The decision by DBS Bank of Singapore to wind down its Islamic banking unit and integrate the specialist skills of its Islamic finance bankers into its main operations signals new levels of maturity for the Islamic finance industry. Islamic finance sits stronger as part of the total, not a sum of the parts and the move by DBS reflects tighter integration of Sharia compliant financial services, whi... »

Between 2000 and 2013, emerging and developing Asia grew by an average of 7.9%, while growth in advanced economies averaged just 1.8%. »

The Asian Development Bank published an excellent overview of the Sukuk market scene in Asia.  Asia-Bond-Monitor-March-2014 – Asian Development Bank (5.0 MB) Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need Adobe Reader »