Islamic finance
Subtitle: a guide for international business and investment
By: consultant editor, Roderick Millar ; editor, Habiba Anwar
Series: Global market briefings; Global market briefings
Publisher: GMB Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781846730795
Subjects: Finance; Business; Banks and banking; Financial institutions; Islamitische economie; Finance (Islamic law); Banks & Banking; Banking law (Islamic law); Financiering; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: This important book aims to support and inform finance professionals, corporate executives, global investors, and students of finance, by providing an accessible guide to the principles and current practice of Islamic banking and Shari'a compliant finance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Contributors; Foreword; Foreword; PART ONE: Background to Islamic Finance; 1.1 Religious Foundations of Islamic Finance; 1.2 The Development of Islamic Finance in the UK; 1.3 Islamic Alternatives to Conventional Finance; 1.4 The Institutional Infrastructure Supporting the Islamic Finance Industry; PART TWO Islamic Finance in Practice; 2.1 Retail Banking: Current and Savings Accounts and Loans; 2.2 Personal Finance: CreditCards; 2.3 Islamic Mortgages; 2.4 Trade Finance; 2.5 Working Capital; 2.6 Commercial Real Estate and Project Financing.