Tag Archives: Islamic finance

`Eiduladha Sacrifice and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sacrifice or Kurban in Bahasa Melayu has many intrinsic meanings. Let’s look at it from [...]

19
Jul
Moratorium 2.0: When the going gets tough, the tough would only get going…if everyone chips in.

There are two words of wisdom that I would like to quote, firstly from Henry [...]

02
Jul
Half-baked Moratorium Equals Half-baked Results

The loan moratorium, as announced in MCO 1.0, had technical problems, confusing eligibility criteria and [...]

04
Jun
Determinants of capital structure: evidence from Shari’ah compliant and non-compliant firms

Abstract Many Muslim individual and institutional investors seek to invest only in stocks that are [...]

21
May
Regulating fintech businesses: the Malaysian experience

Abstract The Malaysian finance industry is governed by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Securities Commission [...]

17
Jul
How does microfinance prosper? An analysis of environmental, social, and governance context

Abstract The spotlight of this study is to examine whether environmental, social, and governance performance [...]

10
Jun
Blockchain and its Shariah compliant structure

Abstract Islamic finance has gained momentum in the world today. Irrespective of faith conviction, it [...]

15
May
House financing: contracts used by Islamic banks for finished properties in Malaysia

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to find out the existing practices of the [...]

27
Apr
Derivative Instruments, Risk Management and Shariah Compliance

Think Piece By Prof. Dr. Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha The acceptability of financial derivative instruments like [...]

09
Apr
Funding Social Expenditure with Risk Sharing Sukuk

Think Piece By Prof. Dr. Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha We have already discussed how governments could [...]

02
Apr