Sunday, January 14, 2018

Islamic finance in Europe (131)

Continuation
Similar accounting/risk management practices may be necessary for other products offered by Islamic banks.
Evolution of products in this area conform with the existing frameworks used for conventional finance.
But, these modes of finance may naturally give rise to unique, albeit relatively inconsequential risks.
Actually, Islamic finance has asset-based nature.
It means that Islamic banks will always be exposed to a certain inflationary pressure when trading in real assets.
Nevertheless, Islamic banks have incorporated ways of managing inflation risk by using parallel contracts executed in sequence.
It mitigates fluctuations in asset prices.
Also,  provides fixed cash flows from assets in a similar fashion to conventional loan agreements.

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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