... the official website of Islamic Finance and Sukuk Limited. The latter company is able to establish that governments in many countries have issued sovereign sukuk as alternative funding for their national budget deficits. For example, Malaysia has released more than 10 types of sukuk...

...Raditya Sukmana; Muhammad Kholid Purpose This paper aims to describe, compare and analyze liquidity policies from the central bank of Indonesia, particularly reserve requirements, with respect to Islamic as well as conventional banks. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides some...

...Omar Masood; Omar Masood; Hasan Al Suwaidi; Priya Darshini Pun Thapa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify any differences between the Islamic and non‐Islamic banks in the UAE on credit risk management. Design/methodology/approach The study uses survey based methodology for data...

...Omar Masood; Catherine Soke Fun Ho; Omar Masood; Asma Abdul Rehman; Mondher Bellalah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the syariah compliant screening methods that are practiced by prominent Islamic finance users, in terms of qualitative and quantitative screening...

... the training and development function in the Islamic banking sector and how the needs assessment of Islamic banking fits into the process, followed by an in‐depth look at the core concepts and levels involved in conducting a training needs assessment. Design/methodology/approach A research design...

...Omar Masood; Jamal Ali Al‐Khasawneh; Karima Bassedat; Bora Aktan; Priya Darshini Pun Thapa Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first and the most important is to examine the efficiency of Islamic banks relative to conventional banks operating in North African Arab countries, in terms...

...Omar Masood; Shahid Muhammad Khan Ghauri; Amal Sabah Obaid Qambar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the performance of conventional and Islamic paradigms of banking through profitability. Profitability of conventional and Islamic banks is compared through four authentic methods...

... Islam Finance Investments Bonds Profit Mathematics Islamic finance Islamic bonds Sukuk Murabahah Ijarah Musharakah mutaniqisah What is a bond? The party that issues the bond is called the issuer and the one that buys the bond is called the investor...

...Omar Masood; Asma Abdul Rehman; Omar Masood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the selection criteria for Islamic banks employed by customers in a dual banking system, as in the case of Pakistan, and to know the overall satisfaction of the customers with Islamic banks. Design...

...Omar Masood; Nafis Alam; Kin Boon Tang Purpose The paper aims to gain an insight into behavioural characteristics of Islamic banks and how they influence the risk‐taking decisions of Islamic banks in financial markets within the prospect theory context. Design/methodology/approach The study...

...Omar Masood; Asma Abdul Rehman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between customer satisfaction and six dimensions of service quality (CARTER model) in Islamic banks of Pakistan, the UK and UAE. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a sample of 225...

...Omar Masood; Omar Masood; Muhammad Ashraf Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inspect whether bank‐specific and macro‐economic determinants influence Islamic banks' profitability in the selected countries of different regions. Design/methodology/approach In order to achieve the study...

...Walid Mansour; Mohamed Ben Abdelhamid; Omar Masood; G.S.K. Niazi Purpose Islamic banking is an increasingly important factor in the UK financial environment. With Islamic banks entering the industry in significant numbers – and competing directly with the incumbent “conventional” ones...