Risk Management in Islamic and Conventional Banks: A Differential Analysis Salman Ahmed Shaikh* Dr. Amanat Ali Jalbani Abstract Islamic banking is interest-free banking which makes it necessary for Islamic banks to take active part in the operations of the business, i.e. share profits as well as losses. Banks including Islamic banks prefer to take minimum risk. On the surface, it may seem that Islamic banks face more risk and hence, will have more volatile or even negative returns on their
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was the relative stability of Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs). In the last decade, IFIs have witnessed an impressive growth and have begun to make an impact on the current financial setup. This paper aims to highlight the basic foundation of Islamic financial system and the development of different markets and institutions. It will then point out certain issues and challenges facing the Islamic Financial Institutions. HISTORY Early History: The history of Islamic Financial system goes back
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some failed enormously. However, the World Bank and the IMF continued their campaign of privatization for less developed countries (LDCs) including Bangladesh to stimulate their growth and development. Some LDCs have adopted privatization programs of their own volition. The central theme of this paper is to examine the implications of privatization for the overall development of Bangladesh. The paper raises a number of issues in this regard. The issues involve meaning, significance, approaches, strategies
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1-PROBLEM & ITS BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction In any economy banks play very important role. A bank is a reliable financial institution, which has core business of mobilizing the savings of people for investment purposes. It receives the money from one group and lends to other group of people. So bank performs the duty of financial intermediary. Usually there are two types of banks, conventional banks and Islamic banks. In simple words Islamic banks operate in interest free system. Prohibition of interest
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People Perception of Islamic Banking Muhammad Sohail Bhatti Student MS Islamic Banking & Finance University of Management & Technology Abstract: This research was conducted to gauge the perception of general public about Islamic Banking in Pakistan. Questionnaires were distributed to customers of Islamic Banking and conventional banking. The results revealed that most of the people do not have adequate knowledge of the concepts of Islamic Banking. Some of the participants did not even
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Executive Summary 1. Introduction & Context 1.1 Background to the Study 1.2 Objectives of this Work 1.3 Consultations 1.4 Limitations 2.1 Definition of ‘SME’ 2.1.1 EU Definition of SME 2.1.2 World Bank Definition of SME 2.1.3 Criteria Used by Banks to Define SMEs 2.1.4 UAE Definitions of SME 2.2 Current overview of SME prevalence in Abu Dhabi/UAE 3.1 Scale of SME Finance in the UAE 3.2 Supply of Finance by Type 3.3 Sources of Finance 3.4 Stakeholder Mapping 3.5
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Review Challenges on Shariah-compliance & Accounting Implications Monsif MOUMNI Introduction The growth and popularity of the use of Islamic finance has been exceptional since the central bank of Bahrain issued the first sovereign sukuk in 2001. In fact, the size of the global Islamic finance market exceeds US$2 trillion. Although the sukuk market is still small compared to the conventional bond market, sukuk are considered as the most successful financial product among the Islamic financial
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Strategic Human Resource Management Practices in Bangladesh A case study on Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited PREPARED BY |Name |ID | |Fahamida Sultana |B-101875 | |Rabeya Bashry |B-101876
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UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA PROPERTY FINANCE (BVEV3120) COURSEWORK SESSION 2012/2013 TITLE: HOUSING MORTGAGE IN MALAYSIA; ISLAMIC OR CONVENTIONAL FINANCING/LOAN AS A PROSPECTIVE HOUSE BUYER NAME: AUGUSTINE OBUM ONYEBUCHI MATRIC NUMBER BEE100709 LECTURER: Dr. SR ROSLI SAID NOVEMBER 2012 1 Table of Content Page cover Table of content 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Scope of Study 1.2 Islamic Finance 1.3 Conventional Finance 2.0 consideration 2.1Property Market 2.2 Warranty 2.3 Cost 2.4 Financing 3.0 Mortgage
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Similarities in Islamic and Conventional Banking Muhammad Hanif Assistant Professor, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad PhD-Finance Scholar at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan E-mail: muhammad.hanif@nu.edu.pk Abstract Islamic Banking is growing at a rapid speed and has showed unprecedented growth and expansion in last two decades in spite of mismatching of existing financial framework and business practices. By the end of 2008 volume of Islamic banking has
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