In the wake of the impact of the continuing global financial crisis, the euro zone debt crisis and the so-called Arab Spring - and their economic impact on global and regional markets including member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the Jeddah-based Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector funding arm of the IDB Group, is embarking on a new strategy to take its financing directly to its constituencies and to make its financing impact more on the real economy through the generation of employment and promoting growth. This includes opening regional offices; setting up two new departments at the ICD; launching more Ijara (leasing companies) in diverse markets such as Albania, Saudi Arabia and Algeria; establishing SME investment funds including a SR1 billion fund for Saudi Arabia; and establishing a mortgage finance company in Saudi Arabia in anticipation of the long-awaited mortgage law. (source)
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Showing posts with label ijarah. Show all posts
Monday, November 21, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
FRANCE / KSA - SATORP's debut sukuk oversubscribed 3.5 times
Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company
(SATORP), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Total S.A. of France,
issued its debut sukuk Sunday and there are signs that several other
potential Saudi issuers are lining up to go to the market preferring to
raise funds in this way despite the continuing turmoil in the global
financial market and economy.
According to the latest information available Sunday, the SATORP bond issue was 3.5 times oversubscribed. (source)
Friday, October 7, 2011
LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg, a significant hub for Islamic finance
Although the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a very small country in
terms of area and population (2,586 km2 and 502,000 inhabitants), it is
one of the most important financial centers all over Europe. Nowadays,
Luxembourg is considered to be the first European financial centre and
globally the second after the United States of America in terms of fund
industry. Furthermore, Luxembourg is recognized as one of the leading
Islamic financial centers through its history in the field of Islamic
finance and its continuous efforts to develop this sector. (source)
Sunday, June 12, 2011
FRANCE - MOU Between Ijara Management Compagny (IMC) and Real Economy Partners (REP)
Ijara Management Company (IMC) a wholly owned subsidiary of The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) a multilateral organization, affiliated with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group and REAL ECONOMY PARTNERS (REP) announced an exclusive partnership to develop Alternative Leasing (Crédit-Bail Alternatif) solutions for the French Market. (source)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
UK - Sesame partner with Islamic Bank of Britain
Sesame partner with Islamic Bank of Britain for Islamic mortgage alternative.
Sesame Network members will have access to the full range of IBB’s Sharia compliant mortgage alternative, the Home Purchase Plan. As part of the tie-up, intermediaries will be able to submit fully packaged applications or referrals to IBB. (full story)
Sesame Network members will have access to the full range of IBB’s Sharia compliant mortgage alternative, the Home Purchase Plan. As part of the tie-up, intermediaries will be able to submit fully packaged applications or referrals to IBB. (full story)
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Monday, March 21, 2011
UK - Islamic law used to dodge stamp duty
SHARIA law is being used by house buyers posing as Muslims to dodge stamp duty, it was revealed yesterday.
A scheme, brought in by Labour in 2005, allows followers of Islam to buy property without paying the tax.
Paying interest is banned under Sharia law, so Muslims are allowed to buy a house and then sell it on to an offshore financial company. (full story)
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
LUXEMBOURG - Sukuk assets qualified as guaranteed debt securities
The Grand-Duchy Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg is historically one of the first European actors in Islamic finance sector since the 1970s. Luxembourg was the first European Stock exchange to list a Sukuk in 2002 and currently hosts more than 40 regulated Sharia’a-compliant investment funds and sub funds. (source)
Sunday, January 16, 2011
FRANCE - ISLAMIC FINANCE - most prominent mover 2010
Going over part of the archives, it became clear that France has been the most prominent mover during the year 2010 in the field of Islamic finance. The review covers the span of the blog.
In July 2010 (just before the initiation of the blog), Norton Rose and DTZ Asset Management did publish the White Paper / Livre Blanc "Finance Islamique et Immobilier en France - comprendre pour agir" (French only) and this after DTZ AM had assisted between 2003-2008 with in all more than 40 transactions for more than 3 billion EURO.
Then there was intense focus on regulatory issues.
1. the French Sukuk-tax regulation published back in August, 2010 : "La présente instruction a pour objet de préciser le régime fiscal applicable à l’un des principaux outils de la finance islamique : les sukuk d’investissement et autres instruments financiers assimilés.
Les sukuk d’investissement sont ici des titres financiers hybrides négociables dont, comme pour les produits financiers assimilés, la rémunération et, le cas échéant, le capital, sont indexés sur la performance d’un ou plusieurs actifs sous-jacents détenus directement ou indirectement par l’émetteur";
2. the French Murabaha/Tawarruq-tax regulation of the same date : "La présente instruction a pour objet de préciser le régime fiscal applicable à un des principaux outils de la finance islamique : l’opération de murabaha avec ordre d’achat, à laquelle s’ajoutent les opérations de tawarruq (opérations de financement réalisées au travers d’une opération de murabaha) et de dépôt rémunéré par une opération de murabaha.
La murabaha avec ordre d’achat est ici un contrat de financement aux termes duquel un client demande explicitement à un Financier de financer l’achat d’un actif déterminé ou d’un portefeuille d’actifs déterminés, en réalisant en particulier deux transferts successifs de propriété se présentant de la manière suivante : un vendeur vend l’actif à un Financier qui le revend à un Client moyennant un prix payable à tempérament, supérieur au prix d’acquisition à hauteur d’un Profit";
3. the French Ijara-tax regulation of the same date : "La présente instruction a pour objet de préciser le régime fiscal applicable à l’un des principaux outils de la finance islamique : le contrat d’ijara sur actif.
