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As Saudi bourse opens to foreigners, debt market beckons

As Saudi bourse opens to foreigners, debt market beckons

Reuters — As Saudi Arabian authorities prepare to open the stock market to direct foreign investment this month, they're laying plans for a fresh set of reforms: measures to expand and energise the corporate debt market.

Islamic financial products risk losing their uniqueness - report

Islamic financial products risk losing their uniqueness - report

Reuters — Islamic finance continues to expand globally but the industry risks losing its differentiation from conventional financial products and lacks official data to ensure better supervision, an oversight body said.

Iran's isolated banks may have slow, painful return to global system

Iran's isolated banks may have slow, painful return to global system

Reuters — Iran may be about to restore banking links with the rest of the world after years of separation, but the process won't be easy as its Islamic financial system has evolved in ways that will complicate ties with foreign banks.

Japan looks for growth and influence from Islamic finance boom

Japan looks for growth and influence from Islamic finance boom

Reuters — Japan is the latest global financial hub to start making inroads into Islamic finance, a move that could help strengthen regional economic ties and give its lenders an edge in winning business in markets whose growth prospects far outpace their home turf.

New Afghanistan banking law may jump-start Islamic finance

New Afghanistan banking law may jump-start Islamic finance

Reuters — Afghanistan could have a new banking law approved by parliament in a few months including provisions for Islamic products, which may help to draw hundreds of thousands of people into the formal financial sector.

G20 sets sights on sukuk for infrastructure financing

G20 sets sights on sukuk for infrastructure financing

Reuters — The G20 group of major nations has included discussion of Islamic bonds as an infrastructure financing tool in its annual agenda, a move that could potentially spur the use of project-based sukuk.

Facing sanctions, Russian banks look to build Islamic finance know-how

Facing sanctions, Russian banks look to build Islamic finance know-how

Reuters — Russian banks are developing their expertise in Islamic finance to help broaden funding sources for local firms, though Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and the absence of a regulatory framework could hinder those efforts.

Islamic finance looks to outgrow bad habits as it expands

Islamic finance looks to outgrow bad habits as it expands

Reuters — After a year of landmark deals which are opening new markets for Islamic finance, the industry is under fresh pressure to address some of its shortcomings and prove that it is not just an imitation of conventional finance.

IDB puts Islamic finance on AIIB drawing board

IDB puts Islamic finance on AIIB drawing board

Reuters — The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is in discussions with Chinese officials to study the use of Islamic financing in the planned Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the head of the Jeddah-based multilateral lender told Reuters.

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