INDONESIA - BANKING - Sharia banking industry sees 46.55% rise in assets

JAKARTA: Sharia-based banking industry in Indonesia had its total assets increase 46.55% at end-September from a year ago. Total assets grew to IDR126 trillion from IDR85.97 trillion at end of September 2010.

The figure consists of IDR123 trillion from full-fledged Sharia General Banks (BUS) and Sharia Business Units (UUS), IDR3 trillion from Sharia Credit Banks (BPRS), said Bank Indonesia Director Mulya Siregar.  (source)

INDONESIA - BANKING - Adib and Al-Hilal and seek Islamic bank in Indonesia

bisnis.com - JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia said the UAE investors are interested in expansion of Islamic banking business in Indonesia because of the potential of Indonesia market as one of the largest Muslim country.

Director of the Directorate of Islamic Banking Bank Indonesia (BI) has received a group of investors in the UAE two days later. In that group there are 4 banks that either both expressed an interest to invest.  (source)

INDONESIA - BANKING - Sharia banking industry sees 46.55% rise in assets

en.bisnis.com - JAKARTA: Sharia-based banking industry in Indonesia had its total assets increase 46.55% at end-September from a year ago. Total assets grew to IDR126 trillion from IDR85.97 trillion at end of September 2010.

The figure consists of IDR123 trillion from full-fledged Sharia General Banks (BUS) and Sharia Business Units (UUS), IDR3 trillion from Sharia Credit Banks (BPRS), said Bank Indonesia Director Mulya Siregar. (source)

INDONESIA - BANKING - UAE Eye Indonesian Banks

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The United Arab Emirates is interested in investing in Indonesia’s banking sector. Mansyur Pangeran, the Indonesia Consulate-General to UAE, said that two of the country’s major banks have shown serious interest in exploring the possibility of bank purchase.  (source)

SUKUK - Sukuk Developments: Hybrid Structures and Malaysian Expansion

Qatar’s $3.5 billion conventional bond issue may be the season’s most noteworthy Islamic finance deal. Malaysia, issuer of 75% of the world’s sukuk, has flexed even more muscle as it branches into the nascent Islamic finance market of neighboring Singapore. Anecdotally, these offerings are noteworthy; collectively, they may help ameliorate some high-profile setbacks for the industry.  The world sukuk market seems to have regained its footing. Thomson Reuters data show that global issuance from 2007-2009 dipped from $46.2 billion in 2007, to $39.6 billion in 2008, and back up to $46.3 billion in 2009. For the 12 months ending May 2010, sukuk issuance stands at $45.1 billion, with the summer’s major sukuk not yet included.