L’ijara considéré ici est un contrat aux termes duquel une entité met un bien à disposition d’un client pendant une durée déterminée, en contrepartie du versement de loyers. Ce contrat peut être assorti d’une promesse de vente ou d’une option d’achat"; and
4.the French Istisna-tax regulation of the same date : "La présente instruction a pour objet de préciser le régime fiscal applicable à l’un des principaux outils de la finance islamique : le contrat d’istisna.
L’istisna est un contrat de financement par lequel un Financier, finance pour son compte propre ou pour le compte de son Client, la construction d’un ouvrage mobilier ou immobilier auprès d’un tiers qui le construit (« le Fabricant »). Le Financier paie le Fabricant au comptant ou avec un échéancier durant la phase de construction."
As an interesting follow up on the Norton Rose / DTZ AM publication, there was the article in November 2010 of Wharton "Finding a Home for Islamic Finance in France : arabic" that not only gave a resume of the French position up to that time, but also placed the apparent tension between France and the UK in its' historical perspective from the 1980's onwards (original post) .
An MOU with Malaysian INCEIF aimed at the development for education in the field was entered into in October 2010 and the Guide and Position on the Issuance of Sukuk from the French Financial Markets Authority AMF was published in November 2010. (the English version can be dowloaded HERE). In December 2010, the AAOIFI approved the "model" for French sukuk, which first French Sukuk in turn is supposed to be issued early 2011.
BNP Paribas was nominated the "Best Islamic Bank - France"by the IFN Islamic Finance News Poll 2010.
The perhaps most remarked academic contribution was "Diversification bancaire, performance, éthique : Alternative ou complémentarité ? Cas des banques islamiques." by Dr. Mohamed Ali CHATTI.
Stumbling upon these texts whilst reviewing part of the archive, I thought it was worthwhile to remind you.
For more details just click "FRANCE" in the country-list of the blog.
Hereunder is a short list of the most relevant tax regulations that changed in France in 2010 (original post) :
In July 2010 (just before the initiation of the blog), Norton Rose and DTZ Asset Management did publish the White Paper / Livre Blanc "Finance Islamique et Immobilier en France - comprendre pour agir" (French only) and this after DTZ AM had assisted between 2003-2008 with in all more than 40 transactions for more than 3 billion EURO. Then there was intense focus on regulatory issues.
1. the French Sukuk-tax regulation published back in August, 2010 : "La présente instruction a pour objet de préciser le régime fiscal applicable à l’un des principaux outils de la finance islamique : les sukuk d’investissement et autres instruments financiers assimilés.
Les sukuk d’investissement sont ici des titres financiers hybrides négociables dont, comme pour les produits financiers assimilés, la rémunération et, le cas échéant, le capital, sont indexés sur la performance d’un ou plusieurs actifs sous-jacents détenus directement ou indirectement par l’émetteur";
2. the French Murabaha/Tawarruq-tax regulation of the same date : "La présente instruction a pour objet de préciser le régime fiscal applicable à un des principaux outils de la finance islamique : l’opération de murabaha avec ordre d’achat, à laquelle s’ajoutent les opérations de tawarruq (opérations de financement réalisées au travers d’une opération de murabaha) et de dépôt rémunéré par une opération de murabaha.La murabaha avec ordre d’achat est ici un contrat de financement aux termes duquel un client demande explicitement à un Financier de financer l’achat d’un actif déterminé ou d’un portefeuille d’actifs déterminés, en réalisant en particulier deux transferts successifs de propriété se présentant de la manière suivante : un vendeur vend l’actif à un Financier qui le revend à un Client moyennant un prix payable à tempérament, supérieur au prix d’acquisition à hauteur d’un Profit";
3. the French Ijara-tax regulation of the same date : "La présente instruction a pour objet de préciser le régime fiscal applicable à l’un des principaux outils de la finance islamique : le contrat d’ijara sur actif.
L’ijara considéré ici est un contrat aux termes duquel une entité met un bien à disposition d’un client pendant une durée déterminée, en contrepartie du versement de loyers. Ce contrat peut être assorti d’une promesse de vente ou d’une option d’achat"; and
4.the French Istisna-tax regulation of the same date : "La présente instruction a pour objet de préciser le régime fiscal applicable à l’un des principaux outils de la finance islamique : le contrat d’istisna.
L’istisna est un contrat de financement par lequel un Financier, finance pour son compte propre ou pour le compte de son Client, la construction d’un ouvrage mobilier ou immobilier auprès d’un tiers qui le construit (« le Fabricant »). Le Financier paie le Fabricant au comptant ou avec un échéancier durant la phase de construction."
As an interesting follow up on the Norton Rose / DTZ AM publication, there was the article in November 2010 of Wharton "Finding a Home for Islamic Finance in France : arabic" that not only gave a resume of the French position up to that time, but also placed the apparent tension between France and the UK in its' historical perspective from the 1980's onwards (original post) .An MOU with Malaysian INCEIF aimed at the development for education in the field was entered into in October 2010 and the Guide and Position on the Issuance of Sukuk from the French Financial Markets Authority AMF was published in November 2010. (the English version can be dowloaded HERE). In December 2010, the AAOIFI approved the "model" for French sukuk, which first French Sukuk in turn is supposed to be issued early 2011.
BNP Paribas was nominated the "Best Islamic Bank - France"by the IFN Islamic Finance News Poll 2010.The perhaps most remarked academic contribution was "Diversification bancaire, performance, éthique : Alternative ou complémentarité ? Cas des banques islamiques." by Dr. Mohamed Ali CHATTI.
Stumbling upon these texts whilst reviewing part of the archive, I thought it was worthwhile to remind you.
For more details just click "FRANCE" in the country-list of the blog.
Hereunder is a short list of the most relevant tax regulations that changed in France in 2010 (original post) :
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
FRANCE - New Islamic finance instructions in France
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