Contemporary Islamic finance : innovations, applications, and best practices / editor, Karen Hunt-Ahmed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunt-Ahmed, Karen.

Series:

Robert W. Kolb series in finance.

The Robert W. Kolb series in finance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Islamic countries.

Finance.

Finance--Religious aspects--Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

A comprehensive look at the innovations, applications, and best practices of Islamic finance Islamic-compliant finance is transacted in every major world financial center, and the need for information on the topic in light of its global reach has grown exponentially. As an expert in this field, author Karen Hunt-Ahmed understands the intricacies of this area of the capital markets. Now, along with the help of a number of experienced contributors, she skillfully addresses Islamic finance from the perspective of practitioners, examining issues in wealth management, contract law, private

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Contemporary Islamic economic thought / Mohammad Omar Farooq

The legal framework of Islamic finance / Cynthia Shawamreh

Globalization and Islamic finance : flows and consciousness / Karen Hunt-Ahmed

Islamic science and the critique of neoclassical economic theory / Waleed El-Ansary

Juristic disagreement : the collective fatw against Islamic banking in Pakistan / Shoaib A. Ghias

Managing liquidity risk in Islamic finance / Dr. Mohammed Bashir

Elements of Islamic wealth management / Paul Wouters

Sukak and the Islamic capital markets : an introduction / Michael J.T. McMillen

Sharija compliant mutual funds / Monem Salam

The evolution of shariah compliant indexes and why they outperform conventional indexes over the long term / by Tariq Al-Rifai

Takaful / Farrukh Siddiqui

Islamic human resources practices / William Martin

An integrated islamic poverty alleviation model / Ali Ashraf, Kabir Hassan

How does an Islamic microfinance model play the key role in poverty alleviation? : the European perspective / Sabur Mollah, Hamid Uddin

Case studies

Islamic finance in an almost post-crisis and post-revolutionary world

As in politics, all Islamic finance is local / Mark Smyth

Stepping forward, backward, or just standing still? : a case study in shifting Islamic financial structures offshore / Umar F. Moghul

Islamic mortgages / by David Loundy

Sharia quality rating / Nasir Ali Merchant

Islamic mutual funds performance in Saudi Arabia / Hesham Merdad, Kabir Hassan

Sharijah-compliant investment in the United States / John L. Opar

Risk management in Islamic finance : a shariah analysis of derivatives instruments / Dr. Mohammed Bashir

Islamic microfinance / Blake Goud

About the editor

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118653814

1118653815

9781283960250

1283960257

9781118227398

1118227395

OCLC:

802183290