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History of Islamic Banking
Local Islamic banks formed in the 1970s in
Muslim countries such as Malaysia, Pakistan
and Dubai
Bonds (sukûk)
Citigroup
HSBC
Deutsche Bank
UBS
ABN AMRO
Standard Chartered Bank
History of Islamic Banking (VI)
Almost all regional banks have followed
the international banks in creating
“Islamic” windows and some have
converted, or are in the process of
converting, to the Islamic banking model
Size of Islamic Banking Sector
No precise measure of size of deposits held in
Islamic banks or Islamic divisions of
conventional banks
Ranges from a low of $250 billion to a high of $750
billion
As much as $300 billion held in Islamic investment
funds awaiting investment opportunities
Arab investors hold approximately $800 billion of
assets in European banks, with a growing trend to
invest that money in Islamic products
Role of Islamic Finance in World
Credit Markets
Demand Side
Sovereign Debt
International Agencies
Corporate Debt
Project Finance
Consumer Debt
Sovereign Islamic Debt
In recent years, several Islamic Countries and
their instrumentalities, as well as non-Islamic
countries, have issued sovereign debt in the
form of sukûk: