With the Islamic wealth management space grabbing the spotlight of late, it is timely that Islamic Finance
news releases the results for our 2012 Islamic Investor Poll, highlighting the achievers of the Islamic asset management industry.
This week, our cover story looks at our IFN Islamic Investor Poll, covering some of the winners and their reasons for success. Of note is that in its second year, our Poll saw the addition of seven new categories, including Best Investor Relations by an Asset Management Company, Best Islamic Investment Strategist of the Year and Most Innovative Asset Management Company. The Poll, which is voted for by our readers, saw a 450% increase in the number of votes.
In keeping up with other developments in our industry, this week’s issue also includes a feature on the tax and legal environment for Shariah compliant foreign investments into Russian gold mining projects, written by Roustam Vakhitov and Ilya Vaguine of UFS Investment Group; while Nidhi Bothra of Vinod Kothari Consultants contributes an article on Islamic securitization.
We also have a feature on the recovery in the UAE’s real estate sector by Jamal Hijres, CEO of Capinnova Investment Bank; and Suprio Bose and Pooja Yedukumar of Juris Corp Advocates & Solicitors discuss Shariah compliant financing from India’s non-banking financing companies.
Muhammad Shoaib Ibrahim contributes this week’s Takaful feature on Pakistan; while our IFN Reports cover the employability of Islamic finance graduates and developments at Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines.
Our IFN Correspondents write on developments of the Islamic finance industry in Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, the UAE and the US; and we also have a Special Report on Islamic asset management in Bahrain by Dr Hatim El Tahir, the director of the Islamic Finance Group and leader of the Islamic Finance Knowledge Center at Deloitte & Touche – Bahrain.
Meet the Head talks to Qasim M Qasim of Bain & Company Middle East and our Case Study highlights Emirates Islamic Bank’s US$500 million Sukuk.