Islamic finance is still growing, but a major aspect is missing: the development of big cross-border banks that could spread ground-breaking products and best practice around the region, as multinational banks have done in conventional finance
June 10, 2012 5:58
Launch spread at 185 bps over midswaps; Pricing tightened 15 bps from initial guidance; Sukuk to price Tuesday; first under new $2 billion programme
May 17, 2012 11:11
Kuwait Finance House's Bahraini unit will advise on the merger of three Islamic banks in the Gulf state, its chief executive said in a statement on Sunday, without naming the institutions involved.
September 26, 2011 2:06
Bank Al Izz is one of two Islamic banks to open in Oman; Banks will open in one or two years - central bank official; Al Izz opted for Islamic bank license after royal decree
August 21, 2011 11:49