BRIAN KETTELL, the Course Director, worked at the Central Bank of Bahrain for several years and has extensive experience in Islamic banking.
He has published 16 books on banking and financial markets and over 20 case studies on Islamic banking and finance.
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Executive Guides to Islamic Banking and Finance
This new series of Executive Guides is designed for relative newcomers to the Islamic banking industry. Active practictioners may, however, still find the Guides of practical use. Emphasis is placed on translating and explaining the puzzling Arabic terminology and to illustrating the principles of Islamic financial intermediation.
Sukuk Case Studies
Islamic bonds (sukuk) have economic characteristics similar to those of a conventional bond, but are structured so as to be compliant with Sharia'a law. This enables them to be sold to Islamic investors who are prohibited, by Sharia'a law, from investing in conventional debt securities. Islamic bonds (Sukuk)are a completely new financial asset class for both Islamic and conventional investors.They have been a spectacular succes and new issues come out daily. These case studies demonstrate the rapid pace of innovation which is spreading throughout the industry.
Case Studies on Islamic Banking and Finance
Case Study 1.The Ijara Contract as a mode of Islamic Finance. Case Study 2. The Musharaka Contract as a mode of Islamic Finance. Case Study 3. The Diminishing Musharaka Contract as a mode of Islamic Finance. Case Study 4.1.The Mudaraba Contract as a mode of Islamic Finance. Case Study 4.2.The Mudaraba contracts with multiple financing options. Case Study 5. Murabaha, Musharaka, Ijara and Ijara Wa-Iktina. Case Study 6. Islamic Mortgages for Home Finance. Case Study 7. Sources of Finance for Islamic Banks: An Application of Profit and Loss Sharing. Case Study 8. Financial Statement Analysis for Islamic Banks. Case Study 9. Islamic Investment Prohibitions. Case Study 10. Issues involved in creating an Islamic bank within a western regulatory framework: the case of the Islamic Bank of Britain. Case Study 11. Leverage and Islamic Banking. Case Study 12. Impact of Loan Defaults on Islamic and Conventional Banks. A glossary of Islamic banking and finance terms.
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Questions and Answers on Islamic Banking & Finance : Work Book
Chapter 1. What do you know about Islam? Chapter 2. Principles of Islamic banking. Chapter 3. Principles of Islamic finance. Section 3.1 The major Islamic financing contracts. 1 Murabaha contract .2 Ijara contract. 3 Ijara-Wa-Iktina contract .4 Mudaraba contract. 5 Musharaka contract .6 Istisna’a contract .7 Salam contract .Section 3.2 Characteristics of the Islamic modes of finance. 1 Murabaha contract. 2 Mudaraba contract. 3 Musharaka contract. 4 Ijara contract .5 Istisna’a contract. 6 Salam contract .Section 3.3 Risks. Risk 1. Risk 2. Chapter 4. Islamic financial concepts and terminology. Section 4.1 Responsibilities of the parties to the Sharia’a contracts. Section 4.2 Islamic finance terminology quiz. Ijara contract. Chapter 5. Islamic financial products .Chapter 6. The Sharia’a Nominate contracts. Section 6.1 Islamic banking and finance quiz. Section 6.1.1 Islamic banking principles Section 6.1.2 Sharia’a issues Section 6.1.3 Murabaha contract .Section 6.1.4 Mudaraba contract .Section 6.1.5 Musharaka contract. Section 6.1.6 Ijara contract. Section 6.1.7 Istisna’a and Salam contracts. Section 6.2 Exercises on the Sharia’a Nominate contracts. Chapter 7. Sharia’a Contracts: case studies. Chapter 8. Advanced Islamic Islamic finance. Section 8.1 Sharia’a ruling and financing implications. Section 8.1.1 Risk and profit-and-loss share calculations. Section 8.1.2 Sharia’a terminology .Section 8.1.3 Cost of capital and investment return implications. Section 8.1.4 Sharia’a rulings. Section 8.1.5 Risk with Islamic contracts. Section 8.2 Comparative features of Islamic financing techniques. Chapter 9. Islamic structured finance. Section 9.1 Islamic securitisation. Section 9.2 Sukuk. Section 9.2.1 Sukuk: issuing principles and terminology .Section 9.2.2 Sukuk characteristics. Chapter 10. Takaful ? Islamic insurance. Section 10.1 Takaful terminology and concepts. Section 10.2 Takaful principles.
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Islamic Structured Finance : Workbook
Chapter 1. Islamic Structured Finance and Islamic Securitisation Principles. Chapter 2. Sukuk: A guide to Sukuk structures. Chapter 3. Islamic securitisation: Test Questions. Chapter 4. Sukuk structures: Test Questions. Chapter 5. Sukuk issuing principles and terminology: Test Questions. Chapter 6. Sukuk from a Sharia’a perspective: Test Questions. Chapter 7. Review of sukuk structures and recent controversies: Test Questions. Appendix 1. Capital Protection in Islamic finance: A case study .Appendix 2. Central Bank of Bahrain Sukuk issuance: A case study.
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