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Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) was founded 25 years ago and was the first Islamic and Sharia compliant bank in Qatar and is also one of the five largest Islamic banks in the world. Today the bank enjoys the premier position within the Islamic banking sector and holds 57% share in the Islamic banking sector and 10% of the total Qatar banking sector. QIB was upgraded from BBB+ to A- by both Fitch and Capital Intelligence in 2007.
QIB was the pioneer in launching Sharia compliant Islamic Financial products, for retail, corporate and private banking and operates today in Qatar via 19 branches and 85 ATMs. QIB is also the pioneer in successful real estate investment funds in the UK, USA and France.
QIB’s net profit in 2006 crossed the 1bn Qatari rial bar representing an outstanding 98% increase versus the previous year. With this result, QIB is now ranked 14th in the world for best return on asset among the 1000 biggest banks in the globe.
In Qatar QIB plays a key role in financing major infrastructure and real estate projects. For the first time ever in Qatar, a seven year Ijara sukuk was awarded for Qatar Airways to finance their purchase of an Airbus A 340-600 in Q1 2007 clearly shows that QIB has strong determination in Islamic product innovation. In 1989, the bank also established Al Jazeera Islamic Company, a sharia compliant financing company targeting mainly consumers and small and medium enterprises. The bank also established in 2000 an Aqar real estate company and recently Qinvest an Islamic Investment bank licensed by the Qatar Financial centre (QFC) with US$ 1bn declared capital and US$5m paid up capital.
Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Bahrain, Unicorn Investment Bank (Unicorn) is an Islamic investment bank, with an international presence in the United States, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Pakistan. Unicorn seeks to deliver exceptional value to clients and shareholders through a focus on innovation, professionalism and integrity – the shared values that drive the Bank’s endeavour to be a leading global provider of Shari’ah-compliant investment banking products and services.
Unicorn’s integrated business model is built around five core business lines: Asset Management, Capital Markets & Treasury, Corporate Finance, Private Equity and Strategic Mergers & Acquisitions. The Bank leverages its resources and expertise across each of these business lines to provide clients with a comprehensive range of investment solutions tailored to meet their specific requirements.
Unicorn’s integrated product offering and financial engineering skills are closely intertwined with a strong capacity to distribute the Bank’s products and services to a broad client base across the GCC region, the wider Middle East region, Southeast Asia, the USA and Europe. Our Investment Development & Distribution team caters to high net worth individuals, family businesses, financial institutions, corporations, governments and quasi-governmental organizations, offering a client-driven service platform focused on meeting the particular requirements of each client.
All Unicorn products and transactions are governed by two essential principles: that they fully comply with Shari’ah principles; and that they are benchmarked against international financial best practices. The Unicorn Shari’ah Supervisory Board ensures that all investment policies, structures, products and financial services and activities that the Bank is involved in are in conformity with Shari’ah principles, while the Bank’s stringent corporate governance standards ensure that the Bank, its directors and its employees follow the highest standards of ethical conduct and adhere to the principles of fairness, transparency, accountability and responsibility in all day-to-day operations.
Unicorn has achieved consistent growth since its inception and has received widespread industry recognition for excellence and vision. The Bank continues to build on its track record by delivering innovative, reliable and attractive investment products and services in a professional and transparent manner.
Gold Sponsors
Crescent Asset Management: Crescent Asset Management, Ltd. is a fund management firm with its clients primarily based in the Middle East and South America and with co-investment deployment predominantly in developed markets. CAM was formed for the sole purpose of creating a series of Shari’ah compliant and conventional funds designed to give sophisticated global investors special access to the highest quality investments, including private equity, transportation leasing, and developed and emerging markets on a widely diversified basis with a complete alignment of interests. CAM’s investment professionals collectively have over 170 years of significant and complementary experience in the financial services industry.
Founded in 2006 in Dubai, Noor Islamic Bank stands as a global icon, transforming the offering and experience of modern Islamic banking to meet the needs of today’s consumers. A full service bank, Noor Islamic Bank delivers the broadest range of products for its consumers, with an emphasis on unique and personalised services. Noor Islamic Bank’s products and services are governed by a Shari’ah Board, comprising leading Islamic scholars with extensive experience and expertise in legal, financial and banking-related matters. Noor Islamic Bank currently has 10 branches across the UAE in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Al Ain. Please visit: www.noorbank.com
Silver Sponsor
Turkiye Finans: Turkiye Finans Katilim Bankasi, emanated from the merger of Anadolu Finans owned by Boydak Holding and Family Finans owned by Ulker Group on December 30, 2005. Turkiye Finans, became the leader bank among the participation banks in Turkey and serves to its clients with 137 branches and 2600 employees. Turkiye Finans, who collects funds through current and profit/loss accounts and utilizes these collected funds for meeting the needs of both corporate and individual customers by the means of personal financing, production support, leasing, guarantee letters, offers various financial and banking services in the frame of participation (interest free) banking principles.
Keynote Sponsor
The FWU group is an international financial services group based in Munich, Germany. The group has a strong entrepreneurial culture led by Dr Manfred Dirrheimer, Chairman, and other shareholders include prominent institutional investors. Its core business comprises Bancassurance and Asset management. It specializes in designing customized “white label” investment solutions for its European and international distribution partners .It is a market leader in Family Takaful and Unit linked investment plans and won the Euromoney award for being the “Best Takaful provider” in 2007. The group has strategic tie ups with 6 Takaful providers and 7 major Bank distribution partners in several important markets and is currently active in Europe, Middle East and Asia/Pacific. Its international network includes offices in Luxembourg, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur.
The group is valued for its product and process innovation, web based Point of Sale and administration systems, open investment architecture, the creation and use of a proprietary dynamic Fund Selection and Allocation Model, pioneering of a unique Retakaful solution with a global Reinsurance company, high service quality and its significant wealth of Sharia and deal structuring expertise. The FWU group has its own Sharia Board with renowned advisers and it is also an observer member of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). Today, the group offers an attractive array of investment solutions designed to match the risk/reward profile of both individual and institutional customers. The FWU group is rated as investment grade by Deutsche Bank’s independent rating unit in Germany.
Website: www.fwugroup.com
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Please allow us to introduce AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking & Economics - Pakistan, a well established name in the Islamic Banking and financial market, working for Advisory, Islamic Financial products development, Awareness, and publications. AlHuda CIBE also published a fortnightly online Magazine on Islamic Banking and Finance News for the better awareness on Islamic Banking and Finance with free subscription worldwide to more than 150,000 desktop.
To carry the experiences and Image of Islamic Banking internationally, you are requested to contribute us in the form News/Research/ Articles/Advertisement for the better awareness in this field. We promise to continue our humble efforts in the right direction. We appreciate all the comments/feedback for the development of this cause.
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