• Islamic banks still struggling to make inroads in Lebanese market
• Islamic banking industry shows rich potential
• Islamic banking back on track
• Islamic banking - time to act!
• Islamic banks increasingly outsourcing Shariah supervision
• International Bank of Azerbaijan plans to launch Islamic Banking service in 2011
• TuranBank fastens process of ‘Islamic Banking Window’ use
• ITFC funds a credit line of $1.3 mln for Azerbaijan’s TuranBank
• End to Sukuk freeze spurs Pakistan fund buying
• Sudan, Albaraka, IDB, Pakistan plan sales: Islamic bond alert
• Rizwan Kanji, debt and sukuk specialist, joining King and Spalding
• Sukuks making strong comeback
• Islamic finance turns to women scholars
• Tamweel offers select clients 80pct mortgages

Featured Services

Administrative Options / Contact

Add your event or product here

From Dilystar.com.lb: The Central Bank’s first vice governor, Raed Charafeddine, said Thursday that Islamic banks should have played a more active role in raising public awareness in Lebanon on the benefits of this industry as its assets represent less than 1 percent ($251 million) of the total assets of Lebanese conventional banks. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Banking, Emerging Trends

From Kaleejtimes.com: The Islamic banking industry in the GCC is expected, in general, to remain strong moving forward, growing by 15 to 20 percent year-on-year in 2010, according to a banking and finance expert. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Banking, Emerging Trends, Research

From Aiasentinel.com: Despite debt problems in Dubai and Kuwait, the Islamic bond market resumes growth. A year after Dubai's monster debt problems sent shockwaves though the sukuk (Islamic bond) world, sukuks are thriving again and with them Malaysia's role as the center of gravity of international Islamic finance. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Banking, Performance

From Bi-me.com: The global financial crisis has put an end to the heydays of growth in the banking sector and the current market outlook suggests that these days are not returning quickly. Islamic banks, which traditionally grew faster than their conventional peers, are also affected.  (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Banking, Market Moves

From Thepeninsulaqatar.com: Bankers in Islamic finance are increasingly outsourcing Shariah supervision due to a lack of scholars in the industry, but critics say this is making the sector even less transparent and slowing its development. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Banking, Emerging Trends, Islamic Law / Economics

From Abc.az: International Bank of Azerbaijan proceeds introduction of Islamic Banking services. "The project on introduction of Islamic banking products and services in IBA’s activities is being realized successfully. Up to date, the IBA management adopted a concept including introduction and development of Islamic banking in the Bank.  (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Banking, Market Moves

From Abc.az: Following the module of the “universal banking”, Azerbaijan’s TuranBank also one of few banks in the country implementing elements of corporate finance for Sharia principles. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Banking, Market Moves

From Abc.az: International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC, Islamic Development Bank Group) a credit line for Azerbaijan’s TuranBank for support of trading operations in non-oil sector, including the private sector, which serves as the development of small and medium businesses. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Banking, Finance, Financial Instruments (Credit Cards, Debts, Loans, Mort

From Bloomberg: Pakistan’s largest Shariah funds plan to bid for the 80 billion rupees ($934 million) of Islamic debt the government will offer in coming weeks after a 14-month suspension of sales. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Bonds (Sukuk), Market Moves

From Bloomberg: The following borrowers are expected to sell Islamic bonds, which use asset returns to pay investors to comply with the religion’s ban on interest. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Bonds (Sukuk), New Launches

From Ameinfo.com: Rizwan Kanji, a leading debt capital markets practitioner, is joining King & Spalding as a partner in its Dubai office. Kanji will have a leading role in King & Spalding's debt capital markets and sukuk practice.  (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Market Moves, People

From Gulfnews.com: Global Islamic bond (sukuk) issuance hit Dh144 billion ($39 billion) in the first ten months of the year with total issuance in October alone surpassing $5.3 billion, according to the latest data from Zawya's sukuk database. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Bonds (Sukuk), Performance

From Maktoob.com: When Malaysian Aida Othman signed up for the new law programme at the Islamic university, she did not expect to become one the few women with their hands on the levers of the world's $1 trillion Islamic finance sector. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Emerging Trends, Finance

From Thenational.ae: Two years ago, Tamweel, the Islamic mortgage company, announced that it would be closing up shop. With average property prices in Dubai falling by more than 50 per cent from their peak in 2008, the company was a casualty of the financial crisis. (more...)

