Continuation
As regards Islamic
investment funds, in 2011:
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the size of assets
under management stood at USD 60 billion;
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the number of
funds rising to 876;
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and accounting
for approximately 4.6% of global Islamic financial assets.
In terms of fund
domicile, Saudi Arabia remains the key market for Islamic investors.
This country accounted
for 42.4% of the industry in 2011.
It followed by:
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Malaysia at 25.9%
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United States at
7.9%
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Kuwait at 4.9%
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and Ireland at
4.1%.
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)