An Introduction to Islamic Finance

DR. ZAMIR IQBAL works as Lead Investment Officer in the Treasury of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He earned his Ph.D. in International Finance from the George Washington University. He has extensive experience with capital markets, structured products, risk management, financial sector development, and financial modeling. His research interests include Islamic finance, financial engineering, structured finance and risk management. He is co-author of several books on Islamic banking and finance. He also serves as Professional Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School where he teaches graduate level courses on investment and portfolio management and risk of financial institutions. DR. ABBAS MIRAKHOR received his Ph.D. in Economics from Kansas State University in 1969. After teaching at various universities in the USA and in Iran he joined the staff of the Research Department of the IMF in 1984. He became an Executive Director of the IMF from 1990 until his retirement in 2008. He is the author of a number of articles and books on Islamic economics and finance. He is now the first holder of the INCEIF Chair in Islamic Finance.

Glossary ix CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2 The Economic System 29 CHAPTER 3 Riba vs. Rate of Return 57 CHAPTER 4 Financial Instruments 75 CHAPTER 5 Risk Sharing as an Alternative to Debt 99 CHAPTER 6 The Islamic Financial System 113 CHAPTER 7 The Stability of the Islamic Financial System 137 CHAPTER 8 Islamic Financial Intermediation and Banking 151 CHAPTER 9 Capital Markets 173 CHAPTER 10 Non-bank Financial Intermediation 207 CHAPTER 11 Performance of Islamic Financial Services 225 CHAPTER 12 Financial Engineering 245 CHAPTER 13 Risk Management 275 CHAPTER 14 Regulation of Islamic Financial Institutions 299 CHAPTER 15 Corporate Governance 323 CHAPTER 16 Globalization and its Challenges 351 CHAPTER 17 Issues and Challenges 365 Bibliography 393 Index 399