Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes Newsletter Demystifying the cost of funding for Sukuk According to Mohammed Khnifer, the Saudi banking industry has ignored the development of their internal Islamic Debt Market, causing universal banks to lose out on revenue that would have been earned had they built up a solid
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Hailed by the “Islamic Globe” as “Industry Stalwart”, Mohammed Khnifer is regarded as part of a new generation of young Islamic banking practitioners, who comes with solid academic and professional background in Islamic finance and Debt Capital Market (DCM).
With highly rare combination of banking and Debt Capital Market-related Shariah knowledge and product structuring, Mr. Khnifer was interviewed twice by the Financial Times. He was featured by Bloomberg/BusinessWeek as "Sukuk Structurer", CNN Arabic as “Islamic finance specialist”, FT as “Shariah Adviser” and Thomson Reuters as "Islamic finance analyst".
In 2015 & 2016, he was named among the “Top 500 Most Influential Leaders Who Make the Islamic Economy”, in ISLAMICA 500.He is also a Thought-Leader in the area of Islamic finance and Debt Capital Market.He is DCM Commentator with CNBC Arabiya & Al Arabiya.
Mr. Khnifer is mostly remembered in the Islamic finance industry as the person who sparked the “Great Debate” over Goldman Sachs’ Tawarruq Sukuk, resulting in postponing the issuance for 3 years. His experience with Goldman Sukuk was depicted in Harris Irfan's book: “Heaven's Bankers: Inside the Hidden World Of Islamic Finance”.
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By Mohammed Khnifer 01 November 2011 The groundbreaking planned sukuk issuance of USD 2 billion by Goldman Sachs will set new heights for the Islamic finance industry. I think the only reason why Goldman went for the Murabaha structure, asset-based, is because this is the closest you can
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The Case of Islamic Finance Graduates against HR: How the industry lost its Young Brave Blood !
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Inside the Meltdown from Islamic Finance Perspective
Inside the Meltdown from Islamic Finance Perspective Global Islamic Finance Magazine In the middle the heat of one of the greatest recorded financial meltdowns, and the breakdown of toxic assets, some small niche practitioners deliberated an important question: could this financial crisis have been averted, had the savvy Wall Street
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Sukuk Defaults Bring Innovative Restructuring Approaches to the Islamic Finance Industry
Sukuk Defaults Bring Innovative Restructuring Approaches to the Islamic Finance Industry Stand & Default: An exclusive detailed insight to sukuk restructuring after defaults. The author brings for the first time the three approved structuring approaches: 1) Debt/Equity SWAP 2) Extending Maturity, 3) Haircut To continue : http://www.cpifinancial.net/v2/Magazine.aspx?v=1&aid=2478&cat=IBF&in=57 or http://reading.academia.edu/MohammedKhnifer/Papers
Read MoreShocking 21 DEFAULTED SUKUK CASES IN THE LAST 20 MONTHS! Abstract: Whether Sukuk issuances are asset-backed could make a difference between a straightforward Sukuk or default case. A study by Mohammed Khnifer, analyzing over 21 default Sukuk cases from the past two years, talks about how default events could have
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Certificate holders can take default worries off their shoulders with proper asset-backed Sukuk
Certificate holders can take default worries off their shoulders with proper asset-backed Sukuk Abstract of the Cover Story for Business Islamica Magazine --- The research explains how lawyers can structure Sukuk that can save certificate-holders from the repercussions of what comes after default. Asset protection of certificate-holders vis-a-vis their creditors
Read MoreSukuk- Building for a Solid Future Asset-based and asset-backed sukuk are contrasting instruments with different consequences in the event of default, as Mohammed Khnifer explains in his analysis of distressed high-profile sukuk and the judgement on East Cameron Gas. Also under the microscope is bankruptcy remoteness in sukuk issuance. The
Read MoreToward a Universal Islamic Deposit Insurance System- Part (1)Islamic Business & Finance Magazine The research highlights the types of deposits offered by Islamic banks such as demand deposits, savings deposits, and general and special investment deposits. Then, it elaborates in details the technicality & mechanism of Islamic Deposit Insurance System &
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of Gulf Finance House Islamic Finance News This paper dissects the balance sheet and business model of Gulf Finance, and scrutinizes the existence of a "pre-exit premium" in their activities - on top of the usual exit fees and/or performance fees. The study suggests that this
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Inside the Meltdown from Islamic Finance Perspective
-- Global Islamic Finance Magazine-- In the middle the heat of one of the greatest recorded financial meltdowns, and the breakdown of toxic assets, some small niche practitioners deliberated an important question: could this financial crisis have been averted, had the savvy Wall Street investment banks used the principles at
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