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Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
Less than one per cent of investment products in Australia are Shariah compliant, suggesting huge opportunities for fund managers blazing the trail in this segment. The Muslim Community Co-operative Australia manages a Shariah compliant property income ...

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. ...

van Eyk drops AXA Bernstein for Sigma

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
van Eyk has dropped AXA Bernstein and minimised allocation towards Integrity, Fidelity and Solaris after appointing a share of the Blueprint Australian Shares Fund to Sigma Funds Management. The fund, which currently has approximately $1.4 billion under ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Bloomberg is increasing its commitment to the Islamic finance market with the launch of a tailored investing platform and a Malaysian benchmark index, answering calls for more sophistication in the market. The Bloomberg Islamic Finance Platform (ISLM) ...

Praemium plans Australian Sharia service

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Praemium will launch an Australian Sharia-compliant service in the next quarter after working with the Islamic Bank of Britain to introduce the UK's only Sharia-compliant retail Discretionary Portfolio Service. Praemium, a financial portfolio administration ...

Former planner pushes for cruelty free super

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
UK financial planner hopes to introduce a successful tried-and-tested vegan super model into the Australian market through the launch of Cruelty Free Super. Melbourne-based Ethical Money launched the super fund in a bid to cater for those Australians ...

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
The $1 trillion Islamic finance market is a crucial part of the Australian Government's strategy to make Australia a financial hub in Asia Pacific, according to Simon Crean, minister for trade. At the launch of the Government's booklet, Islamic Finance ...

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 ...