....................................................................................................... 2 3. Scope of Application ............................................................................................................ 2 4. Legal Provision...................................................................................................................... 3 5. Effective Date & Compliance Deadline ............................................................................. 3 6. Approach................................................................................................................................ 4 PART 2: SHARIAH GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS ................................................... 5 SECTION I: General Requirements of the Shariah Governance Framework ..............5 - 9 SECTION II: Oversight, Accountability & Responsibility............................................. 10 - 14 SECTION III: Independence............................................................................................ 15 - 16 SECTION IV: Competency .............................................................................................. 17 - 18 SECTION V: Confidentiality & Consistency.................................................................. 19 - 21 SECTION VI: Shariah Compliance & Research Functions ................................................ 22 (i) Shariah...
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...Shari’ah Governance System The existing framework of Islamic finance in various countries shows different practices and models of Shari’ah governance system. Some countries prefer greater involvement of regulatory authorities but some countries prefer little involvement of regulatory authorities. Until now, it is still debatable whether which one will be more appropriate for possible adoption. There are different types of approaches to differentiate the Shari’ah governance system. For United Kingdom, they applied reactive approach which is more popular in non-Islamic countries. Although several Islamic banking licenses have been issued to Islamic Financial Institutions (IFI), the regulatory authority is silent upon the Shari’ah governance framework....
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...I. History of Islamic Banking in Malaysia Malaysia started Islamic banking in early 1980’s. Islamic Banking is especially true for Muslim world where currently Islamic banking strides at two separate fronts. At one side, efforts are also underway to convert the entire financial systems in accordance to Islamic laws (Shariah). At the other side, separate Islamic banks are allowed to operate in parallel to conventional interest based banks. Malaysia opted for the alternative gradual way of developing and implementing Islamic banking system. 1.1 Origin of Islamic Banking in Malaysia The roots of Islamic Banking in Malaysia should go back to 1963 when the government established Tabung Haji or Pilgrims Management and Fund Board. The organisatio was established to invest the savings of the local Muslims in interest free places, who want to carry out pilgrim (Haji). Tabung Haji utilizes Mudarabah (profit and loss sharing), Musharikah (joint venture) and Ijara (leasing) modes of financing for investment under the guidance of National Fatawah Committee of Malaysia. The first call for separate Islamic bank was made in 1980, in a seminar held in the National University of Malaysia. The members who attend had passed a decision requesting the government to create a special law to setup an Islamic bank in the country. Thereafter, the government had set up a National Steering Committee in 1981 to study legal, religious and operational aspects of organized an Islamic bank. The committee...
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... Corporate Governance-Its Problems & Prospects in Banking Industry in Bangladesh Begum Ismat Ara Huq* and Mohammad Zahid Hossain Bhuiyan** Corporate Governance ensures to bring transparency, accountability and professionalism in the management system of a corporate body that enhances the credibility and acceptability to the shareholders, employees, potential investors, customers, lenders, governments and all other stakeholders. This is more true in case of Banking Industry. Since Banks deal in public money, public confidence is of outmost importance in this Industry. The study aims at finding out problems & deficiencies involved in Corporate Governance practice in Banking Industry in Bangladesh and also suggesting ways and means to remove the same in order to make the Corporate Governance practice sound and effective. In this study, both the primary and secondary data were used. The primary data relating to problems involved in Corporate Governance practice and suggestions to remove the same were collected on the basis of a questionnaire by interviewing 24 randomly selected Bank personnel such as Directors of the Board as the internal part of management and the Auditors as the external group. The secondary data were collected through an extensive literature survey on the subject. The study has identified some major problems in Corporate Governance practice in the Banking Industry of the country. The prospect of Corporate Governance practice is bright in Banking Industry in...
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...disclosure by Islamic banks: evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries Abdullah Awadh Bukair and Azhar Abdul Rahman Abstract Corporate social activities have become major subjects because of their effects on the quality life of citizens, in particular, and on the society at large. Therefore, today, there is an increase awareness of social responsibility due to the challenges meeting the financial institutions (particularly, Islamic banking) around the world. This paper examines the influence of the board of directors’ characteristics, consisting of board size, board composition, and the separation roles of CEO and chairman, on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in 53 annual reports of Islamic banks of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries after controlling of bank size, financial performance and relevant public. Based on the framework of legitimacy theory, the findings show that CSR disclosure has a negative and insignificant relationship with board composition. On contrast, the study found insignificantly and positive association between CSR disclosure and other characteristics of board of directors (board size and the separation roles of CEO and chairman). With regards control variables, the study indicates that bank size and financial performance have a positive and significant influence on CSR disclosure, while relevant public has no effect. Therefore, the results indicate that corporate governance structure of board of directors within Islamic banks of...
