Country Profiles

• Understanding Ownership and Capital in Sukuk

  2014-12-26 20:53:42

  Sukuk has certain implicit features that makes them different from Riba securities. The most clear difference between them is in what owning them mean

• Who Is Buying Sukuk?

  2014-12-24 17:13:15

  Sukuk is the basis for the global Islamic financial market. However, as the appeal of Islamic financial instruments grow, buyers from all around the w

• Sukuk and the Problem of Short-term Liquidity

  2014-12-24 17:07:11

  The variety of available investments that are compliant with Shariah is still quite limited when compared to conventional Western finance.

• The Sukuk Market: Global Versus Local

  2014-12-24 17:01:50

  Critics of the sukuk market have noted that the sukuk market is more local or regional rather than a true international market.

• Citi Sukuk Index and Rasameel Market Commentary

  2014-12-08 21:40:23

  A summary of recently released Citi and Rasameel reports is provided.

• S&P Revised Oman Outlook Not to Impact Planned Sukuk Debut in 2015

  2014-12-06 22:40:14

  Negative outlook unlikely to affect the Sultanate of Oman's expected debut Sovereign Sukuk issuance.

• UK Islamic Finance Secretariat: Islamic Finance in UK

  2014-07-01 17:57:58

  UKIFS presents an overview of Islamic Finance in the UK. Since this report was published the UK became the first non-Islamic country to issue a Sovere

• Luxembourg's long awaited Sukuk issued on less than stellar demand

  2014-10-04 12:32:57

  Order book only two times oversubscribed raises questions over Euro currency denominated issuance.

• Government of Indonesia Sukuk Issuances

  2014-07-12 17:35:52

  International Islamic Financial Market presents an overview of Indonesia and its Sukuk market presenting a legal and structural overview.

• Islamic Finance in Germany

  2014-07-11 23:15:33

  Germany was the first Western country to tap the Islamic capital market when the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt issued the country’s first Sukuk in