PE and Islamic finance: Underlying themes
Encouraging trends in population, social mobility, commodities, technology, and governance standards are converging on Islamic finance. PE plays a small role with strong upside in Asia
Japan is not the first place most investors think of when the conversation turns to Islamic finance. But two recent private equity deals – a $100 million commitment by SBI Holdings to an Indonesian fishing...
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