Malaysia’s pioneering role in the development of Islamic finance has made it a clear leader in this field, even as oil-rich Gulf countries show increasing interest in sharia-compliant finance. It is the world’s largest sukuk market – a fact underscored by the record $9.9bn offering by highway operator PLUS in January 2012 – and the second-largest takaful market. The industry has been helped by...
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Chapter | Islamic Financial Services from The Report: Malaysia 2012
Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Malaysia 2012
The local bourse has seen a bonanza of major offerings in 2012, from the $3.1bn IPO of plantations owner Felda Global, to the dual Singapore-Malaysia listing of hospital operator IHH Healthcare. The corporate bond market is also on a record-setting pace, thanks in large part to a string of sukuk sales that included a $9.9bn debt offering from tollway company PLUS. Meanwhile a wave of...
Malaysia’s banking sector is well-capitalised and stable, with larger financial institutions now looking at overseas expansion to increase their clout. The regulators’ encouragement of consolidation under the Financial Sector Master Plan, which ended in 2010, reduced the number of banks from around 20 down to 8 major institutions. These have high capital-adequacy ratios and low ratios of non-...
Las instituciones de microfinanzas y los bancos en el Perú están buscando expandir sus operaciones en áreas rurales, donde existe un amplio espacio para la expansión y para combatir la desaceleración del crecimiento en el sector de las microfinanzas en los últimos tiempos.
With one of the world’s most commanding positions in the global energy industry and a growing role in regional diplomacy, Qatar has seen many returns on the political and economic investments it has made in the past two decades.
The potential of mobile phone banking in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been evident ever since a local telecoms company launched a service in 2009 allowing subscribers to purchase electricity by using pre-paid airtime credit. For PNG’s banks, it presents the easiest route to tapping into the nation’s 87.5% rural population.