islamic finance

At Hong Kong FinTech Week, panelists shared their views on the capacity for fintech developments to improve regulatory and ethical standards, including ESG, across Asia’s financial markets.

Last week the firm launched two new app-based products, iCash and iTradeSyariah, which offer Singapore and Indonesia-based investors access to Shariah-compliant stocks.

As the South Asian economy looks to eliminate interest from its banking system, Fitch Ratings' global head of Islamic finance, Bashar Al Natoor, examines what this could mean for the country’s Islamic finance sector.

Recent transactions by the Government of Malaysia, Khazanah and the Government of Maldives reflect innovations in sukuks.

Hong Kong is gearing up to sell its inaugural green bonds which could be the largest issuance of sovereign green paper in the world.

The Japanese megabank has closed its first Sharia-compliant financing with a $35 million facility for a large solar project in Malaysia. And it sees more opportunities ahead.

In his first interview since taking up the role, the lender's new Malaysia country manager discusses scrapped infrastructure plans, regulatory reform and the impact of the trade war.

Malaysia’s sovereign fund sells $321 million of sukuk exchangeable into Hong Kong-listed Citic Securities amid a strong run in the underlying stock.

Malaysia’s state investment fund is looking at issuing another exchangeable sukuk – potentially its fourth issue in the last five years.