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...31 Corporate Governance-Its Problems & Prospects in Banking Industry in Bangladesh Begum Ismat Ara Huq* and Mohammad Zahid Hossain Bhuiyan** Corporate Governance ensures to bring transparency, accountability and professionalism in the management system of a corporate body that enhances the credibility and acceptability to the shareholders, employees, potential investors, customers, lenders, governments and all other stakeholders. This is more true in case of Banking Industry. Since Banks deal in public money, public confidence is of outmost importance in this Industry. The study aims at finding out problems & deficiencies involved in Corporate Governance practice in Banking Industry in Bangladesh and also suggesting ways and means to remove the same in order to make the Corporate Governance practice sound and effective. In this study, both the primary and secondary data were used. The primary data relating to problems involved in Corporate Governance practice and suggestions to remove the same were collected on the basis of a questionnaire by interviewing 24 randomly selected Bank personnel such as Directors of the Board as the internal part of management and the Auditors as the external group. The secondary data were collected through an extensive literature survey on the subject. The study has identified some major problems in Corporate Governance practice in the Banking Industry of the country. The prospect of Corporate Governance practice is bright in Banking Industry in the...
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...ASSIGNMENT#1 Submitted By: Saadia 1. Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic financial institution (AAOIFI) The AAOIFI is a non-profit organization that focuses mainly on the area of accounting and auditing for Islamic financial institutions. While recognizing the need for standards, AAOIFI was established on February 1990 in Algeria and was registered on March 1991 in the kingdom of Bahrain. The organization is supported by 200 institution members from 45 countries across the global. The AAOIFI is one of prominent Islamic agency that attempts to install accounting and auditing standard for Islamic financial industry. The main object is to develop and disseminate accounting and auditing thought relevant to Islamic financial institutions and their applications. Its tasks include holding seminars, publishing periodicals, newsletters, commissioning research and prepare, promulgate, interpret and review, the accounting and auditing standards for Islamic financial institutions. Its notable efforts are to inform and encourage banking supervisors around the world to adopt its standard as the benchmark for Islamic financial institutions in their countries. These attempts to improve the transparency and comparability of the financial reporting of Islamic financial institutions are bearing fruit. The AAOIFI’s standard has been applied in various countries such as Bahrain and Sudan which require Islamic Banks in their countries to follow AAOIFI’s standards. In Qatar and Saudi Arabia...
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...Corporate Governance refers to the way an organization is directed, administrated or controlled. It includes the set of rules and regulations that affect the manager’s decision and contribute to the way company is perceived by the current and potential stakeholders. The corporate governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation such as; boards, managers, shareholders and other stakeholders and spells out the rules and procedures and also decision making assistance on corporate affairs. By doing this, italso provides the structure through which the company’s objectives are set and the means of obtaining those objectives and monitoring performance. Corporate governance may be the ways of bringing the interests of investors and managers into line and ensuring that firms are run for the benefit of investors. Given the state of the economy of Pakistan in 2010, troubled as it is; ideally it would be more desirable to look at the governance issues at macro level for Pakistan. As a famous economist, Dr Shahid Javaid Burki- a long observer of Pakistan’s economy has recently stated “Pakistan can generate a greater bounce in its economy than India by creating better governance. It has occurred before in the country’s difficult economic history and could happen again.” (Improved Governance: Dawn, 12th, October 2010). However, as a starting point , in this paper we look at closely the governanceissues for the...
