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Islamic Finance Awards 2016 | Table Of Contents
Still finding its way onto the broader global stage, Islamic finance is expanding its reach and rising to new heights in delivering added value to consumer and business markets alike.
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Islamic Finance Is Gaining Ground—And Sophistication
Still finding its way onto the broader global stage, Islamic finance is expanding its reach and rising to new heights in delivering added value to consumer and business markets alike.
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Q+A: Dato’ Muzaffar Hisham; CEO of Maybank Group Islamic Banking
Maybank Islamic is developing outside Malaysia, establishing a footprint in the region. With a return on equity of 16%, achieved despite a capital ratio of 17%, the trick will be to sustain the bank’s bullish approach to investing despite the country’s economic downturn.
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Q+A: Hussain Al Qemzi; CEO, Noor Bank
Noor Bank focuses on select business segments and eyes the digital payment space that will offer some of the best opportunities over the next couple of years.
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Q+A: Majed Al-Saif; General Manager, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Samba Financial Group
Retail demand for Islamic finance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the wider region keeps increasing. Growth areas include structured hedging and investment products, project and aviation finance, equity-linked and greenfield project sukuk.
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Top Innovators In Islamic Finance | 2016
With the customer base growing, Islamic finance is drawing more banks and nonbank finance firms. Innovation can be a key differentiator.
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Winner Profiles | The Best In Islamic Finance | 2016
Global Finance magazine profiles the best Islamic Financial Institutions of 2016
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Global Finance Names The World’s Best Securities Services Providers 2016
NEW YORK, May 13, 2016 - Global Finance magazine has announced selections for the World’s Best Securities Services Providers 2016, which includes the fourteenth annual list of the World’s Best Subcustodians.
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Japanese Banks Jump Into The Market
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is learning to speak Arabic.
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The Panama Papers And The Offshoring Industry
The so-called Panama Papers, more than 11 million leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm, are shining a spotlight on the scope and financial impact of the offshoring financial industry and global efforts to move assets to tax havens or less-regulated jurisdictions.
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The Perils Of Ignoring Brexit
Uncertainty over the future has grown, while growth forecasts have been cut.
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Thriving On Disruption
The banking industry’s leading lights have largely adjusted their business plans to a world of tighter regulations, higher capital requirements and less leverage. Now, they are taking on new competitors by embracing the very information technology that has disrupted their business.