Islamic Finance

Challenging the banking ‘fat cats’

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OVERVIEW In the wake of the global financial crisis, Islamic finance has gathered momentum with Sharia-compliant principles, as Paul McNamara reports The origins of the Islamic finance industry are rooted in the recent past – 1975 to be precise, with... Read more

Alternative funding for cash-starved UK firms

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FINANCING UK BUSINESS Islamic finance could help smaller UK companies bridge the high-street funding gap, as Christian Doherty discovers Raising finance has become a struggle for British businesses in recent years as the financial crisis sapped enthusiasm among high-street lenders.... Read more

Doing the right thing can be profitable

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ETHICS AND RELIGION Discontent is on the rise among Western banking customers faced with abuses such as Libor rigging, mis-selling of financial products, hidden trading losses and sloppy anti-money laundering, writes Paul McNamara As the conventional financial system takes blows... Read more

Funding Britain’s Growth

Business faces UK credit quandary

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OVERVIEW With so many small businesses finding credit hard to come by from traditional sources, Joe McGrath investigates the alternative commercial finance on offer British businesses seeking growth have faced something of a quandary in recent months. On one hand,... Read more

Initiatives aimed at economic growth

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GOVERNMENT POLICY As the coalition government is coming under increasing pressure to prioritise growth over austerity, Rachael Singh considers what politicians are doing to prevent the much feared triple-dip recession With the FTSE 100 ascending to the highest level witnessed... Read more

Reasons to be cheerful in reprise

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COMMERCIAL MORTGAGES With more mortgage options coming on to the market, businesses remortgaging may have a reason to be optimistic, as Joe McGrath discovers In the days before the global credit crunch, the multitude of commercial mortgage options was staggering.... Read more