Mohammed Khnifer

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”. ------ TV Interviews: https://goo.gl/NGcuGv https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8bnCYhgBFmzy5FSJTvfDVw ---Linkedin: https://sa.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-khnifer-66991012?trk=author_mini-profile_title --Twitter: @MKhnifer --ACADEMIA: http://reading.academia.edu/MohammedKhnifer/Papers

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Working Paper – Arab Planning Institute

Conventional and Corrected Measures of Gender-related Development Index (GDI): What Happens to the Arab Countries Ranking?

Iman February 25, 2013February 25, 2013747

Conventional and Corrected Measures of Gender-related Development Index (GDI Author: Dr. Riadh Ben Jelili Series: API/WPS 1007 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: The Gender-related Development Index (GDI) developed by the United nations Development Program has been one of the first global instrument to demonstrate that the level of

Working Paper – Arab Planning Institute

The Global Financial Crisis and Equity Markets in Middle East Oil Exporting Countries

Iman February 25, 2013323

The Global Financial Crisis and Equity Markets in Middle East Oil Exporting Countries Author: Dr. Ibrahim Onour Series: API/WPS 1009 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: This paper employs extreme downside risk measures to estimate the impact of the global financial crisis in 2008/2009 on equity markets in major

Working Paper – Arab Planning Institute

Assessment of Arab Export Competitiveness in International Markets using Trade Indicators

Iman February 25, 20133094

Assessment of Arab Export Competitiveness in International Markets using Trade Indicators Author: Dr. Walid Abdmoulah and Dr. Belkacem Laabas Series: API/WPS 1010 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: Most of the Arab countries face the daunting task of accelerating economic growth and creating jobs for a fast growing young

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Do Islamic Banks Perform Better than Conventional Banks? Evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Iman February 25, 20132612

Do Islamic Banks Perform Better than Conventional Banks Author: Hadeel Abu Loghod Series: API/WPS 1011 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: Islamic Banking has been growing worldwide significantly in the past three decades and is developing remarkably in the Southeast Asia, Middle East and even in Europe and in

Working Paper – Arab Planning Institute

Efficiency of Islamic Banks in Sudan: A Non-Parametric Approach

Iman February 25, 2013696

Efficiency of Islamic Banks in Sudan A Non-Parametric Approach Author: Ibrahim A. Onour , Abdelgadir M.A Abdalla Series: API/WPS 1012 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: This paper employs several efficiency measures and productivity changes using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to investigate efficiency performance of Islamic banks in Sudan.

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Firm Heterogeneity and Productivity: The Contribution of Microdata

Iman February 25, 2013343

Firm Heterogeneity and Productivity The Contribution of Microdata Author: Riadh Ben Jelili Series: API/WPS 1013 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: Without claiming to be a comprehensive treatment of all relevant issues related to the firm productivity analysis, this note aims to investigate some areas of inquiry in

Working Paper – Arab Planning Institute

The Arab Region’s Unemployment Problem Revisited

Iman February 25, 20131589

The Arab Region's Unemployment Problem Revisited Author: Riadh Ben Jelili Series: API/WPS 1015 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: The Arab world is confronted with an increasing pressure coming from the supply side of the labor market, generated principally by the unemployed persons looking for a job, the new

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Forecasting Volatility in Global Food Commodity Prices

Iman February 25, 2013769

Forecasting Volatility in Global Food Commodity Prices Author: Ibrahim Onour Series: API/WPS 1101 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: To forecast volatility in global food commodity prices, in this paper a number of alternative competing models are employed, thin tailed normal distribution, and fat-tailed Student t-distribution GARCH models, beside

Islamic Finance & Banking

Issues in Islamic Corporate Finance: Capital Structure in Firms

Iman February 25, 2013February 25, 20131489

Issues in Islamic Corporate Finance: Capital Structure in Firms Description: This research paper gives a literature review on Islamic firms and capital structure. Author(s) : Habib Ahmed Published : 1428H (2007) Pages : 40 ISBN : 9960-32-164-9

Islamic Finance & Banking

Challenges of Affordable Housing Finance in IDB Member Countries Using Islamic Modes

Iman February 25, 2013February 25, 2013419

Challenges of Affordable Housing Finance in IDB Member Countries Using Islamic Modes Description: The focus of this book is on financial products and infrastructure innovation for housing finance. It quantifies the demand for housing in IDB member countries, estimates the financial gap, and evaluates the current Islamic house financing models

Risk Management

Risk Management in Islamic Finance (AAOIFI –World Bank Annual Conference)

Iman February 24, 20132263

Risk Management in Islamic Finance AAOIFI –World Bank Annual Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance under the auspices of Central Bank of Bahrain Risk Management in Islamic Finance AssocProf. Dr. Mohamad Akram Laldin

Islamic Finance & Banking Mudaraba Murabaha and its Type

Murabahaand Murabaha to the Purchase Orderer Revision of Standard (AAOIFI –World Bank Annual Conference)

Iman February 24, 20131147

Murabaha and Murabaha to the Purchase Orderer AAOIFI –World Bank Annual Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance under the auspices of Central Bank of Bahrain Murabahaand Murabaha to the Purchase Orderer Revision of Standard Aly El Azhary Shahid Parekh

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Shari’a Issues and Challenges for Islamic Finance (AAOIFI –World Bank Annual Conference)

Iman February 24, 20132208

Shari’a Issues and Challenges for Islamic Finance AAOIFI –World Bank Annual Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance under the auspices of Central Bank of Bahrain Shari’a Issues and Challenges for Islamic Finance Abdulazeem Abozaid