Asset Management & Indexes
The Sharia-compliant Asset Management industry includes several hundred funds, the Exchange Traded Funds that are experiencing a strong diffusion thank to their flexibility and low transaction costs and the highly controversial hedge funds that implement some strategies allowed by the Sharia boards
Report on private banking
Bank Sarasin, "Islamic Wealth Management Report 2010"
Islamic Funds and growth
Ernst&Young, "Islamic Funds & Investments Report. Post Crisis: Waking up to an investor-driven world", 2010
IFIR 2010 finalv3.pdf 4.22 MB
Islamic Funds and growth
Ernst&Young, "Islamic Funds & Investments Report. Surviving and adapting in a downturn", 2009
Islamic Investment Funds
Norton Rose, "islamic investment funds", December 2008
Investment funds.pdf 242.95 kB
Islamic Funds and growth
Ernst&Young, "Islamic Funds & Investments Report. Outlining Opportunities in the Asset Management Landscape", 2008
Screening methodology
Standard & Poor’s, "S&P Shariah Indices Index Methodology", December 2007
Islamic mutual funds as faith-based funds
G. Forte and F. Miglietta, "Islamic mutual funds as faith-based funds in a socially responsible context", Bocconi University, Milan, August 2007
Screening methodologies
MSCI BARRA, "MSCI Global Islamic Indices. Initial Index Construction Summary", July 2007
Screening methodologies
Dow Jones, "Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes", June 2007
Hedge Funds
Michael Saleh Gassner, "Islam & Hedge Funds", February, 2007
Islam and hedge funds.pdf 312.00 kB
Islamic Funds and growth
Ernst&Young, "Islamic Funds & Investments Report. Assessing the Potential for Growth and Identifying Critical Success Factors", 2007
Islamic_Funds_Report_2007.pdf 5.20 MB