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Overview of the Global Islamic Finance Market – Review, Analysis, News and Opinion

Islamic Banking: The Challenge Ahead

Jamil Hassan, Principal Consultant, Islamic Banking, Oracle Financial Services

The adoption of Islamic banking is a simple case of supply and demand. It continues to see growth in countries that have large Muslim populations, such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkey. It is also expected that many North African countries will

Last Updated on Thursday, 09 May 2013 07:31

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Top Performing Country Constituent YTD in Russell Emerging Markets Index

The Russell Emerging Markets Index has returned 3.1% year-to-date as of March 11th. However, within the Index, certain country constituents have significantly outperformed this level of return with United Arab Emirates taking the lead and returning 23.2% YTD.

Country constituents United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Philippines and Thailand

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 06:48

A lesson from Sharia Banking

Islamic banking is a growing force in the industry with many non-Muslims increasingly attracted to its ethical underpinnings. Islamic banking is built on the principle of risk-sharing, rather than the risk-transfer that we see in conventional lending.

To ensure that these principles are upheld, Islamic banks have Sharia advisers,

Last Updated on Friday, 08 March 2013 06:02

GCC Banks: Saudi & Qatar Marked Their Dominating Performance

GCC Banks: Saudi & Qatar Marked Their Dominating-Performance The GCC banks declared their results for 2Q-12 ended June 2012 and in line to industry expectations Saudi Arabia and Qatar - riding high on the economic boom- proved their supremacy in the performance and led overall sector’s growth. Kuwaiti banks

Last Updated on Monday, 07 January 2013 14:03

Saudi Stock Exchange 3Q-2012 Review

The market remained under the firm grip of volatility compared to last quarter, specifically by the end of the quarter. The market which began its 3Q journey on a strong foot, and rallied for consecutive 2 months (starting from July 18 till mid-September) witnessed heavy profit booking during

Last Updated on Monday, 07 January 2013 14:05

RoE - Back to Normalization Post

Return on Equity (RoE) is one of the most crucial ratios that should be understood by investors as it is used to measure the efficiency with which a company utilizes the equity capital. But why Muthanna chose RoE in current circumstances? In a plain vanilla essence, RoE tells you

Last Updated on Monday, 07 January 2013 14:07

Kuwait Market Indices Lose Further Ground in 2011

Blame Adverse Local & Regional Circumstances aided by Europe Debt Crisis as Investors lost KWD 6 Billion in the year The year 2011 did not end with good tidings for the Kuwaiti market contrary to 2010, where the market heavyweights put up a great show of optimism for investors.

Last Updated on Monday, 07 January 2013 14:08

Global Markets 2011 – Swinging Between Bailout and Bankruptcy

Flashback: Year 2011; irrelative to Bullish or Bearish tagging, will certainly be remembered as an epic center of Volatility in the market history. The spell of 2011 set up a new trend of – “International Institutions Bailed Out Countries” in Euro Zone, in contrast to 2008 crisis, where governments

Last Updated on Monday, 07 January 2013 14:09