Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Views of Islamic finance

A former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan wrote an article in Dawn which provides a very good description of the industry and its similarities and differences with conventional finance.

State Bank of Pakistan governor Dr. Shamshad Akhtar lays out her vision for how the Islamic finance industry should grow.

The Islamic Development Bank board finished a two-day meeting, which included the approval of a Phase-1 Pilot Project in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Sudan of an Islamic microfinance model.

Growth of Islamic finance as a part of the overall growth of Dubai.

A few new details about the motivation for Hong Kong's new attention to Islamic finance.

No comments: