Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

Agha Steel industries Sukuk Upgraded to Highest in Industry

JCRVIS Credit Rating Company Limited (VIS), in response to the latest equity injection and strong corporate governance, has upgraded the entity ratings of Agha...

Hong Kong Marketing Second Green Bond, Key Part of Push to...

Hong Kong’s government began marketing its second US dollar-denominated green bond on Tuesday as the city seeks to bolster its status as an international...

Kazakh Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund Signs Agreements with Islamic Banks to...

Kazakhstan’s Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund recently concluded agreements with Islamic banks in Kazakhstan to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Astana Times reported on...

Low Public Literacy Poses Challenge to Islamic Economic Development

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati drew attention to low public literacy on sharia economics and finance as being one of the challenges in the...

Jokowi: Potential Cash Waqf can Reach Rp188 Trillions

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo along with Vice President Ma'ruf Amin and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani today, January 25, launched the National Cash Waqf Movement...

Malaysia Expands Green SRI Sukuk Grant Scheme

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) on January 21 announced the expansion of its Green Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Sukuk Grant Scheme to encourage more...