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AmTakaful Starts Family Takaful Business 13 Jan 2012 | 04:39 am
Points of Essence Newest Takaful operator in Malaysia, AmFamily Takaful has commenced its family takaful business, making it the 12th licensee The business is a JV between AmBank Group and UK’s Friend...
HSBC Amanah To Issue Innovative Sukuk For Retail Investors 11 Jan 2012 | 04:14 am
Points of Essence HSBC Amanah is mulling issuance of an innovative sukuk for retail investors this year The planned sukuk is intended to increase presence in the bond market by retail investors With ...
New IFSB chief faces challenging task 10 May 2011 | 02:29 am
Points of Essence The change of leadership at the Islamic Financial Services Board has set yet another challenge for the new chief to spearhead a greater inclusion of the global financial community in...
End of journey for Rifaat at the IFSB 10 May 2011 | 01:28 am
Points of Essence There has been a shift of stewardship at the Islamic Financial Services Board since April this year. An interview with the IFSB’s former Secretary General, Prof. Rifaat Abdel Karim, ...
Islamic Economics, Banking, and Finance – The Indonesia Experience: Dr. Antonio Syafii 9 May 2011 | 01:20 am
Dear Islamic Bankers, If you happen to be within the vicinity of the University of California, Berkeley and are interested to know the state of Islamic banking in Indonesia, just head to the universit...
2010 in review 2 Jan 2011 | 07:57 pm
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy n...
Sukuk Roadblocks May Rise With National Shariah Boards: Islamic Finance 29 Oct 2010 | 07:04 pm
By Khalid Qayum and Dana El Baltaji – Oct 28, 2010 7:38 PM GMT+0800 Thu Oct 28 11:38:07 GMT 2010 Points of Essence: The AAOFI-led National Shariah Board plan to oversee Sukuk sales may face resistance...
Facts about International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) 28 Oct 2010 | 03:26 pm
27 October 2010 What? The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) is a collaborative effort by 11 central banks or monetary agencies, as well as two multilateral organisations to assi...
Bank Negara: issuance of two mega Islamic bank licences & establishment of International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) 28 Oct 2010 | 03:05 am
Points of Essence: Two foreign banks had been shortlisted for the Central Bank of Malaysia’s newest mega Islamic banking licences Newly established International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (II...
Sharia finance body, Maldives lender to set up bank 27 Oct 2010 | 03:29 am
Points of Essence: Islamic Banking & Finance Institute of Malaysia and the Government of Maldives sets up the first Islamic bank in Maldives Maldives Islamic Bank will be established in the next 6 mon...
