Sunday, August 27, 2017

Islamic finance in Europe (87)

Continuation
In the wholesale banking area, a number of institutions are active in the Islamic capital market.
That institutes are active via:
-      foreign offices
-      or wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries
mostly in terms of:
-      trade finance
-      murabahah
-      and participation in syndication facilities.
Italian banks have also been active in the GCC region, more specifically in private-public partnerships.
In addition, there are a number of bilateral trade ties between Italy and GCC-based institutions.
It have been successful in introducing Islamic insurance products for group employee benefit purposes.
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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