Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible?

According to Islamic guidelines on partnership ventures, the profit sharing ratio is determined at the outset, and the actual return to the partners is ascertained at the end on the basis of realised profits. In financing partnership ventures, Islamic banking usually fix the profit sharing ratio th...

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Main Author: Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: 2008
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spelling iium-72542013-03-26T08:32:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/ Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible? Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman HG1501 Banking KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects KBP639 Muʻāmalāt According to Islamic guidelines on partnership ventures, the profit sharing ratio is determined at the outset, and the actual return to the partners is ascertained at the end on the basis of realised profits. In financing partnership ventures, Islamic banking usually fix the profit sharing ratio through applying the relevant rate of return on capital, taking into consideration the size of the bank’s investment and the period of the exposure. After first determining the return sought by the bank on its capital outlay, the remainder of the expected profit is usually taken as the share of the client / joint partner, and the proportion adopted as the ratio of profit sharing. Profit sharing ratio agreed in an ideal environment should bring about a fair share of the proceeds to each partner and adequately consider, among other factors, their actual contributions and the level of liability borne. The period, as a factor common to the joint venture and thus affecting both partners, could be redundant, and should not significantly influence the process. In the case of Islamic banks, in view of the socio-economic function they are supposed to perform, fixing the profit sharing ratio in joint ventures could not be regarded solely a business decision. As such, Islamic banks should be persuaded to adopt a method for profit ratio calculation that adequately considers the actual contributions of both the partners. Two bases possible are giving capital and labour equal weightage, considering profit to result from both equally, and giving each a weightage different from the other, considering the relative importance of each in the venture concerned. 2008-06-24 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/1/Paper_4.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/4/Support_docs_Intac_iv_Conf_M_A_Sadique.docx application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/5/INTAC_iv.pdf Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman (2008) Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible? In: IIUM International Accounting Conference IV (INTAC IV), 24-26 June, 2008, Marriot Putrajaya Hotel. http://www.iium.edu.my/intac4
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topic HG1501 Banking
KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects
KBP639 Muʻāmalāt
spellingShingle HG1501 Banking
KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects
KBP639 Muʻāmalāt
Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman
Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible?
description According to Islamic guidelines on partnership ventures, the profit sharing ratio is determined at the outset, and the actual return to the partners is ascertained at the end on the basis of realised profits. In financing partnership ventures, Islamic banking usually fix the profit sharing ratio through applying the relevant rate of return on capital, taking into consideration the size of the bank’s investment and the period of the exposure. After first determining the return sought by the bank on its capital outlay, the remainder of the expected profit is usually taken as the share of the client / joint partner, and the proportion adopted as the ratio of profit sharing. Profit sharing ratio agreed in an ideal environment should bring about a fair share of the proceeds to each partner and adequately consider, among other factors, their actual contributions and the level of liability borne. The period, as a factor common to the joint venture and thus affecting both partners, could be redundant, and should not significantly influence the process. In the case of Islamic banks, in view of the socio-economic function they are supposed to perform, fixing the profit sharing ratio in joint ventures could not be regarded solely a business decision. As such, Islamic banks should be persuaded to adopt a method for profit ratio calculation that adequately considers the actual contributions of both the partners. Two bases possible are giving capital and labour equal weightage, considering profit to result from both equally, and giving each a weightage different from the other, considering the relative importance of each in the venture concerned.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman
author_facet Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman
author_sort Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman
title Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible?
title_short Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible?
title_full Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible?
title_fullStr Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible?
title_full_unstemmed Equity Partnership in joint enterprises by Islamic banks: Is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible?
title_sort equity partnership in joint enterprises by islamic banks: is a more equitable approach to sharing profit and loss possible?
publishDate 2008
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/1/Paper_4.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/4/Support_docs_Intac_iv_Conf_M_A_Sadique.docx
http://irep.iium.edu.my/7254/5/INTAC_iv.pdf
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