Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the Regulated

More than 200 Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) operate in 48 countries. Their combined assets exceed $200 billion, with an annual growth rate between 12 percent and 15 percent. The regulatory regime governing IFIs varies significantly across c...

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Main Authors: El-Hawary, Dahlia, Grais, Wafik, Iqbal, Zamir
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3935593/regulating-islamic-financial-institutions-nature-regulated
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spelling okr-10986-147322021-04-23T14:03:20Z Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the Regulated El-Hawary, Dahlia Grais, Wafik Iqbal, Zamir ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING POLICIES ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ACCOUNTING TREATMENT ACCOUNTS AGRICULTURE ALM ASSET BACKED SECURITIES AUDITING BALANCE SHEET BALANCE SHEETS BANKING SERVICES BANKING SUPERVISION BANKS CAPITAL ADEQUACY CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CREDIT RISK DEBT DEBT SECURITIES DEMAND DEPOSITS DEPOSITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMICS ELECTRONIC FUNDS ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION FACE VALUE FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL INNOVATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FOREIGN EXCHANGE GROWTH RATE INCOME INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INVESTMENT BANKS ISLAMIC BANK ISLAMIC BANKING LEASING LEGAL LIABILITY LIABILITY LIQUIDITY MARKET DISCIPLINE MARKET INSTRUMENTS MARKET RISK MATURITIES NET WORTH OPERATING LEASE OPERATIONAL RISK POLICY MAKERS PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION PORTFOLIOS PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PROFITABILITY PROMISSORY NOTES PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS PUBLIC POLICY REAL SECTOR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESERVE REQUIREMENT RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK SHARING SAVINGS SECURITIES SHAREHOLDERS SOLVENCY SYSTEMIC RISK TAKEOVER THEORETICAL MODELS TRANSPARENCY UNIVERSAL BANKS VENTURE CAPITAL WORKING CAPITAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES RISK BROKERS INTERMEDIATION WITHDRAWALS GOVERNANCE TRANSACTION SERVICES COMMODITY TRADE More than 200 Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) operate in 48 countries. Their combined assets exceed $200 billion, with an annual growth rate between 12 percent and 15 percent. The regulatory regime governing IFIs varies significantly across countries. A number of international organizations have been established with the mandate to set standards that would strengthen and harmonize prudential regulations as they apply to IFIs. The authors contribute to the discussion on the nature of prudential standards to be developed. They clarify the risks that IFIs are exposed to and the type of regulations that are needed to systematically manage them. They consider that the industry is still in a development process whose eventual outcome is the convergence of the practice of Islamic financial intermediation with its conceptual foundations. The authors contrast the risks and regulations needed in the case of Islamic financial intermediation operating according to core principles and current practice. They outline implications for approaches to capital adequacy, licensing requirements, and reliance on market discipline. They then propose an organization of the industry that would allow it to develop in compliance with its principles and prudent risk management, and facilitate its regulation. 2013-08-01T18:18:30Z 2013-08-01T18:18:30Z 2004-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3935593/regulating-islamic-financial-institutions-nature-regulated http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14732 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3227 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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en_US
topic ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
ACCOUNTS
AGRICULTURE
ALM
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES
AUDITING
BALANCE SHEET
BALANCE SHEETS
BANKING SERVICES
BANKING SUPERVISION
BANKS
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CREDIT RISK
DEBT
DEBT SECURITIES
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPOSITS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC RELATIONS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRONIC FUNDS
ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER
EXPENDITURES
EXPLOITATION
FACE VALUE
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL INNOVATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
GROWTH RATE
INCOME
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INVESTMENT BANKS
ISLAMIC BANK
ISLAMIC BANKING
LEASING
LEGAL LIABILITY
LIABILITY
LIQUIDITY
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET RISK
MATURITIES
NET WORTH
OPERATING LEASE
OPERATIONAL RISK
POLICY MAKERS
PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION
PORTFOLIOS
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PROFITABILITY
PROMISSORY NOTES
PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS
PUBLIC POLICY
REAL SECTOR
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESERVE REQUIREMENT
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
RISK AVERSION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK SHARING
SAVINGS
SECURITIES
SHAREHOLDERS
SOLVENCY
SYSTEMIC RISK
TAKEOVER
THEORETICAL MODELS
TRANSPARENCY
UNIVERSAL BANKS
VENTURE CAPITAL
WORKING CAPITAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES
RISK
BROKERS
INTERMEDIATION
WITHDRAWALS
GOVERNANCE
TRANSACTION SERVICES
COMMODITY TRADE
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
ACCOUNTS
AGRICULTURE
ALM
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES
AUDITING
BALANCE SHEET
BALANCE SHEETS
BANKING SERVICES
BANKING SUPERVISION
BANKS
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CREDIT RISK
DEBT
DEBT SECURITIES
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPOSITS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC RELATIONS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRONIC FUNDS
ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER
EXPENDITURES
EXPLOITATION
FACE VALUE
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL INNOVATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
GROWTH RATE
INCOME
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INVESTMENT BANKS
ISLAMIC BANK
ISLAMIC BANKING
LEASING
LEGAL LIABILITY
LIABILITY
LIQUIDITY
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET RISK
MATURITIES
NET WORTH
OPERATING LEASE
OPERATIONAL RISK
POLICY MAKERS
PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION
PORTFOLIOS
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PROFITABILITY
PROMISSORY NOTES
PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS
PUBLIC POLICY
REAL SECTOR
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESERVE REQUIREMENT
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
RISK AVERSION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK SHARING
SAVINGS
SECURITIES
SHAREHOLDERS
SOLVENCY
SYSTEMIC RISK
TAKEOVER
THEORETICAL MODELS
TRANSPARENCY
UNIVERSAL BANKS
VENTURE CAPITAL
WORKING CAPITAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES
RISK
BROKERS
INTERMEDIATION
WITHDRAWALS
GOVERNANCE
TRANSACTION SERVICES
COMMODITY TRADE
El-Hawary, Dahlia
Grais, Wafik
Iqbal, Zamir
Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the Regulated
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No.3227
description More than 200 Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) operate in 48 countries. Their combined assets exceed $200 billion, with an annual growth rate between 12 percent and 15 percent. The regulatory regime governing IFIs varies significantly across countries. A number of international organizations have been established with the mandate to set standards that would strengthen and harmonize prudential regulations as they apply to IFIs. The authors contribute to the discussion on the nature of prudential standards to be developed. They clarify the risks that IFIs are exposed to and the type of regulations that are needed to systematically manage them. They consider that the industry is still in a development process whose eventual outcome is the convergence of the practice of Islamic financial intermediation with its conceptual foundations. The authors contrast the risks and regulations needed in the case of Islamic financial intermediation operating according to core principles and current practice. They outline implications for approaches to capital adequacy, licensing requirements, and reliance on market discipline. They then propose an organization of the industry that would allow it to develop in compliance with its principles and prudent risk management, and facilitate its regulation.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author El-Hawary, Dahlia
Grais, Wafik
Iqbal, Zamir
author_facet El-Hawary, Dahlia
Grais, Wafik
Iqbal, Zamir
author_sort El-Hawary, Dahlia
title Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the Regulated
title_short Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the Regulated
title_full Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the Regulated
title_fullStr Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the Regulated
title_full_unstemmed Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the Regulated
title_sort regulating islamic financial institutions: the nature of the regulated
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3935593/regulating-islamic-financial-institutions-nature-regulated
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14732
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