This study explores the need for developing socially responsible investment criteria in Islamic finance. There is global attention given to environmental sustainability.
Islamic Sustainable and Responsible Investment Criteria
Highlights of IFSB Report 2023
The IFSB’s Islamic Financial Services Industry (IFSI) Stability Report 2023 presents an assessment of the key vulnerabilities, resilience, and future outlook of the global IFSI in general and in the IFSB member jurisdictions in particular across three key segments: Islamic banking, Islamic capital market and Takaful.
Sukuk in Islamic Capital Markets
Sukuk is the plural of “Sak”, which means: “document or certificate”. During the period of Marwan Bin Huqam, the certificate issued to people to get rations from the Treasury were called “Sukuk”. But, the modern meaning of Sukuk is different. In contemporary Islamic finance terms, Sukuk means:
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.
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Islamic Financial Framework
If the government wishes to align the government finances in a way that converges with IFI principles, the government may need to work to eliminate conventional debt and adopt raising funds using productive investments only.
Future Sukuk Growth Depends on Overcoming Challenges
Sukuk issuance needs to be used in providing finance for diverse needs. Corporate issuances follow the trends in business cycles. Sovereign Sukuk for development finance can provide impetus to the Sukuk issuance in cyclical downturns. In addition to that, it can also provide long-term macroeconomic support to the governments and enterprises by building the infrastructure for tomorrow.
Islamic Economics Project 