Islamic Banking

Module Learning Objectives

Who Should Attend ?

Course Content

Course Director

Islamic Finance Qualification

Islamic Concepts Quiz

Course Venue

Course Costs

BRIAN KETTELL, the Course Director, worked at the Central Bank of Bahrain for several years and has extensive experience in Islamic banking.

He has published 16 books on banking and financial markets and over 20 case studies on Islamic banking and finance.

Module 19

Innovation in Islamic banking

objective0202 There is nothing unIslamic about financial product innovation. In Islamic contract theory parties are free to agree on any terms as long as known Islamic rules and principles are not violated. This module highlights the special factors at work affecting product innovation in the Islamic financial marketplace.

Financial innovation for conventional banks
Financial innovation for Islamic banks
Barriers to entry within Islamic financial markets
Stages of financial innovation for Islamic banks
Which Islamic financial innovations have succeeded and why?
Which Islamic financial innovations have failed and why?
Securitisation and financial innovation
What are the pressures for Islamic financial innovation?
What are the special factors affecting Islamic financial innovation?
Islamic windows in conventional banks
Financial engineering for Islamic products
Islamic hedge funds.