Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

FWD Takaful to Achieve 15% Target with 1st Online Channel

FWD Takaful Bhd is confident to acquire 15% of the industry’s market share within five years of launching its first online channel, FWD Protect...

China Oil Refiner Issues $140 Million Green Bond to Fund New...

Oil refiner Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co. has issued a green bond worth 1 billion yuan ($140.60 million) to fund a petrochemical complex, the latest...

AmBank Islamic Wins Best Islamic Finance SME Bank Malaysia Award

AmBank Islamic Bhd has been named the Best Islamic Finance SME Bank Malaysia 2019 at the Alpha Southeast Asia Best Islamic Finance Awards 2019,...

PSE Says 45 Firms are Shariah-Compliant

The number of listed firms compliant with Islamic principles of finance fell in the quarter ending June, the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) said...

Beldex Going for Sharia’h Compliance

Islamic finance differs a lot from conventional finance. For its believers and followers, Islam lists a set of do’s and don’ts in the Quran,...

PTI Govt Decides to Promote Islamic Banking in Pakistan

The federal government has decided to initiate a comprehensive plan for the promotion of Islamic banking in the country. “For the purpose, the State Bank...