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Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... more sophistication in the market. The Bloomberg Islamic Finance Platform (ISLM) will provide extensive resources for Shariah compliant investing in fixed income, equities and money markets to provide more transparency and maximise investment performance. ...

Former planner pushes for cruelty free super

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... reducing fees," he said. The group also has plans to introduce a range of pure play clean tech funds next year, along with a Shariah-compliant fund.

NGS Super considers Shariah-compliant option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
NGS Super is looking to launch a Shariah-compliant investment option based on the feedback from the Islamic members of the fund. Chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball told the audience at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium that the fund is working ...

Islamic finance crucial for Australia: Crean

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... booming sector and Australia should be part of the action," said Crean. Islamic finance refers to the Islamic law or the Shariah, which prohibits the earning of interest for a focus on profit sharing based on the buying and selling of tangible assets. ...

Deloitte expands Islamic finance business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Deloitte is pushing further into Islamic finance with the appointment of a global leader to manage the Shariah compliant division's operations. Daud Vicary Abdullah was appointed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu global leader of the Islamic Finance Industry ...

Macquarie eyes Middle East with JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... Middle East with Macquarie. According to a media statement from GFH, the venture will form a platform that offers wholesale Shariah complaint financial services products to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The deal is still subject to ...

Instos pump $700bn into Islamic finance

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... grow, the report found the number of products available is still narrow. Many of the new products entering the market are Shariah compliant, which means products follow a strict moral and ethical code. "The tenets of Islamic finance - lower leverage ...

Malaysia tops shariah funds list

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Malaysia may have overtaken Saudi Arabia to boast the highest number of shariah funds in the world - but the Asian Islamic country has a long way to go in building up assets for each of its 145 funds, according to a new report. November figures from ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Shariah-compliant hedge funds could outperform their traditional hedge fund counterparts this year, predicts Aureliano Gentilini, global head of hedge fund research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. Gentilini said that Shariah-compliant hedge funds stand to ...

Islamic funds zone in on Malaysia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Management is a joint venture between the CIMB Group and the Principal Financial Group. CIMB Principal will focus its Shariah fund management activities at CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management. Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) is a wholly owned subsidiary ...