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[Blog - WealthCity - Wealth City] Nomura Sells Sukuk to Support Shariah Ambition: Islamic Finance ...: The market has attracted issuers from the Persian Gulf, including National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC, the United Arab Emirates’ second-largest lender by assets, which sold 500 million ringgit ($156 million) of Islamic bonds in its first offering of debt in the country on June 22.

[Opalesque Islamic Finance Briefing] HwangDBS fund has top Sukuk return, buys U.A.E | Opalesque Islamic ...: From Bloomberg: HwangDBS Investment Management Bhd. ran the best-performing sukuk fund in the past year as it bought Persian Gulf debt after prices tumbled.

[Finance Moz] Sukuk Sales May Narrow Persian Gulf Yield Gap: Islamic Finance ...: The yield premium that Persian Gulf borrowers pay on sukuk compared to the rest of the Islamic finance industry …

[Banker Tribe] Sukuk Sales May Narrow Persian Gulf Yield Gap: Islamic Finance ...: July 12 (Bloomberg) -- The yield premium that Persian Gulf borrowers pay on sukuk compared to the rest of the Islamic finance industry .

[Islamic Finance Expert] Western Interest in Islamic Finance Increasing « Islamic Finance ...: To get around the prohibition on interest, Islamic banks employ profit-and-loss sharing contracts, known as “mudarabah” in which the investor and lender pool assets, as well as “musharakah,” in which the bank purchases the item which the consumer intends to buy and effectively sells it back in installments to the one who needs the loan. An Islamic bond or sukuk operates largely along the same lines as mudarabah deals.

[Global Daily Business] Pakistan Plans Sukuk Bills to Lure Gulf Banks: Islamic Finance ...: Pakistan, the world’s second-largest Muslim nation, plans to expand its Shariah-compliant banking industry and attract more investors from the Persian Gulf by boosting sales of sukuk bills.

[AFB DIVERSIFIED] HwangDBS Fund Has Top Sukuk Return, Buys UAE: Islamic Finance: HwangDBS Investment Management Bhd. ran the best-performing sukuk fund in the past year as it bought Persian Gulf debt after prices tumbled.

[Avila Capital Markets's Blog] (BN) Sukuk Sales May Narrow Gulf Yield Gap With Higher Ratings ...: Islamic Development Bank, the Jeddah, Saudi Arabia financial group with Aaa ratings from Moody’s Investors Service, is planning a $1 billion sale of bonds based on the exchange of assets rather than interest. Doha-based Qatar Islamic Bank, the state’s biggest Shariah-compliant lender, plans to sell as much as $750 million, Chief Executive Officer Salah Mohammed Jaidah said in May.

[Ejogi news] Pakistan Plans Sukuk Bills to Lure Gulf Banks: Islamic Finance: Pakistan, the worlds second-largest Muslim nation, plans to expand its Shariah-compliant banking industry and attract more investors from the Persian Gulf by boosting sales of sukuk bills.

[Blog - WealthCity - Wealth City] Malaysia Leads in Filling Shariah Service Gaps: Islamic Finance: Demand for services complying with Shariah law is increasing as the wealth of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims rises, spurred by Asian economic growth and crude-oil income in the Persian Gulf. Shariah-compliant customers are often restricted to a “handful” of simple products such as savings accounts and debit cards, Harris Irfan, the Dubai-based head of Islamic finance products at Barclays Capital, said in April.

[Avila Capital Markets's Blog] (BUSINESSWEEK) China's Property-Price Gains Slow for Second Month ...: A slide in Chinese stocks this year highlights investors’ concern that the economy may slow excessively as the government trims stimulus measures and Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis threatens export demand.

[South Asian Generation Next] Sukuk Bonds | South Asian Generation Next: Poor’s estimates that 20 per cent of banking customers would now spontaneously choose an Islamic financial product over a conventional one with a similar risk-return profile.   Malaysia accounts for around 47 percent of global sukuk issuance by market value, followed by the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), which is the source of a further 46 percent.

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[Blog - WealthCity - Wealth City] Gulf States May Have Single Shariah Council by 2013 | Blog ...: A region-wide Shariah council is “not a far-fetched reality” since there is a pool of experts in the United Arab Emirates, said Hussain Hamed Hassan, head of Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC’s Shariah committee and chairman of the Shariah Coordination Committee of the Islamic Financial Institutions in the U.A.E. “It will happen, but it’s a question of time.”

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