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Comprehensive online Islamic finance information portal with Global coverage. It exclusively tracks the developments in the Islamic financial world, and is a significant source of information for Industry participants, top investment banks, corporations, law firms, consultants, Rating Agencies, Researchers, insurance companies, universities and libraries, multilateral organizations etc.

Centre For Islamic Finance today announced that it has launched its next generation Islamic Finance Gateway to guide the emerging industry to the next stage of growth and development.

The Centre For Islamic Finance Islamic Finance Gateway is a global, neutral platform and directory consisting of details for and links to Islamic finance professionals, rating agencies, industry standards bodies, Islamic finance hubs, index providers, consulting firms, 400 Shariah scholars and Islamic subsidiaries from over 25 countries. Reuters Messaging is embedded within the Gateway to foster communication and create the connections required to build and grow communities.

Available on its flagship Centre For Islamic Finance 3000 Xtra desktop, The Centre For Islamic Finance Islamic Finance Gateway improves transparency through lower information search costs and provides greater global connectivity and insight into the industry’s opportunities.

By bringing together neutral, intelligent, Islamic, ‘trading-ready’ finance information and analytics on a common platform, the Centre For Islamic Finance Islamic Finance Gateway addresses the complete Islamic Finance work-flow.

Market professionals will now be able to access comprehensive, trusted multi-asset class information on a wide range of Islamic finance instruments such as Sukuks, Islamic leveraged loans, funds, Islamic money market, Takafol and currencies; alongside embedded real-time news stories from Reuters, and correlation analytics for Islamic versus western conventional market views. The Gateway will also include news of related industries to Islamic finance, like the $641 billion Halal food sector.

The rich data and breaking news is complimented by a global rolling tickertape of Islamic and conventional indexes, multi-currency real time inter-bank conventional versus Islamic inter-bank rates, an information fund supermarket(1) and click-through links to Gateways for the; Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and G-20 countries.

A unique heat map of Shariah-compliant and Shariah-based companies developed by Centre For Islamic Finance, creates a diverse universe of publicly listed companies. The Shariah-compliant companies are screened according to global index providers’ methodologies, plus Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and Malaysia’s Securities Commission. The Shariah-compliant companies are screened by various economic sectors and regions. They are complimented by more than 100 publicly listed Shariah-based companies in regions and countries like GCC, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and the UK.

 

 

Editorial objective

  • The international field of Islamic finance has been growing at an estimated rate of 15% a year, and is currently estimated to be worth something in excess of US$300 billion as new Islamically-compliant financial instruments and products are introduced.  This growth is occurring not only in the Middle East but in the Western world and in the developing nations of South Asia and Africa.  There are now several Islamic financial institutions operating in the UK, Europe, and the USA.
  • The rate of growth of the economies of the Muslim world and in particular of the oil-rich states of the Arab Middle East is very impressive.  Much of this growth has occurred in the sectors of banking, finance and financial services.  Personal finance is also showing strong growth in these areas and among Muslim communities world-wide.
  • The status of Islamic hedge funds, the booming trade in Sukuk (Islamic bonds), retail and corporate lines of Islamic credit and derivatives as well as mortgages, auto financing, consumer finance, along with Islamic credit/charge/debit cards across the world are also current themes in this sector.
  • Managers in any company operating in or trading with the Middle East, Malaysia, Indonesia or Pakistan have to be aware of the existence of this sector and of its implications for Western ways of doing business.
  • bridging the interests of scholars and practitioners and bringing the results of research and product development to the attention of the international financial and business management community.

Editorial Criteria Islamicfinancearabia.com

The website of Islamicfinancearabia.com publish:

Ø  Research articles which provide in-depth insight and analysis into current issues within Islamic and Middle Eastern finance and management

Ø  Issue- or results-focussed case studies, illustrating research and product developments, and instances of best practice
Dedicated sections on News, New Products, and Market/Sector Reports, in order to provide broad coverage of all pertinent topics

Ø  An overview of the latest literature in the field through extended book reviews.

Coverage

Coverage includes, but will not be limited to:

Ø  Fundamentals of Islamic Finance

Ø  Regulatory structures

Ø  Shariah-compliant investment

Ø  Islamic social thought and corporate governance

Ø  Structuring Islamic securitisation

Ø  Socially-responsible investment strategy

Ø  Islamic banking

Ø  Takaful and Shariah-compliant insurance

Ø  Islamic project financing

Ø  Wealth management

Ø  Sukkuk, Zakat and financial planning

Ø  Shariah-compliant risk management

Ø  Hedge funds and derivatives

Ø  Management styles and strategies in Shariah environments

Ø  Branding opportunities for Shariah-compliant products

Ø  Housing finance and Shariah-compliant mortgage products

Ø  Market penetration in non-Islamic contexts

Ø  Mixed-market models

Ø  Development opportunities

Ø  Economic and financial position of women.

 

League Tables  –

 

Ø  Sukuk (Islamic bonds) the most comprehensive database with global coverage tracked from 1990 to date – detailing structure of Issues,  Issuers, Bookrunners, Mandated Lead Arrangers, amount, maturity, Ratings, Listings, Prospectuses, Research & Analysis, latest news and press releases.

Ø  Islamic Funds Database

Ø  Syndicated loans, Project finance and Infrastructure financing

Ø  The First Online Islamic Finance Shariah Supervisory Database – Profiles of Shariah scholars, Advisors, Specialisations, and the Institutions they advise. View the most popular Shariah Scholars

Ø  Database of Global law firms involved in Islamic finance – Contacts, specializations, reports, Awards, news & Press releases

 

Other areas

 

Ø  Top quality research, Reports, academic papers

Ø  Islamic financial Guidelines and legal content from Regulatory bodies;

Ø  International Rating Agencies – Reports, Commentaries, Ratings of Issuers, Issues, Sovereigns

Ø  Takaful (Islamic Insurance) – Laws & Guidelines, Takaful companies, Profiles, Financials, Research, News & Press Releases

Ø  Capital market data – Broker reports, indices

Ø  Books, Magazines, News & Press Releases

Ø  Institutional & Company profiles, financials, key executives

Ø  Rankings of the top industry players

Ø  Financial Market information