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...
Mar 5, 2024 | Blog, General
I occasionally get contacted by those considering moving to KSA from the West asking for advice and therefore decided to write a short post on some of the benefits of living in Saudi Arabia especially for Muslims from the West. No place is perfect but overall Saudi...
Mar 4, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance General
After being away from home/family, studying & working for the most part of the past 18 years, and after an amazing 6 years in Riyadh, I have made the difficult decision of moving back home to focus on some other personal projects and to be closer to family. I will...