Business knowledge for IT in Islamic finance : complete handbook for IT professionals

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958973203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Essvale Corporation, c2009
• ISBN: 1-906096-60-0; 1-906096-69-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 332
• Soggetti: Finance - Islamic countries; Economics - Islamic countries; Banks and banking - Islamic countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of Islamic Finance""; ""Introduction""; ""Definition""; ""Main Types of Islamic Finance""; ""History of Islamic Finance""; ""Islamic Economics and Finance Key Concepts""; ""Relationship between Ethical Investment and Islamic Principles""; ""A Range of Islamic Financial Instruments""; ""Valid Gains on Investment ""; ""What Differentiates Islamic Finance and Conventional Finance?""; ""Global Market for Islamic Finance""; ""Business Environment ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Environmental Factors""; ""Country Analysis""; ""Profiles of Major Players""""Regulators""; ""Data Providers""; ""Indices""; ""Ratings""; ""Islamic Banking""; ""Introduction""; ""What is Islamic Banking?""; ""The Shariah Board""; ""Comparison of Islamic Banking and Conventional Banking""; ""How do Islamic Banks work?""; ""Overview of Key Markets""; ""Core Operations of Islamic Banks""; ""Islam Banking Products""; ""The Deposit Side of Islamic Banking""; ""Asset-side Instruments""; ""Islamic Investment Banking""; ""Islamic Financial Markets and Instruments""; ""Islamic Insurance""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions of Takaful""; ""Brief History of Takaful""""Basic Facts about Takaful""; ""Main Drivers of Takaful""; ""Basic Elements of Takaful""; ""Differences between Insurance and Takaful""; ""Key Features of Takaful""; ""Takaful ; Operating Models""; ""Retakaful""; ""Ijarah Islamic Leasing""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions of Ijarah""; ""Comparison between Ijarah and Murabaha Financing""; ""Basic Rules of Leasing""; ""Reasons for choosing Ijarah as Opposed to Murabaha""; ""Types of Ijarah Arrangements""; ""Implementation Issues in Ijarah Financing""; ""Securitisation""; ""Introduction""; ""Definition of Islamic Securitisation""""The Case for Securitisation in Islamic Finance""; ""Adapting the Principles of Islamic Finance to Securitisation""; ""The Capital Markets in an Islamic Framework""; ""Sukuk and Securitisation""; ""Sukuk Compared to Bonds""; ""Categories of Sukuk""; ""Participants in Sukuk Issue or Securitisation""; ""The Relations between Parties Involved""; ""Tradable and Non-tradable Sukuk""; ""The Importance of Sukuk""; ""Types of Sukuk""; ""Trends""; ""Introduction""; ""Growth of Syndicated Islamic Finance""; ""Islamic Project Financing""; ""Impact of Basel II on Islamic Finance""""Launch of Islamic ETFs""; ""Growth of Islamic Private Equity""; ""Growth of Islamic Private Banking and Wealth Management""; ""Financing Practices""; ""Introduction""; ""Financing Areas""; ""Trade Financing""; ""Cards""; ""Working Capital Finance""; ""Liquidity Management""; ""Foreign Exchange Dealings""; ""Mortgages""; ""Common Systems Used in Islamic Banking and Finance""; ""Introduction""; ""IT Situation in Islamic Banks""; ""Profile of Systems""; ""Profiles of Systems""; ""List of Other Systems""; ""IT Projects""; ""Introduction""; ""Approach to Successful Project Management""
• Sommario/riassunto: Deals with the convergence of business and IT in the Islamic finance industry. This work contains information on the fundamentals of Islamic finance. It is suitable for professionals working in the Islamic Finance and crossovers.