Bank Negara Malaysia Establishes Joint Committee on Climate Change for Building Climate Risk Resilience Within the Malaysia Financial Sector

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…

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Egypt Introduces Comprehensive Unified Insurance/Takaful Law as Takaful Growth Tops Conventional Insurance Sector

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…

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Saudi DMO Maintains Domestic Sovereign Sukuk Issuance Momentum with Ninth Consecutive Offering as 2019 Offerings to Date Reach US$15 billion, including another 30-Year Tranche

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…

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Crown Commercial Service Sends Out RFP for Proposed Second UK Sterling-denominated Sovereign Sukuk

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…

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