08.05.2012 - Islamic funds and investments set to expand its global footprint
With key markets for Islamic finance, especially in Asia and the Middle East, now facing escalating infrastructure and development needs backed by solid economic growth, and the outlook for global lending markets still remaining uncertain, Islamic investments will play a key role in funding these multi-billion dollar projects given the fact that the global liquidity pool continues to shrink. Governments in various key markets are making moves to create a more attractive investment climate for Shari’ah-compliant finance and are forging greater co-operation between each other and multilateral agencies to attract investments, says David McLean, Chief Executive of the World Islamic Funds and Financial Markets Conference. (Press Release)
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