Jul 19, 2019 | Blog, Islamic Finance
A common concern amongst customers of Islamic financial institutions is in with regards to the pricing or benchmarking of Shariah compliant products to the prevailing interest rate. For example, if the prevailing interest rate in the country is 2% and because of this...
Jul 12, 2019 | Blog, Islamic Finance
In previous posts in this series, we have discussed in brief, the role of the Shariah board & the internal Shariah department at Islamic financial institutions. We mentioned that the Shariah board is appointed to guide the Islamic financial institution to ensure...
Jul 5, 2019 | Blog, Islamic (Halal/Shariah Compliant) Investments
In this post we will take a look at the different categories of listed companies available and the predominant opinions regarding investing in them from a Shariah perspective. Companies can broadly be classified into 3 types which are Pure, Haram & Mixed. Pure...
Jun 28, 2019 | Blog, Islamic Finance
When we discussed the organisational structural difference between conventional and Islamic financial institutions, we mentioned that Shariah board members are not full-time employees of the Islamic financial institutions and that in order to smoothen the Shariah...
Jun 21, 2019 | Blog, Islamic Finance
Another major difference between Islamic & conventional financial institutions is in terms of when a customer delays in paying an instalment, whether or not the institution affected can charge late payment fees. If such a scenario happens to the customer of a...
Jun 15, 2019 | Blog, Islamic Finance Resources
One of the best books for a beginner in Islamic economics/finance in the English language is the book ‘An Introduction to Islamic Finance’ by Sheikh Taqi Uthmani, which was first published in 1998. This was one of the first books on the subject that I read...
