Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 433–447 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Banking & Finance journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jbf Islamic vs. conventional banking: Business model‚ efficiency and stability Thorsten Beck a‚⇑‚ Asli Demirgüç-Kunt b‚ Ouarda Merrouche c a CentER‚ Department of Economics‚ Tilburg University and CEPR‚ The Netherlands World Bank‚ Development Research Group‚ United States c European Securities and Markets Authority
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Banking ethics are the moral or ethical principles that certain banks choose to abide by. There is not a universal code of ethical conduct‚ but the banks that vaunt their ethical credentials evaluate the ethical standing of potential investors and partners. Also‚ these banks choose the companies that they in turn invest in with their ethical policy in mind. The number of ethical questions that the banking industry faces are many and multifaceted. Full service relationships with customers are
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Introduction Islamic banking is banking based on Islamic law (Shariah). It follows the Shariah‚ called fiqh muamalat (Islamic rules on transactions). The rules and practices of fiqh muamalat came from the Quran and the Sunnah‚ and other secondary sources of Islamic law such as opinions collectively agreed among Shariah scholars (ijma’)‚ analogy (qiyas) and personal reasoning (ijtihad). The credibility of the Islamic banking activities is highly dependent on the credibility of the Shariah advisers
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question of whether the phenomenon of Islamic finance or Islamic Banking is truly globalizing‚ that is‚ spreading as a universal alternative to conventional finance and banking or whether the proponents of such a view are spreading a myth or are themselves simply deluded by their own enthusiasm. This article has also addresses the various aspects of the globalization of Islamic finance‚ among others‚ the issue of the rise of Islamic banking in the West‚ Islamic jurisprudence and finance‚ the Islamic Financial
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What are the impacts of the global financial crisis on Islamic banking system and how Islamic bank spared from the crisis? Accounting Master ’s thesis Salad Addawe 2012 Department of Accounting Aalto University School of Economics i What are the impacts of the global financial crisis on Islamic banking system and how Islamic bank spared from the crisis? Master’s Thesis Salad Araye Addawe Winter 2012 Accounting Approved in the Department of
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will be free of unethical practices‚ and will put Islamic banking business in the vanguard of ethical distinction. Although the central idea of Islamic banking and finance has been the elimination of interest‚ the comprehension of trade and commerce (al-bay’) in Islamic financing activities has not be recognized in a similar capacity as had the interest (riba) feature. This has directed many people to believe that Islamic bank is a banking firm that operates without interest‚ without further elaboration
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0 The use of money and its transmission through the economy by means of a banking system characterise modern economies. Money has been used for thousands of years‚ but has evolved to more sophisticated forms and its transmission has improved over time. There have long been questions over the effects money and banking have in the economy. Frequently they have given rise to intense debate‚ and are seldom far from discussion on the economy’s performance‚ prices‚ exchange-rates and so on. The British
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Although merchant banking activity was ushered in two decades ago‚ it was only in 1992 after the formation of Securities and Exchange Board of India that it is defined and a set of rules and regulations in place. Today a merchant banker is who has the ability to merchandise that is‚ create or expand a need and fulfill capital requirements. I have given an overview about the financial markets and the role of merchant bankers in the growth of these markets. My project covers
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Bank - Merchant Banking and Financial Services (MBFS) Unit – 1 Part –A 1. Describe the various factors of Indian financial system? 2. Nature and functions of merchant banking? 3. Explain various pre issue activities? 4. What is rights issue? Explain the futures of rights issue? 5. Discuss recent challenges and developments of merchant bankers in India? PART – B 1. Explain the various aspects of Post and pre issue activities? 2. Various regulations of Merchant banking in India? Unit
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Shadow Banking System and its role in the global financial crisis What is shadow banking system Shadow Banking System (SBS) refers to a collection of financial entities‚ infrastructures and practices which support financial transactions but beyond the regulation and monitor from the government or official regulators. Some financial institutions‚ like investment banks‚ may conduct some their transactions in the shadow banking system‚ but they are not SBS institutions themselves. The term was
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