DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/befeee/islamic_finance) has announced the addition of the 'Islamic Finance - In Focus' report to their offering.
The sub-prime collapse in the US and the subsequent world economic downturn has led to a growth in transactions that are in compliance with Islamic law – Sharia. But why is this complicated method of finance proving so popular? What difficulties are facing western firms? And what role might Islamic finance play in the future of the financial world?
Find out by reading an incisive collection of ten key articles. This one-off report brings together articles from International Financial Law Review, EuroWeek, Derivatives Week, II Magazine and many others.
The articles include:
An Islamic Capitalism - International Financial Law Review
Sharia does not recognise the payment of interest or investment in prohibited areas, such as financial speculation or alcohol. This may help to make Islamic finance more attractive in a time when liberal capitalism is seen as unstable...
Sharia- Compliant Financing - Derivatives Week
Over the next five years it is expected the market for Sharia-compliant offerings will grow by about 15-20% a year. This builds on growth in recent years that has seen breakthroughs in sukuk, securitization and general Islamic banking and moves by the U.K. government to develop London as a world center for Islamic finance...
Lending on Faith - Institutional Investor Magazine
Islamic finance adheres to the Koranic prohibition against charging interest. On a corporate loan, an Islamic bank might draw income from equipment leased to the borrower...
Land of the Rising Sukuk - Emerging Markets
Britain recently confirmed its intentions to press ahead with plans to issue government bonds, that are compliant with Islamic law, in a bid to become the first non-Muslim nation to do so. But the UK faces...
Islamic Finance Market Booms but Unity is Far Off - EuroWeek
Islamic finance is also becoming an increasingly important source of capital for the Western private equity industry. A recent conference at London law firm SJ Berwin on Islamic finance was packed with private equity professionals eager to access Islamic pools of capital. Michael Halford, a partner specialising in private equity at SJ Berwin, says ...
Derivatives in Islamic Finance - Derivatives Week
Despite their importance for financial sector development as established tools for managing risks, derivatives are few and far between in countries where the compatibility of capital market transactions with Islamic law requires the development of sharia-compliant structures. The sharia bans...
Islamic Finance-Asia on the Lookout for Islamic LBOs - Asiamoney
The appearance of 'leveraged' and 'Islamic' in the same sentence rings alarm bells. In fact, there's nothing in sharia (Islamic) law against leverage, except for an aversion towards excessive indebtedness....
Hong Kong--An Islamic Finance Centre? - Asialaw
The growth potential of the Islamic finance sector is enormous not only because of the huge wealth of Muslim communities. Lawyers at the Dubai-based Emirates Advocates say in the forthcoming Asialaw & Practice book...
Ready for the Next Generation of Sukuks - EuroWeek
Sukuk bonds from the Middle East have not escaped the sharp spread widening in the global debt markets over the past four months. And while issuance...
Regulation Not Religion - International Financial Law Review
It has been the next big thing for years. It has provoked speculation and hype from lawyers and media alike. But now Islamic securitisation has broken...
Key Topics Covered:
- Islamic Law
- Sharia-compliant financing
- Sharia-compliant bonds
- Islamic Finance
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Companies Mentioned:
- Institutional Investor Magazine
- Emerging Markets
- Derivatives Week
- Asiamoney
- Asialaw
- EuroWeek
- International Financial Law Review
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