In lease based contracts, such as Ijarah and Diminishing Musharakah, the rental indices can capture the true essence of pricing as per the nature of transaction.
Using Rental Index in Fixed Assets Finance
Output Price Index as a Pricing Alternative in Islamic Finance
Repo transactions are not compliant with Islamic principles due to the buyback nature of transaction plus the use of interest based securities as underlying assets. However, in commercial contracts where Islamic banks would like to earn return, there is need for a pricing benchmark to mitigate risk as well as ensure transparency in the contract.
History of Islamic Banking in Pakistan
Islamic banking is growing very fast, especially after the global financial crisis in 2008. There is need for more awareness and regulatory support to promote Islamic banking so as to comply with constitution of Pakistan, which clearly urged for eliminating Riba as soon as possible.
Risk Sharing versus Risk Shifting in Islamic Banks
This paper aims to see which modes of financing are majorly employed by Islamic banks while providing finance to the clients. The empirical analysis shows that by and large Islamic banks use risk-shifting contracts. The use of risk-sharing based contracts is quite minimal.
Monetary Policy for the Real Economic Sector in Muslim Majority Countries: A Transitional Solution
The paper discusses reforms in monetary policy to reorient it towards serving the needs of real economy. It focuses on reforms that can be introduced in the transitional phase since reconceptualising the whole monetary system with a reformed outlook on nature of currency, mode of currency issue, money creation and credit creation would take much longer time and requires greater political will.
Towards a Pristine Islamic Finance: Preconditions
This paper discusses the preconditions for the development of a pure form of Islamic finance that is Shari’ah based as well as fulfilling the higher goals of Islamic teachings, i.e. Maqasid-e-Shari’ah.
Islamic Banking System: Bloom’s Taxonomy and Stakeholders’ Responsibilities
It is important that in critical evaluation of Islamic banking and finance, both the perspective (economics or Shari’ah) must be clearly acknowledged and for evaluation from the Shari’ah perspective, the knowledge and comprehension gap is filled too for better mutual understanding and resolution of conflicting viewpoints.
The Economic Reality of Islamic Banks’ Transactions: A Qualitative Inquiry
This research paper examines the need for distinct accounting standards for Islamic finance. It collects primary data through interviews of respondents who are affiliated with a bank. It provides analysis in the light of this statement by International Accounting Standards Board “In assessing whether an item meets the definition of an asset, liability or equity, attention needs to be given to its underlying substance and economic reality and not merely its legal form”.
An Analysis of the Normative Parameters of Reward and Risk in Islamic Finance
This paper aims to define the parameters of the reward-risk principle in Islamic finance. The paper is a good attempt to conceptualize the Fiqh basis of risk-reward principle and to use the understanding in revisiting both Ribā-based and Islamic finance contracts.
The World Economy and Islamic Economics in the Time of COVID-19
This paper presents statistics to illustrate the economic effects of COVID-19 in the global economy. Poverty and unemployment in the informal sector of developing economies is on the rise. On the other hand, developed economies have also seen economic contraction. Capital markets have seen sharp decline in the early part of 2020. However, the author notes that Islamic equity portfolios were less affected. This finding is discovered in other empirical studies as well where Islamic portfolios are found to perform relatively better in economic and market downturns.
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