Islamic finance: From Middle East to Far East
Shari’Ah-compliant private equity investing is all about being ethical – so how exactly did one fund end up investing in a Malaysia-based company with ties to a brewery? Alcohol-related companies are, of course, strictly off limits for Islamic investing.
Daud Vicary Abdullah, former partner and director at Deloitte Consulting and the incoming president and CEO of the Kuala Lumpur-headquartered International Center for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF),...
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