Is Hajj obligatory on me if I owe a debt soon?
The Query I owe someone £10,000 in August this year and have been saving up for the last six months to pay that off. Do I have to go for…
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Research Paper: Retail Forex Trading: Views from the front lines of Islamic Finance
Foreign exchange trading has been one of the fastest-growing activities among private investors in the past 15 years. According to research by Citi in 2014, 4 million people are now…
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Research Paper: Shariah Review of Hedge Funds
Hedging involves reducing overall risk by taking on an asset position that offsets an existing source of risk. Its strategies encompass a broad range of risk tolerance and investments, such…
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Research Paper – Measuring Shariah Compliance in Senior & Subordinated Bonds
Bond investments are common, conventional fixed income instruments. The issuer promises to make regular interest payments to the investor until a specified date (the maturity date). Once the bond matures,…
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Research Paper: Shariah Analysis of Options Trading
This research has attempted to present an overview of options and how it operates in the conventional markets as well as a Shariah analysis. Options are derivatives used for multiple…
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Research Paper: Credit Default Swaps: Navigating the cross-section with risk sharing
The market for credit default swaps (CDS) has experienced explosive growth in the past. By the end of 2007, the outstanding amount was $62.2 trillion, falling to $38.6 trillion by…
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Research Paper: Shariah Analysis of Options Trading
This research has attempted to present an overview of options and how it operates in the conventional markets as well as a Shariah analysis. Options are derivatives used for multiple…
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Research Paper: Solving the Dynamics of Shariah in ETFs & ETNs
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were launched in the early 1990s, combining the features of mutual funds and shares. In their 25-year history, ETFs have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the…
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