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21st February 2019 Fiqh, Research & Essays M Q

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 […]

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24th November 2018 Fiqh, Research & Essays M Q

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 […]

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20th November 2018 Fiqh, Research & Essays M Q

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 […]

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22nd August 2018 Finance, Money & Finance, Q & A M Q

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 […]

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11th June 2018 Research & Essays M Q

Research Paper: Shariah Analysis of Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCo)

Coco bonds are different to regular convertible bonds in that the likelihood of the bonds converting to equity is “contingent” on a specified event. They carry […]

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