IFN Annual Guide 2015
In this edition of the Islamic Finance news Guide 2015, we bring our valued readers a comprehensive summary of the peaks and troughs following an eventful year for the industry. Covering 41 countries across every major Islamic market & asset class, this issue of the IFN Guide also traverses the global Islamic financial landscape: covering 28 diverse sectors of debt capital markets, leasing, microfinance, crowdfunding, legal frameworks, quantitative easing, Takaful, technology and hedging. We hope, as always, that you find it a rewarding read, and we look forward to providing you with continued and unrivalled Islamic finance coverage throughout 2015.
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A mountain to climb for Islamic finance development in Libya
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FeaturesLooking for a miracle
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FeaturesSingapore finding its second wind
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FeaturesBright outlook in Ireland
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FeaturesBeyond microcredit: The future of microfinance
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FeaturesUAE’s Islamic finance evolution gathers speed
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FeaturesAn overview of the development of Takaful globally
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FeaturesGood prospects in 2015 for Sukuk despite potential turbulence
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FeaturesThe use of offshore entities in Islamic finance — current trends
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FeaturesShariah governance and compliance risk
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FeaturesLegal framework for Islamic finance transactions
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FeaturesRussia: new horizons
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FeaturesIndonesian Islamic finance industry in 2014: The government Sukuk-led growth
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FeaturesThe next frontier
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FeaturesEnvironmentally-conscious and socially responsible investment: A growth opportunity for Islamic finance
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FeaturesAlternative investments burgeoning
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FeaturesMoroccan Islamic finance still in its infancy
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FeaturesGood times ahead for Islamic retail banking
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FeaturesThe Philippines: Pushing forward
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FeaturesIslamic finance in Hong Kong
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FeaturesImproving global market for Islamic private equity and venture capital
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FeaturesInterview with Sidra Capital
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InterviewsIslamic financing takes to the air in the aviation industry
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FeaturesLively outlook for Islamic finance in Luxembourg
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FeaturesDevelopments and opportunities for Shariah compliant family offices
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FeaturesBosnia: Potential Islamic finance center for South Eastern Europe
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FeaturesIslamic finance in the Czech Republic
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FeaturesWhat’s beyond Islamic finance?
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FeaturesFresh evidence of growth and optimistic outlook despite market challenges
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FeaturesA shift in brand identity is required for a growth of Islamic finance in Sri Lanka
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FeaturesAn opportunity for Islamic finance
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FeaturesIslamic finance industry in Lebanon
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FeaturesA review of the global Sukuk market
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FeaturesInvestment opportunities in Somalia
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FeaturesOpportunities abound in the Japanese Islamic finance industry
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FeaturesBrunei: Islamic finance as an economic diversification beyond oil and gas
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FeaturesThe UK continues cementing its position as the western Islamic financial hub
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FeaturesThe modernization imperative
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FeaturesWhy Islamic finance prospered in 2014. Will it continue in 2015?
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Editor`s NotesOman – on the right path
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FeaturesGame-changing new regulations in the Kuwaiti Islamic finance landscape
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FeaturesHedging Sukuk: Alternatives for issuers
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FeaturesSaudi Arabia: Adapting to change
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FeaturesTowards financial sector development in Iran
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FeaturesAn assessment of the need for Islamic pensions
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FeaturesIslamic finance in Turkey
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FeaturesGlobal Islamic syndications: Expanding horizons
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FeaturesAccounting and tax developments
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FeaturesRiding the wave of success
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FeaturesIslamic finance regulation – key trends and challenges
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FeaturesProspects of Islamic finance in Palestine
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FeaturesQatar — growth despite change
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FeaturesRegulation of the Islamic finance sector in India
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FeaturesOf Sukuk and asset management – a chat with BNP Paribas Investment Partners
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InterviewsInterview with INOKS Capital
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InterviewsLiquidity management in the Islamic finance industry
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FeaturesDoes Kuala Lumpur have what it takes to be an IFC?
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FeaturesA spindle for Islamic finance institutions
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FeaturesIslamic real estate on the upswing
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FeaturesBrazil: an alternative for investors
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FeaturesSovereign Sukuk landscape continues to expand
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FeaturesDevelopment of Islamic finance in France
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FeaturesThe world needs an Islamic quantitative easing
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FeaturesDevelopment of Sukuk in Islamic debt capital markets
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FeaturesIslamic finance in Tunisia: Evaluation, new perspectives and challenges
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FeaturesCorporate governance in global Islamic financial institutions
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FeaturesMalaysia – The Asian tiger that roars
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FeaturesSukuk on the rise
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FeaturesIslamic banking: The first choice of Bangladesh business people
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FeaturesIslamic finance growing in Kenya
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FeaturesCanada: A promising emerging market for Islamic finance
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FeaturesAll quiet on the US front
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FeaturesAn Australian growth story
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FeaturesA new dawn for South African Islamic finance
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FeaturesPakistan: A progressing market of Islamic finance
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