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Despite Egypt’s rejection of political Islam last year, Islamic banking in the country is set to accelerate, say bankers. Seizing the opportunity to help those most affected by Egypt’s struggling economy will bring a doubling of Islamic banking assets over the next two years, they predict.
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The likelihood of Western companies issuing sukuk this year is growing, say bankers, as Islamic investors’ perceptions of Western issuers improves, more conventional asset managers allocate to sukuk, and European sovereigns prepare to issue door-opening deals.
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Islamic banking at Bahrain’s Arab Banking Corporation will change its reporting line as part of a shake up of the group's senior management. ABC has hired Ray Ferguson, chief executive officer at Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore), to a newly created position as group chief banking officer. -
RHB Islamic has entered the race to put together Malaysia’s first Basel III-compliant sukuk, having received regulatory approval to issue MR1bn ($303m).
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Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank priced SR5bn ($1.3bn) of tier two sukuk on Wednesday – the largest ever issue of Islamic paper by a Saudi bank.
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The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector has produced the first group of graduates from its Islamic finance talent development programme (IFTDP). The initiative - which ICD hopes will become a "gold standard" - tries to address a lack of bank-based training within Islamic finance.
