Islamic investment & banking briefing

Content
Where does Islamic Banking and Investment fit into Islam?
The Sharia; the key to understanding Islamic Investment and Banking
Islamic investment principles:-
- Riba
- Haram activities
- Gharar/Maysir
- Zakat
- Takaful
What are the principles of Islamic Banking ?
What are the Islamic Investment cleansing principles?
Asset management for Islamic banks
Characteristics of the key instruments used in Islamic banking and finance
What are the common Sharia principles underlying all Islamic financial instruments?
The key questions the Sharia Boards ask
The investment characteristics of an Islamic financial system:
- Riba
- Risk sharing /profit sharing/loss sharing
- Time value of money islamically interpreted
- Prohibition of speculation
- Sanctity of contracts
- Sharia approved activities
The role of the Sharia Board: the key questions the Sharia Boards ask
What are the problems with the Fatwa-s issued by Sharia Boards?
Is it halal or haram for Muslims to invest in the stock market?
Are companies with debt related activities excluded from Islamic investment portfolios?
Islamic funds: Equity market funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts
Islamic hedge funds
Islamic Rating systems & Indices
What is Islamic Securitisation?
What are the Sharia requirements for Securitisation?
Securitisation structures, Pass- throughs, Asset backed bonds, Pay- throughs
Sukuk basics and how sukuk differs from conventional bonds.
Alternative sukuk structures
How do non-Islamic Bank Capital and Islamic banks and statements compare ?
What are the key characteristics of the liabilities of Islamic banks?
What are the key characteristics of the assets of Islamic banks.
The Two Tier Mudaraba system. Unrestricted and Restricted Mudaraba
The difference between Tier Two Mudaraba and conventional bank lending
Characteristics, Application & Term structure of Musharaka
Advantages of Ijara over bank borrowing
Ijara-operational leasing & Ijara-Wa -Iktina- financial leasing
Istisna & Parallel Istisna and their applications.
Salam, its characterisitics and Parallel Salam.
What is the difference between Salam and Murabaha.



Todays Date: 8 September 2017
Duration 1 day