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[Note 7] However "some Shariah-compliant hedge funds" in at least one country with a large financial sector (the United States) have created a way to short shares of stocks that has been "Shariah-certified", according to Feisal Khan. [25] It requires a "down-payment" towards the shorted stock instead of "margin" (borrowed money). [25] [38]
Discrediting Sharia compliance. There have been at least two cases of companies seeking to restructure their debt (i.e. pay creditors less), claiming that debt they had issued was not in compliance with sharia. [76] In a 2009 court filing Investment Dar, a Kuwaiti company claimed a transaction "was taking deposits at interest". [76]
The Dow Jones Islamic Market Index (DJIM), is a stock market index created for investors seeking investments using Islamic finance in compliance with Muslim Sharia law.. The DJIM indices use a screening process to identify companies that are compliant with Shariah law.
Because compliance with shariah law is the raison d'être of Islamic finance, Islamic banks and banking institutions that offer Islamic banking products and services should establish a Shariah Supervisory Board (SSB) – to advise them on whether or not some proposed transactions or products follows the Sharia, and to ensure that the operations ...
However "some Shariah-compliant hedge funds have created an Islamic-short sale that is Shariah-certified". [238] Some critics (like Feisal Khan and El-Gamal) complain it uses a work-around (requiring a "down-payment" towards the shorted stock) that is no different than "margin" regulations for short-selling used in at least one major country ...
Shariah Compliance - The fund adheres to the criteria developed by the Shariah Supervisory Board composed of internationally renowned scholars. Based on these criteria, the following businesses are generally excluded: alcohol, tobacco, pork products, conventional financial services (banking, insurance , etc.), weapons, defense, and entertainment.
Arcapita was founded in 1997. [2] Around that time, Islamic banking started to gain popularity, but the industry lacked Sharia compliant investment opportunities. Arcapita's Sharia compliant model was created offering private equity and real estate alternative investments. [15]
Wahed is an American financial technology and services company based in New York City, New York. [4] [5] In July 2019, the company launched the first exchange-traded fund in the United States that was compliant with Sharia law.