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al bogari Holdings CEO speaking at IFF
Submitted by Karlo on Thu, 2010/04/22 - 01:29Omar Kassim, CEO of al bogari Holdings, will be speaking at the International Islamic Finance Forum about Growing Islamic Equity Participation. The event, scheduled on May 16 to 19, will be held at Monarch Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Corporate Governance and Islamic Finance
Submitted by hanyfotouh on Fri, 2009/08/07 - 12:01The capital markets in most of the emerging financial markets are undertaking regulatory reforms with a view to making capital markets more attractive for domestic and foreign investments. Islamic financial institutions are taking serious initiatives to ensure higher transparency and accountability within the financial markets, particularly regarding publicly traded companies.
Standard and Poor launch Canada's TSX Islamic based Index
Submitted by Muslim Investor on Wed, 2009/05/27 - 14:29Standard & Poor's is launching a new index of Canadian companies that are compliant with Islamic Shariah law, the company said Wednesday.
The S&P/TSX 60 Shariah index will contain firms that engage in businesses acceptable to the Islamic legal code, Standard & Poor's said.
Singapore company offering Makkah property for sale
Submitted by Team Oasis on Fri, 2009/04/17 - 19:17Muslims in Brunei can now own luxurious property in Mecca, through the Abraj Al-Bait project, which is a complex of seven high-rise blocks located about 100 metres from Masjidil Haram.
The objective of the project is to gather funds for the two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina.
Makkah Properties now Available To Brunei Buyers
Submitted by Team Oasis on Fri, 2009/04/17 - 19:13Bandar Seri Begawan - Bruneians are welcome to own properties currently being developed fronting the Holy Mosque or Masjidil Haram in Mecca.
Roslan Omar and Anwar Ali, the Directors of Oasis Properties Pte Ltd, said the company is marketing properties at three developments in Mecca for interested buyers in Southeast Asia, including Brunei Darussalam.
Business Week: Islamic Finance May Be On to Something
Submitted by Muslim Investor on Tue, 2008/11/18 - 15:15Washington Post: Islamic Banking: Steady in Shaky Times
Submitted by Muslim Investor on Tue, 2008/11/18 - 15:08As big Western financial institutions have teetered one after the other in the crisis of recent weeks, another financial sector is gaining new confidence: Islamic banking.
Proponents of the ancient practice, which looks to sharia law for guidance and bans interest and trading in debt, have been promoting Islamic finance as a cure for the global financial meltdown.
Request for input from Media: Islamic Personal Finance
Submitted by Muslim Investor on Wed, 2008/01/23 - 17:26I’m writing from Public Radio Marketplace, a business and finance radio program distributed by American Public Media.
Shariah Child Trust Fund in the UK
Submitted by Muslim Investor on Mon, 2007/12/24 - 00:27In the UK, the Children's Mutual has produced a Child Trust Fund (CTF) that is in accordance with Shariah.
See Shariah Baby Bond for more details.
Financial Times: Wholesale Islamic outlet is London’s second
Submitted by Muslim Investor on Sun, 2007/07/08 - 22:36The Bank of London and the Middle East, which opens in London today, will bring “choice and depth” to London’s fast-growing Islamic financial services sector, according to chief executive Humphrey Percy.
