<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923</id><updated>2024-09-05T17:01:21.909-07:00</updated><category term="Bank"/><category term="Islam"/><category term="Business"/><category term="News"/><category term="Financial services"/><category term="Sharia"/><category term="Arab World"/><category term="Asia"/><category term="Commercial bank"/><category term="International Monetary Fund"/><category term="Islamic Bank"/><category term="Malaysia"/><category term="Middle East"/><category term="Business and Economy"/><category term="Central bank"/><category term="China"/><category term="Down payment"/><category term="Dubai"/><category term="Economy of the People&#39;s Republic of China"/><category term="Europe"/><category term="Finance"/><category term="France"/><category term="G-8"/><category term="G20"/><category term="HSBC"/><category term="Indonesia"/><category term="Investment Banks"/><category term="Islamic Development Bank"/><category term="Islamic economic jurisprudence"/><category term="Journal"/><category term="Kuala Lumpur"/><category term="Lexus"/><category term="London"/><category term="Mainland China"/><category term="Muhammad"/><category term="Paper"/><category term="Prof Habib Ahmed"/><category term="Saudi Arabia"/><category term="Securities Commission"/><category term="Southeast Asia"/><category term="US"/><category term="United Arab Emirates"/><category term="United States"/><category term="World Bank"/><category term="dual monetary system"/><category term="islamic bond"/><category term="sukuk"/><category term="transmission mechanism"/><title type='text'>Islamic Finance News &amp;amp; Resources</title><subtitle type='html'>News and information about emerging financial system of Sharia, from north to south, east to west</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-1759979983652613902</id><published>2010-01-18T20:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T20:55:12.162-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Europe"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="France"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="G20"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="islamic bond"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="News"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sukuk"/><title type='text'>Paris woos Islamic investment to tackle credit crunch</title><summary type="text">Islamic finance gains more attention as alternative system.&amp;nbsp; Thus its recognizable that the basic rules of Islamic finance could relieve suffering markets and particularly international financial systems 
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 Paris woos Islamic investment to tackle credit crunch 



French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is leading a governmental drive to attract </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/1759979983652613902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/1759979983652613902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2010/01/paris-woos-islamic-investment-to-tackle.html' title='Paris woos Islamic investment to tackle credit crunch'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-7849315874389601534</id><published>2009-10-06T20:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T21:01:20.779-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dual monetary system"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indonesia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Journal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Paper"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="transmission mechanism"/><title type='text'>Shariah transmission mechanism in dual monetary system of Indonesia</title><summary type="text">by Aam Slamet Rusydiana

This study tries to analyze shariah transmission mechanism in Indonesian dual monetary system, using Vector Auto Regression (VAR) and Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) methods.Results show that the relationship between SWBI (SBI Shariah) and shariah financing (LNFINCG) is negative. It means, when SWBI be higher, the quantity of shariah financing would be lower. And so </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/7849315874389601534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/7849315874389601534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2009/10/shariah-transmission-mechanism-in-dual.html' title='Shariah transmission mechanism in dual monetary system of Indonesia'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-6127676650483533443</id><published>2009-07-17T16:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T20:52:07.765-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dubai"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="G-8"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="International Monetary Fund"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="London"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Middle East"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="News"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sharia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="United Arab Emirates"/><title type='text'>Dubai’s Saidi Calls G-8 ‘Obsolete,’ Says Gulf Needs FSB Role</title><summary type="text">sorced: Bloomberg

Dubai International Financial Centre Chief Economist Nasser Saidi said the Group of Eight is an “obsolete” forum and called for a greater role for Gulf countries in global decision-making.             
“The GCC should have strengthened representation on the Financial Stability Board,” Saidi said at a conference in London today. Gulf Cooperation Countries, which are Bahrain, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/6127676650483533443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/6127676650483533443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2009/07/dubais-saidi-calls-g-8-obsolete-says.html' title='Dubai’s Saidi Calls G-8 ‘Obsolete,’ Says Gulf Needs FSB Role'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-1086947140536750308</id><published>2009-06-23T10:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T20:52:29.052-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Asia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islamic Bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islamic economic jurisprudence"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Malaysia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="News"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Securities Commission"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sharia"/><title type='text'>As scholars quibble, sharia banks eye convergence</title><summary type="text">KUALA LUMPUR/LONDON (Reuters) - Jurists may never fully agree on how to interpret the sharia but controversial Islamic finance structures are likely to be dropped eventually as the industry strives to reach wider markets.
       
