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		<title>AmTakaful Starts Family Takaful Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Points of Essence Newest Takaful operator in Malaysia, AmFamily Takaful has commenced its family takaful business, making it the 12th licensee The business is a JV between AmBank Group and UK&#8217;s Friends Life Group   KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 (Bernama) &#8212; AmFamily Takaful Bhd (AmTakaful), the 12th licensed takaful operator in Malaysia, has commenced a family [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1547&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HSBC Amanah To Issue Innovative Sukuk For Retail Investors</title>
		<link>http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/hsbc-amanah-to-issue-innovative-sukuk-for-retail-investors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Points of Essence HSBC Amanah is mulling issuance of an innovative sukuk for retail investors this year The planned sukuk is intended to increase presence in the bond market by retail investors  With 15 branches so far in Malaysia and leveraging on its global group, the bank is poised to grow its offering of Shariah [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1536&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New IFSB chief faces challenging task</title>
		<link>http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/new-ifsb-chief-faces-challenging-task/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 14:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Points of Essence The change of leadership at the Islamic Financial Services Board has set yet another challenge for the new chief to spearhead a greater inclusion of the global financial community in the sphere of Islamic finance While his predecessor has successfully put in place the institutional workings of the IFSB, the new chief [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1544&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>End of journey for Rifaat at the IFSB</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 13:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Points of Essence There has been a shift of stewardship at the Islamic Financial Services Board since April this year. An interview with the IFSB&#8217;s former Secretary General, Prof. Rifaat Abdel Karim, will shed some lights into the pioneering efforts behind the establishment of the IFSB and the challenges it faced to emerge a global [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1541&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Economics, Banking, and Finance – The Indonesia Experience: Dr. Antonio Syafii</title>
		<link>http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/islamic-economics-banking-and-finance-%e2%80%93-the-indonesia-experience-dr-antonio-syafii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 13:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Islamic Bankers, If you happen to be within the vicinity of the University of California, Berkeley and are interested to know the state of Islamic banking in Indonesia, just head to the university hall and meet an Indonesian scholar for the related insights.  Check out the details below: Date: May 12, 2011 Time: 12-1 p.m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1538&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2010 in review</title>
		<link>http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/2010-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 06:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here&#8217;s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1534&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sukuk Roadblocks May Rise With National Shariah Boards: Islamic Finance</title>
		<link>http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/sukuk-roadblocks-may-rise-with-national-shariah-boards-islamic-finance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Khalid Qayum and Dana El Baltaji &#8211; Oct 28, 2010 7:38 PM GMT+0800 Thu Oct 28 11:38:07 GMT 2010 Points of Essence: The AAOFI-led National Shariah Board plan to oversee Sukuk sales may face resistance from the Islamic finance practitioners even before its inception saying that would create another layer of bureaucracy as there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1530&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facts about International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM)</title>
		<link>http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/facts-about-international-islamic-liquidity-management-corp-iilm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[27 October 2010   What? The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) is a collaborative effort by 11 central banks or monetary agencies, as well as two multilateral organisations to assist institutions offering Islamic financial services in addressing their liquidity management. The initiative will also facilitate greater investment flows for the Islamic financial services industry. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1527&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Negara: issuance of two mega Islamic bank licences &amp; establishment of International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Points of Essence: Two foreign  banks had been shortlisted for the Central Bank of Malaysia&#8217;s newest mega Islamic banking licences Newly established International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) looks set to issue short term Islamic papers by first half of next year. KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara will announce one mega Islamic bank by this year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1524&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sharia finance body, Maldives lender to set up bank</title>
		<link>http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/sharia-finance-body-maldives-lender-to-set-up-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suapi Shaffaii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Points of Essence: Islamic Banking &#38; Finance Institute of Malaysia and the Government of Maldives sets up the first Islamic bank in Maldives Maldives Islamic Bank will be established in the next 6 months would be the impetus for the creating of the a conducive regulatory framework  for Islamic banking industry in Maldives KUALA LUMPUR [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046274&amp;post=1520&amp;subd=islamicfinanceupdates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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