Aiming a better standard of living, Cambodia’s Muslims are hoping of introducing the Islamic finance to the Buddhist country to lure investments from the Muslims-majority states in the Middle East and Asia.
Cambodian Muslims hope that by inserting Isla…
Global Donors Forum is the annual convening of World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists to promote effective giving and forge strategic partnerships for high-impact social investment.
The dates for the Global Donors Forum are now confirmed. The Forum w…
When it comes to public relations and marketing, the industry has a very big hole that is expanding day by day.
Although expanding their mandate to include marketing and public relations for a geographically- dispersed and fragmented industry at variou…
Islamic bonds are falling behind developing-nation debt for a second quarter as investors search for higher yields in non-investment grade securities.
According to the HSBC/Nasdaq Dubai US Dollar Sukuk Index, Shariah-compliant notes returned 1.5 % this…
The primary market recorded a year-on-year increase of 0.7 percent in December, despite the fact that it was a quiet month for issuances outside of Malaysia.
The largest issuance for the month was the third issuance of the year for Pakistan Domestic Su…
Al Baraka Banking Group will launch Itqan Capital in Saudi Arabia, through its fully-owned subsidiary Al Baraka Islamic Bank.
Mr. Khaled Al Zayani, chairman of Al Baraka Islamic Bank, stated that the firm’s future center of attraction will be on four …
Malaysia’s corporate Sukuk market has abandoned the blocks in 2012, shows the data collated by Zawya’s Sukuk monitor. The data added that $5.6bn of corporate Sukuk were issued in 2011, a shade behind the $6.4bn of corporate Sukuk issued in 2010 but…
MAYBANK Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) wants to use the acquisition of Singapore’s banking franchise, Kim Eng Holdings, as a springboard to become a regional financial powerhouse.
The company now has operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Th…
Islamic finance banking options are progressively being seen as a viable alternative to traditional banking services in Africa and are growing to found not only the African Islamic community but all those searching for an interest-free banking alternat…
National Bank of Abu Dhabi, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Citi, RBS and ENBD Capital were chosen by Emirates Islamic Bank (EIB) for a potential benchmark-sized dollar sukuk. EIB will began the investor meetings in Malaysia on January 5.
