Investor interest in Egyptian bonds and shares is on the rise as greater political stability and signs of economic recovery help stimulate confidence in the country.
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Economic update | Sabah: Islamic banking expands
9 Oct 2012
The positive assessment of recent progress at Sabah’s state banks underlines the confidence in the potential of its financial services sector, particularly in the area of Islamic finance.
Articles & Analysis | Waiting game: High potential for sharia-compliant offerings, but regulatory uncertainties remain from The Report: Egypt 2012
As financial services firms regain ground after a tumultuous 2011, conditions are ripe for sharia-compliant banking, investment funds, insurance ( takaful) and bonds and equity instruments ( sukuk) to put Egypt on the global Islamic financial services (IFS) map. The concerns about conventional banking, resulting from the global...
Articles & Analysis | Top five banks: The largest players in the sector from The Report: Egypt 2012
The nation’s banks weathered a perfect storm of economic and political crises in the 2008-11 period. With a new government now established, supporting GDP growth and a rising rate of consumer spending, so long as the country remains stable the sector is well-positioned for profitability. What follows is a look at the top-five players in the sector...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Farouk El Okdah, Governor, Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), on pragmatic crisis management from The Report: Egypt 2012
Before analysing Egypt’s economic profile in the first quarter of 2011, I want to take us back to the fourth quarter of 2010, because it is important to characterise the conditions of the Egyptian economy at the outset of the revolution. Egypt entered the revolution on a comfortable cushion, a by-product of banking sector and monetary policy...
