Continued Innovation For Market Relevance And Future Growth
Introduction
Like its conventional counterpart, the Islamic finance sector has had to withstand numerous challenges over the years, most...
This year’s theme of Developing a Distinct and Independent Value Proposition for Islamic Finance (DIVPIF) is GIFR’s boldest yet. Almost half a century since...
Within the conventional responsible finance bond market, a series of labels has been developed to categories issuances of responsible finance bonds. The label used...
The Islamic Republic of PAKISTAN
Although the history of IsBF in Pakistan goes back to the 1980s (and possibly beyond), the Islamic banking system was...
SARDOR KOSHNAZAROV- Managing Director Silk Capital
ISFIRE 2021 has a new format for Personality Interviews. From the February issue, we shall include 15 questions to...
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A Possible Existential Crises
Introduction
Most countries of the world have committed to achieving the sustainable developmental goals (SDGs) launched by the United Nations in 2015,...
Post-COVID Policy of Bank Indonesia
Relevance of Moral Values and Halal Sectors in an Islamic Economy
The performance of Islamic economy sector and Islamic financial institutions...
Introduction
When the world is facing twin hazards: health and exacerbated economic uncertainties, desperation is surging to either come out or adjust to the new...
After the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) almost a decade ago, many extraordinary transformations have taken place in the global financial system. A novel coronavirus,...
Ribawi Commodities
If gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates and salt are Ribawi commodities, does it mean other commodities are non-Ribawi?
If gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates...
One important requirement found in regulatory requirements in most jurisdictions is the establishment of a Committee of Shari‘ah expert by Takaful Operators (TO). Depending...
HIS EXCELLENCY AHMED OSMAN ALIGOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF DJIBOUTI
ISFIRE has over the last 10 year featured some of the most distinguished political...
Luisa Evaristo
Luisa Evaristo is the Chief Risk Officer of Etiqa Insurance & Takaful and member of the Senior Executive Committee of Maybank Ageas Holdings...
The phenomenon of philanthropy is dynamic and complex involving different values and activities brought together to produce such a system. Waqf is one example...
Why it matters for Islamic Financial Institutions
Ownership of enterprises has evolved over the years, from investor-owned enterprises, and customer-owned enterprises to employee-owned enterprises. Besides...
BackgroundPoverty is a global issue, and not a national one. However, the issue runs deeper in the developing and underdeveloped countries but even the...
The current pandemic has pushed governments, policymakers, and academicians worldwide to rethink possibilities of designing new financing instruments for socioeconomic development. The COVID-19 pandemic...
Introduction
The flow of capital around the globe is a major determinant of economic activity within countries and sectors. As the barriers to the flow...
Rethinking Sukuk While Leaping Forward
As 2014 unfolds, global investors are waiting anxiously for nerve-racking volatility and uncertainty in the world economy to settle at...
Introduction
There is always something incomprehensible about structured products to investors, and none more evident than with securitization, generally viewed by investors in the Middle...
Introduction
Wealth management is complex topic that entwines many different considerations of an individual. Primarily, the individual has to be conscious about the way his...
Government Support
Historically Islamic banking and finance (IBF) has encountered five main challenges:
Weak enabling infrastructure;
Lack of innovative products and liquidity management tools;
Low level of penetration;
Transparency...
Introduction
Discussing taxation can be a turgid affair given the difference in regime policy. But as the global Islamic finance industry grows, there is a...
Introduction
Islamic microfinance is a new frontier that many observers, academic and practitioner alike, are keen to explore. The failure of many Islamic banks to...
