More Singapore companies are keen to raise Islamic financing after a landmark sharia REIT and local currency sukuk from Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional stirred the city-state’s interest in wholesale Islamic banking, OCBC Al-Amin said.
Companies were exploring sukuk and Islamic private equity deals as an avenue to reach a broader class of investors, including those who could only put their money in assets that complied with religious principles, OCBC Al-Amin’s chief executive said………………………………………..Full Article: Source