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Robust treasury management is essential to both conventional and Islamic banks. Banks with strong treasury capabilities are able to position themselves effectively against liquidity and market risks which impact performance and threaten survival during periods of extreme stress, such as the Global Financial Crisis, 2007-9. Achieving efficient and effective treasury management is particularly challenging in Islamic banks for several reasons.
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The Sukuk market has evolved significantly in the last 25 years. New and exciting structures have emerged to address the economic and financial interests of both Sukuk originators as well as Sukuk investors. Furthermore, increasingly advanced methods are being used to raise Sukuk capital for issuers, most notably, deal syndication, which is growing in popularity.
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The history of money in Islam starts with the use of the Roman Byzantine gold denarius (dinar) and the Persian silver drachma (dirham). Today, we are dealing with new forms of money and assets.
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Effective risk management is a value-adding activity which impacts the achievement of organisational strategy and objectives, the stability of earnings and bottom line performance. Risk also affects an organisation’s credit rating, share price and reputation.
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ESG-based investment vehicles have gained enormous prominence in the past two years. The ESG premium on the S&P500 has gone from negative to positive, where it has stayed for over a year. Why is this so and what are the forces at play that has made this happen? This program explores the main investment themes and goes into detail with the most popular ESG indices. According to a recent Bloomberg Intelligence report, global ESG-based...
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Sound asset-liability management is crucial if banks are in future to avoid the pitfalls highlighted by the global financial crisis 2007-9. Banks failed for very basic reasons, including liquidity mismanagement, and financial product complexity. Financial innovations and a fast-changing economic environment provide opportunities to gain but can also create significant risks. Managing these risks without losing sight of getting the basics right...
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ESG-based investment vehicles have gained enormous prominence in the past two years. The ESG premium on the S&P500 has gone from negative to positive, where it has stayed for over a year. 1
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It seems that the region continues to act as a platform for battles of interests between the EU and Russia. So far, this competition is favouring the Stans.