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(Issue 50)
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| Comment |
Self-assessment
- the Essential Leverage for Tomorrow
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| Feature |
Cross
Border Islamic Trade Financing, by
Adil Ahmad, Director and Head of Islamic Finance at
the ANZ International Merchant Banking department, London,
looks at Islamic financing in general, and cross border
Islamic trade financing in particular. He also discusses
the structured trade financing transaction ANZ has developed
in Pakistan. |
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Islamic
Finance
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Islamic
Financial Instruments: Definition and Types
In the first of two parts, Abdul Awwal Sarker discusses
the nature of Islamic financial instruments that have
already been introduced in some Muslim countries (including
Pakistan, Jordan, Malaysia, Iran and Gulf countries),
and the possible instruments proposed by Islamic economists. |
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Ijara
(Leasing)
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Leasing
in Pakistan: Experience, Development and Prospects
Today, one of the most talked about subjects in the corporate
and financial world is the subject of leasing. In the
developed countries, it is almost an integral part of
the overall financial system and often advocated as the
least expensive and most advantageous form of funding.
Tayyeb Afzal, CEO of the National Development Leasing
Corporation Ltd, Pakistan. |
| Islamic
Banking |
Islamic
Banks and Deposit Mobilisation
Concluding last month's article, Anwar Meenai,
continues his discussion on the major dilemma that Islamic
banks face, in regards to the acceptance of deposits
for varying periods, similar to those mobilised by traditional
commercial banks.
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| Islamic
Funds |
Islam
Attracts Western Fund Managers
A $60 billion (£39bn) investment market has opened
up to Western investment houses, thanks to a new fatwa
overturning previously held opinions regarding investment
banking. This potentially enormous new area of business
involves assets that Islamic investors may now be willing
to place in equities, that were previously denied to them
by Islamic jurisprudence. |
| IIBI
Forum |
IIBI
Shariah Scholars provide answers to questions and issues
pertinent to Islamic banking
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| IIBI
News |
Report on Institutes Activities
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| News
Monitor |
New
Horizon reports on recent developments within the Islamic
financial world
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