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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has launched a series of electronic Islamic finance tailored handbooks, designed to help Firms undertaking Islamic finance activities in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). |
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Sovereign Sukuk: Reconsideration, Realignment and the End of Sharia Arbitrage?" report to their offering ”Sovereign Sukuk: Reconsideration, Realignment and the End of Sharia Arbitrage?” |
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Whether it is at the Islamic Finance Summit held at the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée in Paris, France, or a lively open fatwa session at the Islamic Retail Banking Conference (IRBC) 2009 held in Dubai or the 1st Euro-Arab Real Estate Conference held in Barcelona, Spain, all held over the last two or three months, it is certain that a “new kid on the block” will be a key participant. |
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report to their offering. |
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On 31st of Jan 2010, two leading Islamic Finance Industry service providers announced the release of a first-of-its-kind report on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Islamic Finance Institutions as well as recognizing social responsibility leaders from within the respondents with the Maqasid Al-Shari'a Awards. |
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Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), the international standard-setting organisation for Islamic finance, has published its new standards publications entitled Shari'a Standards 2010 and Accounting, Auditing, and Governance Standards 2010. |
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The Dubai International Financial Centre Authority announced on Dec 21st, 2009 the release of the "DIFC Sukuk Guide" - a comprehensive introduction to various sukuk structures, as well as legal and regulatory information on issuing sukuk from the DIFC and listing sukuk on NASDAQ Dubai. |
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A.M. Best Co. issued a bulletin that said it believes that the new “Exposure Draft (ED) Standard on Solvency Requirements for Takaful (Islamic Insurance) Undertakings,” published by the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), "provides a good basis for evaluating the capital of Takaful insurers, and therefore will provide sound guidance to regulators of such companies." |
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The Dubai International Financial Centre Authority announced on Dec 8th, 2009 the publication of the latest in its series of whitepapers, this one entitled, 'Islamic Financing for Infrastructure Projects'. |
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The economic crisis has impacted banks globally, with large markets for Islamic finance no exception. Whilst global banks have suffered $700 billion in losses in 2008, Gulf countries have also felt the crunch, with little or no growth in 2009. |
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