The global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has raised the spectre of the world conjuring up a "new normal" once the outbreak is eventually contained if not eradicated. This alludes to governance, the economy,…
An SME market influencer in responsible finance RFI Foundation and DDCAP Group™ release a “SME market influencer” case study and podcast. Foreword: DDCAP Group has been called to action by…
WIEFF produced a very engaging event that enabled principal speaker and Islamic financial market luminary, Datuk Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar, Chairman, Amanie Group, to give insights both as pre-eminent Sharia’a Scholar…
Stella Cox CBE recently participated at the Responsible Investor webinar on Islamic Finance, ESG Integration and the SDGs’. With the world responding to economic and social issues linked to the…
Malaysian Flagship Bank Islam Issues Second Tranche RM400m Murabaha Sukuk under its RM10bn Issuance Programme Kuala Lumpur - BIMB Holdings Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, Malaysia’s…
The Malaysian capital market grew by 3% in 2019 driven largely by its Islamic capital market (ICM), one the most developed in terms of infrastructure, market size and depth, which…
Sovereign domestic Sukuk issuance is playing a major role in Saudi Arabia’s fund-raising strategy to meet shortfalls in its 2020 budget allocations precipitated by the fallout from the twin pandemics…
It is not only Saudi Arabia that is turning to domestic sovereign Sukuk issuances as part of a diversified public debt raising strategy in an effort to mitigate the twin…
Following the approval in March 2020 by the Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the multilateral development bank (MDB) of the 57 OIC countries, of an…