Tag: Islamic Finance
Harvard Islamic Finance Forum: An Outsider’s View on Islamic Finance
Islamic finance is, in the words of many of its practitioners and observers, one of the more exciting things happening to the Muslim World today. Many view it as a test case – a potential experimental ground – for how Islam’s Divine Law – the Shariah – is likely to mingle with or adapt to [...]
Questioning “Shari’ah Conversion Technology”: Yusuf Talal Delorenzo
Innovation is a cornerstone of the financial markets. Without the development of securitization, derivatives, and other complex financial instruments it’s safe to argue that it would be impossible to fuel the growth of the global economy. Since the growing Islamic Finance industry exists as a subset of the global financial system there is always a [...]
Opportunities in Islamic Private Equity
Mr. David Rubenstein, founder of the worlds largest private equity firm The Carlyle Group, has in his many industry presentations cited Christopher Columbus (the famous early voyager to the Americas) as a first in Private Equity! To fund his voyage to discover the “new world,” Columbus pitched his plans to Queen Isabel of Castille for [...]
Islamic Finance Gaining Traction in the U.S.
Most news in the Islamic Finance sector invariably comes from one of a number of Muslim majority countries where Islamic Finance is a major part of the financial infrastructure such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, or Malaysia. There is relatively less recognition for the fact that there are major Muslim consumer markets in non-Muslim [...]
