Human capital development and education and training for the Islamic banking and finance industry received a major boost with the establishment in April 2011 of
Jaseem Ahmed officially took over at the beginning of this month as the new secretary general of the Kuala Lumpur-based Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB),
Professor Rifaat Abdel Karim is the inaugural secretary general of the Kuala Lumpur-based Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), the multilateral prudential an
The issuance by Al-Rajhi Cement Jordan of its debut Sukuk Al-Ijarah in late April 2011 opens up yet another new market for sukuk origination in the Middle East a
This year’s 8th annual summit of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), scheduled to be held at the New Conference Centre Kirchberg in Luxembourg on May
Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak launched the country's Second Capital Market Master Plan (CMP2) in the presence of Zarinah Anwar, chairman o
JEDDAH: Papers have been invited from experts for presentation at an international conference on Islamic economics and finance to be held in Doha on Dec. 18-20,
DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank posted a 7 percent jump in first quarter net profit, missing analysts forecasts, as net financing income gains were offset by a drop in
KUWAIT CITY: Liquidity Management House, a unit of Kuwait Finance House (KFH) is in the process of issuing $1 billion in Islamic bonds, or sukuk, according to a
The UK Treasury is fast-tracking a number of laws in the Finance Bill 2011 to plug several tax avoidance loopholes including those related to high-end stamp duty
