05.04.2012 - UK needs to move faster to capture Dim Sum market
I do hope London’s efforts to develop into a global hub for offshore renminbi debt issuance (aka Dim Sum bonds) are pushed forward more aggressively than similar efforts to promote London as a global centre for Islamic capital markets. That may sound a little harsh, given the existence of five fully Sharia-compliant UK-registered banks plus Islamic windows at a host of other banks in the UK. But Islamic finance continues to operate in something of commercial/wholesale backwater in the UK, while on the investment side, it’s kind of been pushed into the ethical investment bucket...............................................Full Article: Source
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