Islamic banking draft moots five-member Sharia board
A five-member Sharia board, exclusive branches for window operation, clear cut segregation of conventional and Islamic banking with separate teams…
DIB reports 2011 net profit rose y-on-y
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) announced its financial results for the year ending December 31, 2011, demonstrating sustained growth across the…
Al Baraka’s Turkish unit to issue $200 million Sukuk
Al Baraka Bank’s Turkish subsidiary will go ahead with a $200 million Islamic bond issue in the first quarter, after…
Is Islamic Finance a Failure? An Assessment
Oliver Agha, founding Partner of Agha & Co, a shari'ah-compliant law firm based in the United Arab Emirates (www.aghaandco.com), is…
IDB ready to fund Oman’s Islamic banking sector, public-private business ventures
Islamic Development Bank is ready to provide equity capital to Oman’s upcoming Islamic banking industry, development projects in the sultanate…
Crisis: Islamic Finance doing well, up 20% in Gulf
Islamic finance has increased exponentially in the last decade, with transactions worth more than one billion billion dollars in 2011,…
Challenges to growth of Islamic banking
Although Islamic banking has grown rapidly over the last three decades, the volume of transactions touched $1.086 trillion (Dh3.98 trillion)…
The Islamic Bank of Asia Announces Two Strategic Appointments
The Islamic Bank of Asia today announced two key senior appointments to drive the bank's focus on investment banking and…