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The regulator has to walk the fine line between encouraging Islamic capital market development with supporting compliant instruments and prudence, especially after Credit Crisis I (US subprime) and
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Dubai actually has most of the attributes of an Islamic economy. For example, an activity log for a person in Dubai may entail
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Conferences provide an insight on the road ahead for industries, products, innovations, and services. The speakers are assumed to know more than most on the other side of
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There are a number of common denominators between Islamic (and ethical) finance and clean (green) energy
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Rushdi Siddiqui: The Islamic Development Bank, held their 24th Annual Symposium in beautiful Dushanbe, Tajikistan, invited me to chair a session on ‘Innovating for Economic Development in IDB
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Islamic finance is still stuck at a hard-copy of stage communication (faxes) when the financial world has moved on to Facebook, Twitter, blogging, etc.
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Everyone has an opinion; however, some people are shy to share. An interactive article, much like a survey, requiring readers’ opinions may actually encourage wider audience participation. For
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Meet Syaiful Naim bin Othman, founder/CEO of www.amilin.tv, and you see a man on a mission on connecting the masses to Islamic finance.
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A change agent must tell the truth to a benevolent dictator, religious hardliner, and compassionately connect with youth and have nots.
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Halal needs to move from certification and ingredients to an asset class
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The Chinese new year of the Snake, seems to have become the year of Horse (meat). The year, 2013, did not start on a positive note for meat
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Meet the founder/CEO of Crescentrating, Fazal Bahardeen, commenting on the rise of Muslim consumer dollars and implications to global travel industry.
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Tweet Padraic Ryan / Foter.com / CC BY-SA By Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance at Thomson Reuters In this age, which believes that there is a
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Tweet By Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of islamic Finance at Thomson Reuters Is crowd funding the VC for the masses, finally?
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The 24/7 information download world we live in reminds us more often than not of our missteps and failures than it does our successes. Hence to say “be
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Rushdi Siddiqui: For the first column in 2013, I did not want a me-too article about sukuk issuance for year ahead, central bank authorisation of a mega Islamic
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Shaikh Mohammed’s announcement included the reference to the $640 billion Halal industry, ‘Dubai also seeks to develop Islamic quality standards for Halal food approval. This will encourage the
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Rusdhi Siddiqui: At the recently concluded 19th World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC), I spoke on ‘Global Strategies for Global Markets.’ For this niche market to have mainstream acceptance,
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Regional banks had the lowest cost-to-income ratios in the world. The Banker magazine's data shows Middle Eastern banks average cost-to-income ratio was 39.69%, down from 41.37% last year
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There were three recent major Islamic finance conferences in Malaysia: Global Islamic Finance Forum (GIFF), Islamic Finance News (IFN), and Kuala Lumpur Islamic finance forum (KLIFF), and headline
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The forty-year old, $1.2 trillion Islamic finance industry needs to take stock and look in the mirror and examine the reflection holistically. Have we arrived at the ‘reset’
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Let me start off with a loaded question, what one word in Islamic finance is as important as Shari’ah, tax, accounting, regulation, and standardisation (STARS)?
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I recently had the opportunity to sit down with one of the leading experts in Malaysia on bond/sukuk valuations, Meor Amri Meor Ayob, chief executive officer of Bond
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In the last instalment of a three-part interview, Mushtak Parker, the leading journalistic voice on Islamic finance, shares his views on the International
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Will the "truth" set Islamic banking free from the "cheer-leading reins" that may be holding it back from authenticity-cum-innovation?
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Leading journalist on Islamic finance tells why he is often ‘harsh’ on the industry and his other views
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The Goal: The central issue is about the industry controlling its own destiny
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Excerpts from an interview between the columnist and Dr Mohamad Akram Laldin, the executive director of the International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA):
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There were two important announcements last week concerning Islamic equity index
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Emirates Airline could serve as a great role model for the Islamic finance industry, writes Rushdi Siddiqui
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IF ISLAMIC finance (IF) is about business, then, logically, the product offering must primarily be about business and syariah compliance second, correct?
