Oct 25, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance
Due to Shariah Governance regulations and the subsequent restrictions on the number of Shariah Committee memberships, many of the Senior Shariah Scholars of the Islamic finance industry have had to reduce the number of Shariah Committees that they are a member of....
Oct 25, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance
Shariah Committee members are renumerated for the time and expertise that they give to the financial institutions that they are a part of. Such renumeration should not be linked to the approval of any specific product or linked to the profitability and financial...
Oct 25, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance
While previously the regulators took a more loose approach to Shariah Governance in some of the Gulf countries, in recent years there has been implementation of comprehensive Shariah Governance Frameworks. One of the many areas which has been directly affected is...
Oct 11, 2024 | Blog, Islamic (Halal/Shariah Compliant) Investments
I have had the opportunity to work directly on Sukuk issuances and have reviewed a number of Sukuk over the years from Tier 1 through to Sovereign. While Sukuk sound quite simple in theory, in practice they are much more complex. If you would like to understand them...
Oct 3, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance
Over the past few years, Islamic Banking on a retail level has become more and more standardised in many Muslim countries due to a greater involvement from market regulators and standard setting bodies. Within some jurisdictions the differences between the...
Sep 17, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance
The maternal side of my family have been settled in Africa for over 100 years and I spent 8 years of my life living there. Here are 5 reasons why I believe that Islamic Finance (not solely Islamic banking) has a huge potential in Africa. 1) There exists large Muslim...
