""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of Islamic Finance""; ""Introduction""; ""Definition""; ""Main Types of Islamic Finance""; ""History of Islamic Finance""; ""Islamic Economics and Finance � Key Concepts""; ""Relationship between Ethical Investment and Islamic Principles""; ""A Range of Islamic Financial Instruments""; ""Valid Gains on Investment ""; ""What Differentiates Islamic Finance and Conventional Finance?""; ""Global Market for Islamic Finance""; ""Business Environment ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Environmental Factors""; ""Country Analysis""

""Profiles of Major Players""""Regulators""; ""Data Providers""; ""Indices""; ""Ratings""; ""Islamic Banking""; ""Introduction""; ""What is Islamic Banking?""; ""The Shari�ah Board""; ""Comparison of Islamic Banking and Conventional Banking""; ""How do Islamic Banks work?""; ""Overview of Key Markets""; ""Core Operations of Islamic Banks""; ""Islam Banking Products""; ""The Deposit Side of Islamic Banking""; ""Asset-side Instruments""; ""Islamic Investment Banking""; ""Islamic Financial Markets and Instruments""; ""Islamic Insurance""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions of Takaful""

""Brief History of Takaful""""Basic Facts about Takaful""; ""Main Drivers of Takaful""; ""Basic Elements of Takaful""; ""Differences between Insurance and Takaful""; ""Key Features of Takaful""; ""Takaful Operating Models""; ""Retakaful""; ""Ijarah � Islamic Leasing""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions of Ijarah""; ""Comparison between Ijarah and Murabaha Financing""; ""Basic Rules of Leasing""; ""Reasons for choosing Ijarah as Opposed to Murabaha""; ""Types of Ijarah Arrangements""; ""Implementation Issues in Ijarah Financing""; ""Securitisation""; ""Introduction""

""Definition of Islamic Securitisation""""The Case for Securitisation in Islamic Finance""; ""Adapting the Principles of Islamic Finance to Securitisation""; ""The Capital Markets in an Islamic Framework""; ""Sukuk and Securitisation""; ""Sukuk Compared to Bonds""; ""Categories of Sukuk""; ""Participants in Sukuk Issue or Securitisation""; ""The Relations between Parties Involved""; ""Tradable and Non-tradable Sukuk""; ""The Importance of Sukuk""; ""Types of Sukuk""; ""Trends""; ""Introduction""; ""Growth of Syndicated Islamic Finance""; ""Islamic Project Financing""

""Impact of Basel II on Islamic Finance""""Launch of Islamic ETFs""; ""Growth of Islamic Private Equity""; ""Growth of Islamic Private Banking and Wealth Management""; ""Financing Practices""; ""Introduction""; ""Financing Areas""; ""Trade Financing""; ""Cards""; ""Working Capital Finance""; ""Liquidity Management""; ""Foreign Exchange Dealings""; ""Mortgages""; ""Common Systems Used in Islamic Banking and Finance""; ""Introduction""; ""IT Situation in Islamic Banks""; ""Profile of Systems""; ""Profiles of Systems""; ""List of Other Systems""; ""IT Projects""; ""Introduction""