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Islamic finance is usually described as an infant market with domestic focus and supported by the government, hence, much like a baby reliant upon it parents in a
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A Sharia-compliant equivalent of the popular UK and US reality show The Apprentice has recently been announced by a UK-based organisation
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Halal industry, as an asset class, is looking for compliant liquidity. Islamic finance, as a movement connected to the real economy, is looking for impactful intra-OIC (compliant) investment
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To grow, Islamic banks must compete with conventional lenders
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TweetBy Rushdi Siddiquim, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters The retirement of Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar as chairman of Malaysia’s Securities Commission (SC) was a defining moment
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Today, it seems to an outsider, the burning issues for Muslims on Wall Street include prayer breaks, fasting and productivity, bonding after-office drinks, shaking a woman's hand wearing
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TweetBy Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters Dear Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President, Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group: Asalaam Alaikum: The Islamic finance world welcomes
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Daud Vicary Abdullah is an authority on Islamic banking and has contributed to a number of books on the subject.
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Tweet“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.” - Sonia
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We already know about displaced commercial risk, credit, liquidity, operational, Shariah non-compliant, and markets risks in Islamic finance. What about ‘key-person’ risk in Islamic finance?
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“Interest equals disinterest because the lender has nothing to do with the borrower and his business. Islamic finance aims at creating an economy in which one financial dollar
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"A conventional bank, with the exception of multilateral development banks like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, should not be allowed to issue sukuk," said Badlisyah
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Dr Mohammad Daud Bakr, president and CEO of Amanie Advisors, has the distinction of being both a globally-renowned Sharia scholar as well as an acclaimed entrepreneur
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The industry has alphabet bodies that deal with various issues but when it comes to public relations and marketing, there seems to be a gaping hole that is
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TweetBy Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters There are only two ways to conquer and enslave a nation, one is by sword, the other is
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TweetFeb 17, 2012 By Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters Shiekh Yusuf Talal Delorenzo In an exclusive interview with Shiekh Yusuf Talal Delorenzo (YTD), one
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Let's take a break from sukuk structuring and stock screening, and talk about the children of parents in Islamic finance. They may well be the industry’s future. I
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The year 2011 was the year for [Malaysia] Shariah compliant index out-performance against all conventional developed and emerging market country indicies and almost all frontier countries.
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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves, said Bill Vaughn. Islamic finance
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Will 2012 be the year of “come together” consolidation for Islamic banks?
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The time has arrived to take a deeper dive on better understanding of Shariah compliant companies in an Islamic (or Shariah compliant) equity indexes. To many informed and
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On November 22, 2011, the world’s first Islamic interbank benchmark rate (IIBR) was launched. It is the result of a collaborative approach taken by many Islamic financial institution,
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How many Malaysian Islamic bankers work in senior positions at Islamic financial institutions in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), Pakistan and the UK? Conversely, how many non-Malaysians work
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In recent months I have frequented the asset management units at numerous banks, family offices, takaful insurers and asset managers, interviewing and questioning the status of Islamic asset
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Is Islamic finance capturing the imagination of the Generation Y and Z (the youth) as employees and customers? What has Islamic finance financed to build?
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Tweet“GOD gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you’?” — Author unknown I want to thank NST. Islamic Finance 2.0
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Turkey has been building capital market bridges to GCC and South East Asia, and chairman of the Istanbul Stock Exchange, Hussain Erkan, has been a leading architect in
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Malaysia has raised the profile of Islamic finance, Takaful and Halal industry, and, now, she must do the same to venture capital (VC). VC is an important emerging
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TweetBy Rushdi Siddiqui, Head Of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters 2011 A conference on the future and expansion of takaful, called Takaful Rendezvous 2011, took place in Malaysia under
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TweetBy Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters Failure is a mark of success in venture capital, hence, it is an option with beneficial learning consequences.
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While presenting Islamic finance in non-Muslim countries, it is described to be 'similar' to conventional finance in terms of the economic objectives and benefits while de-emphasising the Arabic
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If Islamic finance is about inclusion, where are the sisters?
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As a student of Islamic finance, there are a number of important lessons captured over the years, and today’s focus will be why there is no real need
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Response to the New York Times article on Anti-Shariah Push
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