Introduction
The capital markets of the GCC countries and the wider Middle East region trace their roots back to the 1970s when the region experienced...
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
The global economic crisis has been an important turning point for the Islamic capital markets the world over. It can be reasonably argued that...
Introduction
A sukuk transaction is restructured either as a result of an originator’s default or voluntary restructuring due to merger, acquisition or general corporate restructuring...
Introduction
Even though the ongoing global economic crisis has continued to make for a challenging environment for the Islamic capital markets, they have increasingly regained...