WORLD - ARTICLES - Sustainable Growth and Inclusive Economic Development from an Islamic Perspective

The Role of Islamic Finance
in Enhancing Financial Inclusion in OIC Countries

Mahmoud Mohieldin, Zamir Iqbal, Ahmed Rostom and Xiaochen Fu

8th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance

Sustainable Growth and Inclusive Economic Development from an Islamic Perspective

Doha – Qatar

18th – 20th December 2011

Source:: http://conference.qfis.edu.qa  also here  (abstract hereunder)

BANKING - CAPITAL MARKETS - CIMB-Principal eyes regional opportunities (Indonesia included)

The Asset October 2010 by Chito Santiago

Campbell Tupling: We see a lot of upside for ETFs

For John Campbell Tupling, CEO of CIMB-Principal Asset Manage­ment Berhad, 2010 is still a bit of a recovery year for the asset management industry in Malaysia. While the market had rebounded somewhat in 2009 and had some major pick-up early this year, it went through a correction in May and June. Retail investors are still wary, although the institutional investors are starting to invest, which is a good sign, he says.

“There had been a number of funds launched at the retail level, but their average size was only 41 million ringgit (US$13.23 million), which was an indication that there still isn’t enough positive market sentiment out there to warrant the launching of more new funds,” he notes.