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This book discusses the Islamic finance trading framework. It compares and contrasts conventional trading frameworks with Sharia compliant trading frameworks, explores trading under Islamic commercial law, trading practices and financial transactions prohibited under Islamic law, and profit making in Islam. In addition, it addresses related issues in government interventions, market structure, and business ethics and will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students of Islamic finance and banking.

Commercial law (Islamic law) --- Finance, Public—Islamic countries. --- Islamic Finance.

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This book discusses carefully selected topics in Islamic banking and finance (IBF) in South Eastern Europe (SEE) as one of the fastest growing areas in global finance. IBF originated within various Islamic banks, Islamic windows, investment funds, Takaful companies, and other financial institutions and has resulted in various global products. Although it is still in an early phase in SEE, IBF has developed rapidly in the last decade and has created a need for research on related topics, from the fundamental principles of IBF to the SCR, endowments and investment instruments to Islamic banking practices. This is our second book published as a result of the Sarajevo Islamic and Finance conferences (SIFEC). This conference traditionally gathers Islamic banking, economics, and finance academicians, experts, and students all over the world who discuss a wide range of topics in this field, focusing on the SEE. Consisting of seven chapters presenting original research, this book is a valuable resource for researchers as well as for practitioners and potential investors in IBF, especially in SEE. Velid Efendic is an Associate Professor in the field of finance at the University of Sarajevo (UoS), Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was involved in the establishment and management of the Banking Academy and Center for Islamic Economics Banking and Finance at UoS, where he serves as the Head. Since 2013 he serves as the head of the international Joint degree MA programme “Islamic Banking” in collaboration between UoS and University of Bolton, UK. In 2017, Efendic was appointed as a Management Board member in the Banking Agency for supervision and regulation of banks in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) for the mandate of five years. He has been engaged as a consultant and researcher in many research and investment projects in a variety of public, private, and non-governmental, national, and international institutions and companies. For the last ten years, Efendic was the head, author, organizer, and lecturer at many practical/professional seminars and training courses in various fields of banking and Islamic banking and finance. He is one of the founders of the European Association for Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance.

Finance --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Finance, Public—Islamic countries. --- Economic development projects—Finance. --- Islamic Finance. --- Development Finance.

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Islamic finance has grown exponentially since 1963 and has reached more than 70 countries around the world with the asset size of about $2.5 trillion. The Islamic financial system today comprises a sizable asset base and there is evidence of sustained demand for Islamic financial products and services in the global market, with demand outstripping supply. This book provides a new source of understanding of the Islamic financial products in view of facilitating academia, industrialists, professionals, product designers, students and policymakers globally. There is a mass of literature on Islamic finance available to the market, but very little research is found in the form of book exclusively on Islamic financial products and their structures. Thus, this book is a timely contribution to the global market with Islamic financial product solutions.

Finance, Public—Islamic countries. --- Investment banking. --- Securities. --- Islamic Finance. --- Investments and Securities.

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During the first decade of this century, from 2001 to 2010, attention focused on the development of the credit information industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. As MENA's role in the global economy increases along with its attendant demographic integration, the development of comprehensive information sharing systems across the region has become an imperative. The overall credit information system in the region requires reform at the initiative of stakeholders. Among the challenges are the diverse levels of technology, and lack of awareness and discipline in data collection. In response to traditional risk-assessment methods and, in some cases, a resistance to change, stakeholders have been encouraged to undertake innovative changes in the methods of risk evaluation being used by the credit industry. IFC and AMF commissioned the production of this guide to map progress and provide an overview of the credit reporting systems in the region. For the first time, an index representing a quantification of credit reporting in each country has been developed. To offer lessons learned, the guide highlights selected global trends and best practice for credit information sharing. The guide contains case studies of the 19 MENA countries with specific recommendations for local conditions.

Access to Finance --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Financial Structures --- Islamic Finance --- Legal Framework --- Rural Development

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Islamic finance has grown exponentially since 1963 and has reached more than 70 countries around the world with the asset size of about $2.5 trillion. The Islamic financial system today comprises a sizable asset base and there is evidence of sustained demand for Islamic financial products and services in the global market, with demand outstripping supply. This book provides a new source of understanding of the Islamic financial products in view of facilitating academia, industrialists, professionals, product designers, students and policymakers globally. There is a mass of literature on Islamic finance available to the market, but very little research is found in the form of book exclusively on Islamic financial products and their structures. Thus, this book is a timely contribution to the global market with Islamic financial product solutions.

Finance, Public—Islamic countries. --- Investment banking. --- Securities. --- Islamic Finance. --- Investments and Securities.