Sunday, August 13, 2017

Islamic finance in Europe (82)

Continuation
The German market has also witnessed the offering of a new Shari’ah-compliant investment product.
It is benchmarked to the WestLB Islamic Deutschland Index.
This is comprised of shares in ten German firms.
Their business activities are conducted in line with the Shari’ah.
German financial institutions also actively participate in the Islamic finance industry via their subsidiaries in:
-      London
-      Dubai
-      and Kuala Lumpur.
These institutions could play a key role in attracting Shari’ah-compliant funds to Germany through their:
-      established networks
-      and expertise.
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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