Euromoney Islamic Finance Awards
Euromoney reports on the innovations driving the market forward, and profiles the winners.
Islamic finance awards 2010: Islamic finance joins the global mainstream
February 2010
Even while it began to grow in developed markets, Islamic finance faced key tests. Fears about the enforceability of sukuk contracts in the Middle East might have proved exaggerated, but critics of the industry’s mimicking of conventional finance remain.
Guidelines for content submissions (for reference)
How the awards are judged: Key criteria outlined below
• Innovation
Products and service offerings that have contributed to growth of Islamic finance through innovative application of Shariah principles that satisfy specific client needs
• Quantity and Quality
Breadth and depth of product/service offerings and where applicable performance data
• Cross Border
Provision of products/services that take on an international dimension outside of established home market.
• Promoting the growth of the Industry
Products/services that have established standards of best practice that have further enhanced the reputation and penetration of Islamic finance into conventional financial markets.
February 2010
Even while it began to grow in developed markets, Islamic finance faced key tests. Fears about the enforceability of sukuk contracts in the Middle East might have proved exaggerated, but critics of the industry’s mimicking of conventional finance remain.
January 2009
Old-style capitalism is in disrepute. Fans of Islamic finance say it is a model whose ethics give it more sustainability. But optimists will be disappointed to see how far it is part of the global bust. Dominic O’Neill reports.
February 2008
The growth in size, expertise and therefore competition in the Shariah-compliant market in 2008 made Euromoney’s choices for our Islamic finance awards the hardest to date. The best firms not only got bigger, they brought new levels of innovation to bear in a series of landmark deals.
January 2007
Demand for Islamic finance products is high. At last supply is starting to meet investors’ needs. The challenge for the industry is to ensure that the market’s infrastructure develops sufficiently quickly so that more companies and entities continue to embrace Shariah-compliant techniques. And on the following pages Euromoney profiles the winners of the latest Islamic finance awards.
January 2006
Euromoney reports on the innovations driving the market forward, and profiles the winners of latest Islamic finance awards.
February 2005
Islamic finance has made striking advances in the past year in its prime market of Muslim individuals, sovereigns and institutions, and among non-Muslim issuers and consumers attracted to Shariah-compliant products.
