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Developments in Islamic Finance (2)
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London, reports for Opalesque’s free daily Islamic Finance Briefing (subscribe here). See yesterday’s part 1 of the article here.

Some experts on Islamic finance gave their views on the current developments: Dr. Mushtaq Shah, CEO of Ratings Intelligence (www.ratingsintelligence.com), a London firm which provides services for investors who wish to invest in stocks in accordance with Islamic principles, and Farmida Bi and Neil D Miller, partners at the law firm Norton Rose’s Banking team in London (www.nortonrose.com) and specialists in Islamic Finance contributed. Norton Rose now has three offices in the region in Bahrain, Dubai and Abu Dhabi as well as an associated office in Riyadh with the Law Office of Abdul-Aziz Al Assaf.

New products in Islamic finance: note issuance platforms, structured products, alternatives, ETFS According to Dr. Shah, we continue to see a wide range of products being developed along the risk/reward spectrum. The return on cash equivalent Islamic products is quite low so investors are looking for new products. In addition, global property (which used to be very popular with Isla......................

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