Introduction
Luxembourg is one of the world’s leading international financial hubs and also the leader (in a non-Islamic jurisdiction) in setting up Islamic funds. According...
Introduction – Islamic debt capital instruments (sukuk)
Sukuk, or Islamic debt security, is generally thought of as the Shari’a-compliant alternative to bonds. Indeed, it was...
Introduction
Due to the fast-paced growth of the Islamic capital market products and the increasing demand for listing such products on credible exchanges and trading...
Introduction
Given the unprecedented upheaval and destruction wrought by two world wars, much of the 20th Century infrastructure development in industrialized countries was funded by...
Introduction
Ever since the collapse and subsequent nationalisation of many conventional financial institutions around the globe, the world credit market has experienced significant tightening, with...
Introducing derivatives
Derivatives are financial contracts - the inherent values of which are derived from, and exist by reference to, independently existing underlying(s). The underlying(s)...