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...Research Vol. 1 No. 6 June 2013 SHARIAH GOVERNANCE FOR ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKET: A STEP FORWARD Nawal Kasim Accounting Research Institute, Faculty of Accountancy UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia Sheila Nu NuHtay Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Malaysia Syed Ahmed Salman PhD. Candidate and research assistant at Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Sponsored or supported by: ARIHICoE Research Grant Abstract Since the last few decades, Islamic finance industry has developed tremendously penetrating not only the Muslim countries but surprisingly the non-Muslim countries as well. It has been acknowledged by the scholars on the need for this development to cater for the Islamic banking, Takaful and Islamic capital market industries. These three main industries are interrelated and dependent on each other in order to ensure that the whole Islamic financial system is in compliance with the Islamic principles. Among these three streams of the service industry, the Islamic capital market plays a crucial role to support the other two. Since Islamic banks and Takaful operators have to invest to provide the benefits to the investors and policy holders which are compatible with the conventional counterparts, the Islamic capital market is assumed to be the backbone for the two to survive and grow in the Islamic finance industry. Country such as Malaysia...
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...Proposal on Islamic Banking Table of Contents TOC \o 1-2 1) Research Title PAGEREF _Toc \h 3 2) Introduction to the Research Topic and Main Research Question PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 3 3) Literature Review Outline and Detailed Research Questions PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 5 3.1) Introduction PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 5 3.2) Background of Islamic Banking PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 5 3.3) Features of Islamic Banking PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 6 3.4) Determination of Whether Islamic Banking is a Matter of Semantics PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 8 3.5) Detailed Research Questions PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 10 4) Ethical Considerations PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 10 References PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 12 Bibliography PAGEREF _Toc10 \h 17 1) Research Title “Islamic Banking: A Matter of Semantics?” 2) Introduction to the Research Topic and Main Research Question Islamic banking is denoted as a banking system, which is mainly governed by the principles that have been formulated by the Islamic Shariah (Hasan, 2012). In general, the term Islamic banking is not only typically based on evading internet-based transactions that are strictly prohibited under the law of Shariah, but also discards any sort of unsocial or unethical practices (Ahmed, 2011). With this concern, it can be affirmed that Islamic banking is regarded as the procedure of transforming predictable money lending into transactions that are fundamentally based upon real as well as tangible services (El-Gamal, 2006). This banking system, if...
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...GLOBAL CORPORATE STRATEGY Name Course Instructor School Date Abstract. The report seeks to answer questions relating to Lloyd banking group, an internationally accredited bank that offers several services. Several issues are addressed in the report. The first issue being addressed is the merit and demerits of globalization in the global financial industry. Additionally, the threats and opportunities facing Lloyd Bank are looked at. The second issue being addressed focuses on the role of strategic alliances of mergers and acquisitions in the implementation of the e-banking system. Lastly, the role of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility is addressed. A personnel reflection and a conclusion sum up the paper. Table of Contents Abstract. 2 QUESTION 1: Firms’ Competitiveness in the Global Financial Services Industry 3 Merits of globalization 3 Demerits of Globalisation 4 Opportunities 5 Threats 6 Question two: E-Banking – The Role of Alliances, Mergers, and Acquisitions 7 Question three: Corporate Governance, CSR, and Competitiveness Leadership 12 Question four: Personal Reflections on Learning and Overall Report Presentation 15 Conclusion 16 Reference 17 QUESTION 1: Firms’ Competitiveness in the Global Financial Services Industry Merits of globalization Globalization of financial services has resulted in more banks increasing their consumer or customer base since they can exploit different areas across the world. The perfect example in this case...
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...the journal August 2005 Tackling the key issues in banking and capital markets* 1 Contents Page Editor’s comments 2 New challenges for central banks 4 Business integrity: A foundation for rebuilding reputation 16 The battleground for consumer banking 24 India: From sleeping tiger to stirring elephant 30 IFRS: Is your financial reporting sustainable? 42 Shari’a compliant financial services – standing its ground 48 Editor’s comments 2 by Phil Rivett the journal • Tackling the key issues in banking and capital markets Phil Rivett Global Leader, Banking & Capital Markets, UK Tel: 44 20 7212 4686 Email: phil.g.rivett@uk.pwc.com 3 Welcome to the August 2005 edition of the PricewaterhouseCoopers banking and capital markets journal. This is the 7th edition of the journal and brings together a rich selection of topics from our industry experts. Central banks are increasingly coming under the spotlight as they face a number of changes and challenges. In ‘New Challenges for Central Banks’, Chris Sermon, Peter Trout and Elizaveta Filipova highlight some of the new and existing opportunities facing the central banking sector in the areas of accounting, reporting, transparency, corporate governance and risk management and explore the importance of evolving practices and developments. Trust and integrity are fundamental to the financial sector, no more so than now following recent corporate transgressions. In ‘Corporate...
