MALAYSIA - CAPITAL MARKETS - Sukuk market set to break 1 trillion-ringgit barrier in Malaysia

The total Malaysian Islamic capital market (ICM) is projected to reach almost three trillion ringgit, RM2.88 trillion to be precise, in the year 2020, with the sukuk market set to break the one trillion-ringgit barrier to account for RM1.33 trillion worth of issuances and the market capitalization of Shariah-compliant companies accounting for RM1.55 trillion. (source)

MALAYSIA - Foreign Shariah advisories make their mark in Malaysian Islamic capital market

The latest list of Shariah advisers serving the local Islamic capital market (ICM) and registered by the Securities Commission of Malaysia (SC) confirms that five such individual foreign advisers are registered with the commission.

The commission is the only securities regulator in the world that requires such registration. (source)