Email Add Comments More stories about: Finance, Financial Instruments (Credit Cards, Debts, Loans, Mort, Market Moves

New tools - Opalesque users access for free emerging managers running CTAs, Directional, Event-Driven, Funds of Funds, Global Macro, Multi Strategy and Relative Value funds.

The Bahamas' Pioneering Legal Groundwork for Digital Assets Industry Roundtable & Interactive Webinar with Christina R. Rolle, Executive Director, Securities Commission of The Bahamas In a previous Opalesque Roundtable we examined how "tiny" Bahamas was able to beat global giants in the Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) race when in 2019 it launched its "sand dollar" - a digital version of the Bahamas Dollar and controlled by the central bank - effectively beating China's "digital renminbi" by six months. Pric

Free Download

Get a FREE month of the Opalesque realtime Active Trader Chat, the longest running trading community of market professionals, traders and hedge funds focusing on the U.S. markets. The service was launched in 2001 and over half of its members have been in the forum for over 5 years.

"I pay the forum the highest compliment - it consistently makes me money." - Christopher Hurd, Hill Financial Group
Real names only
The Chat's moderator is a 15 year trading veteran and is essential tool for any trader or manager who is active in the U.S. markets.

Go here for more information and a free one month trial:

Topics people read on Opalesque ...right now: Resscapital South Africa Alpha Capital fund managers onex PGIM PAULSON PARDUS davidson kempner vix CapTrust standard pacific Legg Mason man group Gold hugh hendry Metrica viking 1798 Rothstein Kass ssi Systematica volatility risk premium credit Biotech Investors Ospraie Alkeon armored wolf Balyasny Garda focus greenlight hermes launch HEDGE Islamic Banking administration Pagaya short selling ban International Asset Management social media Beach Point Trafalgar Capital Sculptor managed account pension Tenor Capital ids capital hedge fund Kenmar crake Mark Millennium Field Street Arcus arp These terms were the most active searches on the Opalesque site within the last 24 hours. This list is an accurate reflection of interests and concerns within the industry - in real time. The larger the font, the more intense was the search for that search term.

Opalesque Shop

2012 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review

	More »
	Browse Bestsellers
	List your product here

A SQUARE

Agriculture

Investment opportunities in Africa – Agriculture in Mozambique
» Full Story

	A SQUARE Archive
	More Information

Search Opalesque Archive

Search through archives of over 407,266 articles.

Contact Us

ISSN Number: 1450-1953
Please mail us your feedback and suggestions to feedback@opalesque.com - we love to hear from you!

Opalesque Ltd.
8 Samou Street
St. Omologites
Nicosia 1640
Cyprus

+49-89-2351 3055
info@opalesque.com
www.opalesque.com

This newsletter is overseen by Laxman Pai for Opalesque Ltd. For more information about the Opalesque team and Opalesque Ltd. please use this link.

Did you know? Opalesque has a great newsletter archive - use this link.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this newsletter does not constitute an offer or solicitation to sell any security or fund to or by anyone in any jurisdictions, nor should it be regarded as a contractual document. Under no circumstances should the information provided on this newsletter be considered as advice for any investment, or as a sufficient basis on which to make investment decisions. The information contained herein has been gathered by Opalesque Ltd. from sources deemed reliable as of the date of publication, but no warranty of accuracy or completeness is given. Opalesque Ltd. is not responsible for and provides no guarantee with respect to any of the information provided herein or through the use of any hypertext link. Past results are no indication of future performance. All information in this newsletter is for educational and informational purposes and does not constitute investment, legal, tax or accounting advice.