Continued Innovation For Market Relevance And Future Growth
Introduction
Like its conventional counterpart, the Islamic finance sector has had to withstand numerous challenges over the years, most...
This year’s theme of Developing a Distinct and Independent Value Proposition for Islamic Finance (DIVPIF) is GIFR’s boldest yet. Almost half a century since...
Within the conventional responsible finance bond market, a series of labels has been developed to categories issuances of responsible finance bonds. The label used...
The reason behind the recent financial crisis was the failure of corporate governance, resulting in financial institutions suffering heavy losses. Regulators should always make...
DR VELID EFENDIC(1981-2021)
Dr Velid Efendic was an Associate Professor in the School of Economics and Business at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
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A Possible Existential Crises
Introduction
Most countries of the world have committed to achieving the sustainable developmental goals (SDGs) launched by the United Nations in 2015,...
Post-COVID Policy of Bank Indonesia
Relevance of Moral Values and Halal Sectors in an Islamic Economy
The performance of Islamic economy sector and Islamic financial institutions...
Introduction
When the world is facing twin hazards: health and exacerbated economic uncertainties, desperation is surging to either come out or adjust to the new...
After the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) almost a decade ago, many extraordinary transformations have taken place in the global financial system. A novel coronavirus,...
Ribawi Commodities
If gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates and salt are Ribawi commodities, does it mean other commodities are non-Ribawi?
If gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates...
One important requirement found in regulatory requirements in most jurisdictions is the establishment of a Committee of Shari‘ah expert by Takaful Operators (TO). Depending...
HIS EXCELLENCY AHMED OSMAN ALIGOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF DJIBOUTI
ISFIRE has over the last 10 year featured some of the most distinguished political...
Luisa Evaristo
Luisa Evaristo is the Chief Risk Officer of Etiqa Insurance & Takaful and member of the Senior Executive Committee of Maybank Ageas Holdings...
The phenomenon of philanthropy is dynamic and complex involving different values and activities brought together to produce such a system. Waqf is one example...
Why it matters for Islamic Financial Institutions
Ownership of enterprises has evolved over the years, from investor-owned enterprises, and customer-owned enterprises to employee-owned enterprises. Besides...
BackgroundPoverty is a global issue, and not a national one. However, the issue runs deeper in the developing and underdeveloped countries but even the...
The current pandemic has pushed governments, policymakers, and academicians worldwide to rethink possibilities of designing new financing instruments for socioeconomic development. The COVID-19 pandemic...
If technology-driven financial innovation is set to lead the fundamental transformations in economic behaviour and growth, resorting to novel and adaptive marketplaces becomes a...
DATUK MUHAMAD UMAR SWIFT - Chief Executive Officer Bursa Malaysia Berhad
Malaysia is globally known as the premier Islamic finance market, and is currently the...
Islamic Fintech has a potentially transformative impact on the economy, and as such, authorities and regulators need to carefully nurture a policy regime that...
This article summarises a keynote speech delivered by Professor Humayon Dar at the 4th China-UAE Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance (CUCIBF IV) held...
ABDUL KARIM JUMA-DIRECTOR OF ISLAMIC BANKING, RAKBANK
RAKislamic, the Islamic banking window of RAKBANK, offers a wide range of Islamic financial services in the UAE....
In the August 2016 issue of ISFIRE, we started with a one-pager to introduce standardisation of notation in Islamic economics, banking and finance (IEBF)....