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...
DR VELID EFENDIC(1981-2021)
Dr Velid Efendic was an Associate Professor in the School of Economics and Business at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
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
Even though the ongoing global economic crisis has continued to make for a challenging environment for the Islamic capital markets, they have increasingly regained...
Introduction
The global market for Islamic financial services, as measured by Shari’a-compliant assets, was estimated to be USD1.1 trillion at the end of 2010 according...
Introduction
In the past few years, the world has been affected by a number of incidents that have played significant roles in shaping current financial...
Introduction
Commercial real estate has always been and remains a popular asset class for Shari’a compliant investors (Compliant Investors), either indirectly through a real estate...
Introduction
Instigating a debate in Islamic finance can oftentimes excavate uncomfortable truths for one of the parties involved. Undeniably, this has proven to be the...
Introduction
Market efforts at promoting standardization in the Islamic hedging market have been making steady progress following the publication of the Tahawwut Master Agreement (TMA)...
Introduction
A growing number of businesses in Russia are becoming more interested in using Shari’a-compliant financial instruments. In September, 2011 the Russian bank AK...
