TY - BOOK ID - 7168223 TI - Islamic banking : how to manage risk and improve profitability PY - 2011 SN - 9780470880234 0470880236 9786612913778 1118266927 047093008X 1282913778 9780470930083 PB - Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, DB - UniCat KW - Banks and banking KW - Risk KW - -Risk KW - -332.1091767 KW - Economics KW - Uncertainty KW - Probabilities KW - Profit KW - Risk-return relationships KW - Agricultural banks KW - Banking KW - Banking industry KW - Commercial banks KW - Depository institutions KW - Finance KW - Financial institutions KW - Money KW - E-books KW - Banks and banking - Islamic countries. KW - Risk - Islamic countries. KW - Risk -- Islamic countries. KW - Banks and banking - Islamic countries KW - Risk - Islamic countries KW - -Banks and banking KW - -Banks and banking - Islamic countries. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7168223 AB - "Islamic Banking will be about the nature of risk in Islamic banking and the regulatory framework which includes capital adequacy, corporate governance, transparency and risk associated with Islamic banking. The book will cover materials about Islamic banking and also will show how each of these issues defers from the non-Islamic Banking, shading light on the effect of the global economic crisis on Islamic banks vs. conventional banks. It will discuss history and development, the nature of risk, the importance and role of capital, corporate governance and transparency, the salient features of Islamic banking that distinguishes it from non-Islamic banking, and the development of the regulatory bodies and supervisory agencies that support the Islamic banking system. The book will try to give answers to questions such as: Is the existing regulatory framework sufficient enough to - Ensure safe and sound banking system? Face the inherent risk associated with Islamic banking? Prevent systemic risk in the banking system? The book concludes with discussions on (1) the relationship between the Islamic banking regulators and the western regulators, and (2) the obstacle and challenges from regulatory prospective that faces the Islamic banking"-- ER -