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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815762703321

Autore

Kettell Brian

Titolo

Islamic finance in a nutshell : a guide for non-specialists / / Brian Kettell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : Wiley, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-470-71003-9

0-470-71002-0

1-299-31451-1

0-470-66195-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

The Wiley Finance Series

Disciplina

332.091767

332.1091767

Soggetti

Finance - Religious aspects - Islam

Banks and banking - Religious aspects - Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Islamic Finance in a Nutshell: A Guide for Non-Specialists; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 What is Islamic Banking?; 2 If Islamic Banks Cannot Charge Interest: How Do They Make Money?; 3 Sharia'a Law: It is Not Only Lawyers Who Need to Know About It; 4 Sharia'a Boards: Roles, Responsibility and Membership; 5 Financial Statement Analysis for Islamic Banks; 6 The Islamic Banking Infrastructure; Appendix 1 How Much Arabic do You Need to Know to Work in the Islamic Banking Industry?; Appendix 2 The Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions; Crossword; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The recent turbulence in the global financial markets has drawn attention to an alternative system of financial intermediation: Islamic banking and finance, which has so far remained on the sidelines of the unrest. Islamic Finance in a Nutshell is a quick and easy guide to understanding the fundamentals of Islamic Finance and how the Islamic Financial markets work. Designed as a quick read for practitioners needing to pick up the basics of the industry, it will enable readers to understand the differences Islamic and Western finance. Starting with



the rise of Islamic finance, the book high