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"We must adapt Islamic finance to international standards"
In an exclusive video interview, Rifaat Abdel Karim, secretary general of the Islamic Financial Services Board, discusses the global growth of Islamic financial services and the need for regulation.
Expect higher financial volatility and lower growth… but no double dip
Noted economist Thierry Apoteker, CEO of TAC Financial, feels slow growth and political uncertainties attract speculative attacks and public intervention is key to stopping current speculative tensions.
Asia must prepare for sharp pullback in liquidity and credit
Wee Ee Cheong, CEO of Singapore’s UOB, feels that growth beyond 2011 will be moderated and margins will come under sharp pressure.
Interview transcript: Michel Accad, CEO, Gulf Bank, June 22nd 2011
Michel Accad, CEO of Gulf Bank, discusses the managing a bank in times of crisis, lending weakness and portfolio quality, and operating profitably in a restricted market.
American financial institutions beat Europeans on contingent capital
Date: Jul 13, 2011
Author: Tiah Wen Li
Categories: Basel III, Regulation, Risk and Regulation
Keywords: Contingent Capital, Liquidity Risk
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision writes contingent capital off as untested, but hope remains for its viability.
Interview transcript: Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Secretary General, Islamic Financial Services Board, March 11th, 2011
Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, secretary general of the Islamic Financial Services Board, shares his views on the supervision and harmonisation of Islamic practices with financial service standards.
North Asian export growth driving new developments in structured trade
Date: Jun 09, 2011
Author: Ravi Saxena
Categories: Trade Finance, Transaction Banking
Keywords: Citibank, structured trade, liquidity
Ravi Saxena, head of trade for Asia Pacific at Citi, feels that structured trade can help bridge the financing gaps experienced by Asia’s corporates.
Risk silos foiling liquidity and capital management efforts
If liquidity is the life blood of a bank, more attention needs to be paid to the symptoms and prevention of the heart disease that is liquidity risk, say the FSA’s Colin Lawrence and other senior risk officials.
Better information on transactions key to handling onerous liquidity requirements
Date: Jun 01, 2011
Author: Peter Hoflich
Categories: Transaction Banking
Keywords: liquidity, data management
Banks stand at a turning point, both in terms of how they think about liquidity and how they think about the information systems that give bank management views on it.




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