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Islamic mutual funds—i.e. professionally managed investment funds that pools money from many investors to purchase securities that have been screened for sharia compliance—have been compared with "socially responsible" mutual funds—both seeking some combination of high returns/low risk like conventional funds, but also screening their ...
Islamic funds are professionally managed investment funds that pool money from many investors to purchase securities that have been screened for sharia compliance. They include mutual funds holding equity and/or sukuk securities, [ 397 ] [ 398 ] but also Islamic "alternative" funds deal in "anything from private equity and real estate to ...
In April 2015 the national Sharia board approved "Sharia-compliant currency hedging tools and a standard contract template for Sharia-compliant repurchase agreements", for example. But "weak government management (a lack of ministerial-level coordination)" and "an uncertain legal environment" have hindered expansion of Islamic banking in Indonesia.
A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a fund owned by a state (or a political subdivision of a federal state) composed of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, property or other financial instruments. Sovereign wealth funds are entities that manage the national savings for the purposes of investment.
By 2009, there were over 300 "shariah compliant banks and 250 mutual funds around the world, [155] and around $2 trillion were sharia-compliant by 2014. [ 156 ] [ 157 ]
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.
Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) [7] [8] is a Bahrain-based not-for-profit organization that was established to maintain and promote Shariah standards for Islamic financial institutions, participants and the overall industry. [9]
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.