What is Sukuk-al-Ijara ( Sale and leaseback structure)
The sale and leaseback sukuk structure is the most widely used, as it has been tried, tested, and accepted by most Shariah scholars, both in the Gulf region and Asia. All sovereign sukuks issued to date have been based on the sale and leaseback structure. The documentation is fairly standard, with a broad consensus among [...]
December 9, 2009
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First Foreign Sukuk Listed On Bursa Saham Malaysia
In line with Malaysia’s aspiration to internationalize Bursa Malaysia as the Islamic investment centre, recently there is this foreign listing of US$500 million (RM1.7 billion) sukuk issued by GE Capital.
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The five-year Islamic bond is structured based on the globally accepted Syariah principle of Sukuk Al Ijara.
First foreign sukuk listing on Bursa Malaysia and hope to [...]
December 1, 2009
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Sukuk And Islamic Capital Market
The emergence of the Islamic capital market in 2002 with the inaugural sukuk issued by the Malaysian Governement spearheaded the capital markets exponentially as it became the blue print to an increasing variety of instruments which can be used to create an efficient Islamic portfolio in line with portfolio theory and financial planning.
Increasingly, many companies [...]
May 23, 2007
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