Tagged: the United Arab Emirates

Tamweel repays $300m sukuk

Islamic Finance

2013-01-31

Tamweel repays $300m sukuk

Tamweel today announced that it had repaid in full a $300 million five-year Sukuk, which was issued in early 2008 and matured in January 2013. The proceeds were used for general Islamic financing and corporate purposes. The timely repayment of the Suku…

UCITS tapped for Islamic funds distribution

ASIA / Islamic Finance

2012-03-27

UCITS tapped for Islamic funds distribution

Potential for marketing Islamic funds cross-border in the Asia-Pacific and Asean is starting to be seen through the UCITS (undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities) platform. Despite the fact that it has already been used in Eu…

Media and public relations — the missing link in Islamic finance

Islamic Finance

2012-03-02

Media and public relations — the missing link in Islamic finance

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…

Egypt Rekindles Interest in Islamic Finance

Islamic Finance

2011-08-29

Egypt Rekindles Interest in Islamic Finance

Egypt has renewed interest in the growing sector of Islamic banking and finance in an effort to rebuild the economy of the country using internal methods of financing.
Part of the country’s pursuit will be to launch a sovereign Sukuk, or bond, program …

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