What attracts conventional investors to Islamic financial instruments? We answer this question by comparing Malaysian … Islamic and conventional security prices and their response to macrofinancial factors. Our analysis suggests that Islamic and … conventional bond and equity prices are driven by common factors. Likewise, especially in recent years, Islamic banks have …

could introduce Islamic financing windows within the conventional system and facilitate sukuk issuance to tap foreign …Islamic finance is a fast growing activity in world markets. This paper provides a survey on Islamic Finance in SSA …. Ongoing activities include Islamic banking, sukuk issuances (to finance infrastructure projects), Takaful (insurance), and …

The SDN discusses the main policy issues and challenges in building an inclusive and safe Islamic finance industry …, with emphasis on Islamic banking and Sukuk markets. To this end, it discuses why Islamic finance matters, taking into …

The relative financial strength of Islamic banks is assessed empirically based on evidence covering individual Islamic … and commercial banks in 18 banking systems with a substantial presence of Islamic banking. We find that (i) small Islamic … stronger than large Islamic banks; and (iii) small Islamic banks tend to be financially stronger than large Islamic banks …

This paper assesses the impact of bonds issued according to Islamic principles (Sukuk), on the cost and risk structure … growing Islamic liquidity pool, in addition to the conventional investor base. The paper analyzes whether secondary market …

Derivatives are few and far between in countries where the compatibility of financial transactions with Islamic law … requires the development of shari'ah-compliant structures. Islamic finance is governed by the shari'ah, which bans speculation … underpinning Islamic finance with a view towards developing a cohesive theory of derivatives subject to shari'ahprinciples. After …