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New head of strategy at Crescent Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Crescent Group has appointed Islamic finance expert Sayd Farook to the head of strategy role, based in Sydney. His appointment comes as the group launches a five-year strategic plan to grow its assets under management to $5 billion by the end of 2026. ...

New shareholder at Crescent Wealth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... become a shareholder. "Crescent Wealth has been a pioneer in Australian financial services and a champion for Islamic finance initiatives. We share the same values and a passion for ethical investing. I look forward to working with the Crescent Group ...

Crescent Finance launches real estate funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... Islamic-compliant way. However, they are open to investors of all backgrounds. "Crescent Finance - unlike other Islamic Finance institutions, plans to provide authentic structures whereby they co-invest funds that are not simply borrowed from a conventional ...

DomaCom partners for Sharia-compliant home loans

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... firms] have been working on a model which enables Australian Muslims to purchase a property with leverage using Islamic finance while maintaining the familiar structure of a traditional home purchase," DomaCom said in ASX filings. The firms said 771,000 ...

Shariah-compliant ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... with Shariah principles overseen by a panel of scholars from Amanie Advisors, an advisory firm specialising in Islamic finance solutions. Shariah-compliant investing involves following a set of principles that includes not charging any form of interest ...

Australia should consider Islamic finance to bridge infrastructure gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... infrastructure investment in favour of offshore assets, Crescent Wealth managing director Talal Yassine believes the Islamic finance market should help make up Australia's shortfall. Yassine called on the Federal Government to underwrite super funds' ...

Islamic super fund sees 245% FUM growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... Yassine said. Yassine said that the fund's growth over the last year "proves the depth of our market and cements Islamic finance as a significant segment of the sophisticated Australian financial services market." The fund has achieved a total return ...

Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... attractive to businesses overseas," he said. "Muslims represent 23% of the global population, but in Australia, Islamic finance compliant products represent less than 1% of the total. The growth opportunity is unavoidable." Kalam added that he sees no ...

Government eyes Islamic finance growth opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The Australian government has said that the Islamic finance provides a opportunity for growth in the both the Australian financial services sector and the wider economy. Addressing delegates at the first Amanie Australia Islamic Finance Forum in Melbourne ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
The Amanie Australian Islamic Finance Forum will be held at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne on 16 April. Amanie Advisors Australia has recently become one of the first specialist Shariah advisory bodies to be granted an AFSL licence this country. ...