Read more about the article Malaysia Pushes Digital Economy and FinTech with a Variety of Incentives Some Linked to the Halal Economy While GCC and Indonesia Push Ahead in Their Own Way

Malaysia Pushes Digital Economy and FinTech with a Variety of Incentives Some Linked to the Halal Economy While GCC and Indonesia Push Ahead in Their Own Way

The Malaysian Government and its two main financial regulators, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the central bank, and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) continue their drive to push the digital economy,…

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Read more about the article Saudi Arabia Returns to International Market With $2.5bn Sukuk Consolidated by a Tenth Consecutive SR7.265 billion Domestic Issuance as October Volume Tops $4.44bn

Saudi Arabia Returns to International Market With $2.5bn Sukuk Consolidated by a Tenth Consecutive SR7.265 billion Domestic Issuance as October Volume Tops $4.44bn

True to the earlier announcement by Dr Fahd Al-Saif, Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Saudi Ministry of Finance (MoF), that the Kingdom would issue a…

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Read more about the article 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

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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Read more about the article Egypt Introduces Comprehensive Unified Insurance/Takaful Law as Takaful Growth Tops Conventional Insurance Sector

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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Read more about the article 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

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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Read more about the article Crown Commercial Service Sends Out RFP for Proposed Second UK Sterling-denominated Sovereign Sukuk

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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Read more about the article Global Islamic Finance Industry Consolidates its Embracing of Digitisation and FinTech Solutions

Global Islamic Finance Industry Consolidates its Embracing of Digitisation and FinTech Solutions

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…

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Read more about the article Dubai’s Emaar Properties Returns to Sukuk Market After Absence of Three Years with Hybrid $500m Benchmark Issuance

Dubai’s Emaar Properties Returns to Sukuk Market After Absence of Three Years with Hybrid $500m Benchmark Issuance

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…

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