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Bank Negara Malaysia Establishes Joint Committee on Climate Change for Building Climate Risk Resilience Within the Malaysia Financial Sector Kuala Lumpur - Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the central bank, has…
Bank Negara Malaysia Establishes Joint Committee on Climate Change for Building Climate Risk Resilience Within the Malaysia Financial Sector Kuala Lumpur - Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the central bank, has…
Following Morocco’s approval of a Law in August 2019 to facilitate the introduction of Takaful products in the Kingdom’s growing insurance market, Egypt is the latest country to introduce a…
Jeddah – UNICEF and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) launched an innovative fund in September 2019 that promises to open new opportunities for Muslim philanthropy to reach the millions of…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Saudi Ministry of Finance continued its proactive on-going monthly domestic sovereign Sukuk issuance in September 2019 with a three-tranche riyal-denominated offering totaling SR8.834…
Deal or no Deal, Brexit or No Brexit, the UK’s Islamic finance proposition continues to consolidate as the country seeks to forge new trading, investment and financial partnerships. The issuance…
The global Islamic finance sector, together with the wider financial services industry in the OIC countries, continues to embrace ESG and FinTech, some of the initiatives being particularly innovative, across…
Dubai-based international property developer, Emaar Properties, returned to the Sukuk market after a hiatus of three years to successfully closed its latest offering, a US$500 million benchmark Sukuk issuance in…
UNHCR’s Refugee Zakat Fund Exceeds US$38m in FH2019 as Islamic Philanthropic Finance Makes its Mark Geneva – As another sign of the increasing synergy of Islamic social and philanthropic finance…
Cagamas Berhad, the National Mortgage Corporation of Malaysia, one of the most prolific issuers of Sukuk, continues to play a major role in Sukuk issuance and in the Islamic mortgage…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Saudi Ministry of Finance, continued its proactive on-going monthly domestic sovereign Sukuk issuance in August 2019 with a three-tranche riyal-denominated offering totaling SR2.261…