Disputed contracts like bai bithaman ajil and bai inah will probably be pushed to the sidelines while mudaraba and musharaka bond structures will be modified as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/1086947140536750308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/1086947140536750308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2009/06/as-scholars-quibble-sharia-banks-eye.html' title='As scholars quibble, sharia banks eye convergence'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-8143637966553485695</id><published>2009-06-17T10:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T20:52:44.676-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Asia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="China"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Economy of the People&#39;s Republic of China"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mainland China"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="News"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World Bank"/><title type='text'>Chinese Interest in Islamic Banking</title><summary type="text">We will not be able to say that Islamic banking has become a strong competitor to conventional banking unless it is able to surmount the Great Wall of China and settle upon the Chinese mainland and take advantage of what is considered to be one of the world&#39;s fastest growing economies. According to the World Bank, the Chinese economy is expected to experience a growth of 6.5 percent –during the [</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/8143637966553485695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/8143637966553485695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2009/06/chinese-interest-in-islamic-banking.html' title='Chinese Interest in Islamic Banking'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-4635438028467155130</id><published>2009-06-13T09:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T09:56:00.211-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Commercial bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Down payment"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Finance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Financial services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lexus"/><title type='text'>Ajman Bank Cruises to Market with Irresistible New Lexus Finance Offer</title><summary type="text">Ajman Bank offers customers the opportunity to buy a stylish new Lexus up with a 0% profit rate until 1st July 2009, based on three year finance agreement Ajman Bank, the emirate&#39;s first Islamic commercial bank, is set to drive customers wild with a fantastic opportunity to purchase a brand new, luxury Lexus from Al-Futtaim Motors at a 0% profit rate.  The new offer, which is valid until 1st July</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/4635438028467155130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/4635438028467155130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2009/06/ajman-bank-cruises-to-market-with.html' title='Ajman Bank Cruises to Market with Irresistible New Lexus Finance Offer'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-4313501458522216278</id><published>2009-06-13T09:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T09:39:48.790-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Arab World"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Business and Economy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Central bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Middle East"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Muhammad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Saudi Arabia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="United States"/><title type='text'>Saudi launches sukuk, bond market on Saturday</title><summary type="text">Saudi Arabia said it would launch its new market for Islamic bonds, or sukuk, and bonds on Saturday, offering firms new sources of funding amid tight credit conditions. Trading of bonds would run from in the mornings, the regulator said on the Gulf Arab state bourse&#39;s website. &quot;I believe this is a very important step forward since it will deepen the Saudi financial market,&quot; said Talaat Hafez, a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/4313501458522216278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/4313501458522216278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2009/06/saudi-launches-sukuk-bond-market-on.html' title='Saudi launches sukuk, bond market on Saturday'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-1702478964638469989</id><published>2009-06-13T09:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T09:33:30.594-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Financial services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="International Monetary Fund"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islamic Bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islamic Development Bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Prof Habib Ahmed"/><title type='text'>Is Islamic finance the answer?</title><summary type="text">By Robin BrantMalaysia correspondent, BBC News, Kuala LumpurExperts in Islamic finance believe their way of doing business has shielded them from the global credit crisis. But how does it differ from conventional Western finance?A former executive director of the International Monetary Fund, Dr Abbas Mirakhor, says wider Islamic economics relies on God&#39;s guidance, handed down almost 1,400 years </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/1702478964638469989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/1702478964638469989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-islamic-finance-answer.html' title='Is Islamic finance the answer?'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227428842897089923.post-1030218596307609942</id><published>2009-05-26T00:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T19:32:22.532-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Arab World"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Commercial bank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Financial services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="HSBC"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Investment Banks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kuala Lumpur"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Malaysia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sharia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Southeast Asia"/><title type='text'>Islamic banking</title><summary type="text">Image by AFP/Getty Images via DaylifeIt is a young industry and a growth industry, and continues to evolve and expand both financially and geographically. It is indigenous and community-focused: it caters to devout Muslims in indigenous Muslim societies as well as in Muslim minorities of non-Muslim countries. Furthermore, it is an inclusive paradigm: non-Muslim individuals and communities that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/1030218596307609942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8227428842897089923/posts/default/1030218596307609942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://islamicfinanceindustry.blogspot.com/2009/05/islamic-banking.html' title='Islamic banking'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>