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...Internship Report A Demand-Supply Analysis of the Islamic Banking system in Bangladesh and the role of SCB Saadiq to meet the discrepancies, if any Prepared for: Dr. Neaz Ahmed Professor Prepared by: Ivdad Ahmed Khan Mojlish Roll: 43 Batch: BBA 13th June 24, 2009 Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka June 24, 2009 Professor G M Chowdhury Chairman Internship & Placement Program Institute of Business Administration (IBA) University of Dhaka Subject: Submission of Internship report Dear Sir: I am very pleased to submit my Internship report on "A Demand-Supply Analysis of the Islamic Banking System in Bangladesh and the role of SCB Saadiq to meet any discrepancies, if any" for your review. This report has been prepared for Standard Chartered Saadiq under the supervision of Mr. Zia Hassan Siddique, Branch Manager SCB Saadiq. He has helped me a lot with all the support I required to complete this report. My faculty advisor was Mr. Neaz Ahmed, Professor, Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, who has supervised me at every stage while carrying out this project. It was a great pleasure for me to have the opportunity to work on this project. I will be glad to clarify any discrepancy that may arise. Sincerely, Ivdad Ahmed Khan Mojlish Roll: 43, Batch: BBA 13th Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka Acknowledgement First and foremost, I thank the Almighty Allah for letting me successfully...
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...International Standards for Islamic Finance AAOIFI – Introduction AAOIFI & IFRS - Comparison on structural objectives AAOIFI & IFRS - Categories of accounting standards for Islamic financial institutions AAOIFI & IFRS - Examples of main differences Adoption of AAOIFI Standards How AAOIFI Standards Support Islamic Finance Industry www.aaoifi.com For more information on the Institute of Management Accountants, visit www.imanet.org AAOIFI – Introduction • Responsible for formulation and issuance of international Islamic finance standards. • Has issued 68 standards: 25 accounting standards; 5 auditing standards; 6 governance standards (incl. on Shari’a supervision); 2 codes of ethics; and 30 Shari’a standards (rules for application of Shari’a). • Also developing new standards and reviewing existing standards. • Supported by over 165 institutional members from over 35 countries. Members include central banks and regulatory authorities; Islamic and conventional financial institutions; accounting and auditing professions; and Islamic financial support services providers. • In order to support technical application of standards, AAOIFI offers the following professional qualification programs: - Certified Islamic Professional Accountants (CIPA), and - Certified Shari’a Adviser and Auditor (CSAA). For more information on the Institute of Management Accountants, visit www.imanet.org 1 AAOIFI & IFRS - Comparison on structural objectives A. Differences on coverage of standards...
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...DETERMINANTS OF CEO COMPENSATION: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIAN BANKING INDUSTRY CHONG KOK CHIEK (AC082799) MUHAMMAD AZWAN BIN MOHD ARIFFIN (AC082868) SITI SUHANNA BINTI ABDUL GHANI (AC083010) BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING (HONS.) COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL 2012 DECLARATION We hereby declare that this project is our original work except for quotations and citations which have been duly acknowledged and that it has not been previously and/or concurrently submitted for any other degree at Universiti Tenaga Nasional and/or other institutions. CHONG KOK CHIEK AC 082799 MUHAMMAD AZWAN MOHD ARIFFIN AC 082868 SITI SUHANNA ABDUL GHANI AC 083010 Date of submission: 13th August 2012 i ACKNOWLEGDEMENT We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our project supervisor, Mr. Wan Mohammad Taufik bin Wan Abdullah, lecturer of Department of Accounting of Universiti Tenaga Nasional, for his valuable advices and continuous guidance throughout the research process. Mr. Taufik spent a lot of time enlightening us on various issues, giving us a comprehensive view in the academic aspect via our meetings within his busy working schedule. It is our pleasure to have him as our project supervisor. Without his unconditional support and care, our project could not be finished effectively. He let us try different approaches with confidence in the process, assisting us to solve a lot of problems especially at the time when we did...
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