Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Islamic finance in Europe (52)

Continuation
The growth of the Islamic finance industry has mainly been driven by the following factors:
§  abundant liquidity flows from the recycling of petrodollars generated by high oil prices over the years;
§  the active role played by some jurisdictions around the world to promote the development of Islamic financial markets in their respective countries;
§  a growing Muslim population and the related higher demand for Shari’ah-compliant products;
§  an increased perception that Islamic finance can support efforts to promote global financial stability;
§  the fact that multilateral organisations (e.g. the IMF) as well as a number of central banks have embarked on extensive studies/research initiatives to examine prospects for Islamic finance within their respective economic blocs/regions.

From the research paper of European Central Bank
(Authors: F.Mauro, P.Caristi, S.Couderc, A.D.Maria, L.Ho, B.K.Grewal, S.Masciantonio, S. Ongena and S.Zaher)

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