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BRIAN KETTELL, the Course Director, worked at the Central Bank of Bahrain for several years and has extensive experience in Islamic banking.
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He has published 16 books on banking and financial markets and over 20 case studies on Islamic banking and finance.

Module 15

Asset management issues for Islamic banks

Conventional banks are faced with well understood asset management risks. Islamic banks are also faced with the same well understood asset management risks. However many of the risks faced by Islamic banks are different from those of conventional banks. This module highlights the issues involved in identifying, measuring and managing asset risk for Islamic banks.

  • Asset management for conventional banks
  • Asset management for Islamic banks
  • What are the implications for Islamic banks using Profit and Loss Share (PLS) principles?
  • What does the finance literature tell us about debt finance?
  • What does the finance literature tell us about PLS finance?
  • Agency problems, asymmetric risk and moral hazard issues
  • Problems associated with PLS in practice