From Bloomberg: Managers of Islamic endowments with $105 billion in assets are seeking to diversify out of bank deposits, providing Shariah-compliant funds with the chance to capture new business, Ernst & Young LLP says.
These “largely untapped” endowments, or awqaf, have as much as $40 billion of cash parked at commercial banks, Ashar Nazim, Manama-based executive director and head of Islamic financial services for Ernst & Young, Bahrain, said………………………………………Full Article: Source