Islamic Finance

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43 resources

	Title	Resource Type	Date
Practice Note: Overview
1	International investment in microfinance: overview An overview of international investment in microfinance, including a discussion of what is microfinance, the types of international investment in microfinance, recent trends in the microfinance industry, rating agencies and methodology, foreign exchange issues, regulatory issues, Islamic finance and legal opinions in microfinance transactions.	Practice Note: Overview	Maintained
Practice Notes
1	Islamic derivatives An introduction to some of the issues surrounding the development of Islamic derivatives and an outline of some of the key structures including Sharia compliant cross-currency swaps, profit rate swaps, foreign exchange options and total return swaps. The author would like to thank Rahul Chatterji of Allen & Overy LLP for his help in preparing this practice note.	Practice Notes	Maintained
Articles
1	Islamic Finance in the US: The Case for Growth and ... This Article discusses the use of Islamic finance in the US to structure (a) retail financing transactions such as residential mortgages, bank deposits and equipment financing and (b) asset acquisitions, including equity investments. This Article also discusses the challenges Islamic finance faces in the US and the steps that US regulators and proponents of Islamic finance can take to promote the growth of Islamic finance in the US.	Articles	13-Mar-2012
2	Islamic Project Finance An article explaining the features of Islamic project finance and highlighting the parallels to, and principal differences with, conventional project financing.	Articles	11-Mar-2010
3	AAOIFI Statement on Sukuk and its Implications A discussion of the AAOIFI's Statement on sukuk and their compliance with Sharia.	Articles	19-Jan-2010
4	Structured Islamic finance In light of the remarkable growth of Islamic finance and its increasing relevance in the global finance market, market participants in South Korea are turning to Islamic finance. The Government and various regulatory authorities in Korea are streamlining legal, regulatory, accounting and tax requirements. However, the non-conventional structures and instruments of Islamic finance present unique challenges. This article examines the typical features of Sukuk, the structure of Sukuk, the legal nature of Sukuk in Korea and the tax issues and reform proposals relating to Sukuk. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to securitisation. For a full list of contents visit www.practicallaw.com/securitisation-mjg.	Articles	01-Nov-2009
Updates
1	First Islamic Interbank Benchmark Rate Launched On November 22, 2011, the first Islamic interbank rate was launched to delink Islamic instruments from conventional interest-based indices such as LIBOR.	Legal Update: archive	29-Nov-2011
2	Finance multi-jurisdictional guide: cross-border articles An update on the cross-border content within the PLC Cross-border Finance multi-jurisdictional guide, which answers key questions on finance law from the perspective of practitioners in 29 jurisdictions.	Legal Update: archive	17-Mar-2011
Other Resources
1	Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial ...	Glossary	Maintained
2	Arbun	Glossary	Maintained
3	Bai al inah	Glossary	Maintained
4	Bai al salam	Glossary	Maintained
5	Bai bithaman ajil	Glossary	Maintained
6	Fatwa	Glossary	Maintained
7	Gharar	Glossary	Maintained
8	Haram	Glossary	Maintained
9	Ijara	Glossary	Maintained
10	International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM)	Glossary	Maintained
11	Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB)	Glossary	Maintained
12	Istisna'a	Glossary	Maintained
13	Maisir	Glossary	Maintained
14	Mudaraba	Glossary	Maintained
15	Murabaha	Glossary	Maintained
16	Musawama	Glossary	Maintained
17	Musharaka	Glossary	Maintained
18	Qard al hasan	Glossary	Maintained
19	Riba	Glossary	Maintained
20	Sharia	Glossary	Maintained
21	Sharia Committee	Glossary	Maintained
22	Sharik	Glossary	Maintained
23	Sukuk	Glossary	Maintained
24	Sukuk al-ijara	Glossary	Maintained
25	Sukuk al-istisna'a	Glossary	Maintained
26	Sukuk al-mudaraba	Glossary	Maintained
27	Sukuk al-murabaha	Glossary	Maintained
28	Sukuk al-musharaka	Glossary	Maintained
29	Sukuk al-salam	Glossary	Maintained
30	Sukuk al-wakala	Glossary	Maintained
31	Takaful	Glossary	Maintained
32	Tawarruq	Glossary	Maintained
33	Wa'ad	Glossary	Maintained
34	Wakala	Glossary	Maintained
35	Wakeel	Glossary	Maintained