sukuk

Examples

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• In the past ten years, several governments have issued both sukuk and conventional bonds within a year of one another.

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• Financial services providers who sell their clients sukuk have an obligation to inform them of where their returns are coming from.

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• Strangely, however, the sukuk market remained relatively stable at the same time.

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• Changes in each of these variables affected the spread between conventional and sukuk bonds.

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• The structure of choice for sovereign state sukuk issues is ijara.

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• First, the intrinsic structure of sukuk puts them at greater risk of default.

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• Alternatively, the passivity could be a function of a lack of alternative assets for sukuk investors.

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• Like conventional bonds, private sector defaults on sukuk are relatively common.

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• Whereas conventional bond investors can easily move to risk-free or less risky assets, sukuk investors have far fewer options.

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• While conventional investors have certainly participated in sovereign sukuk issues, Islamic investors and institutions are by far the predominant players.

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Synonyms

C

certificate

vssukuk

• Specialized

18 4.2

A financial paper giving the owner the right to interest or dividends

gives ownership in an asset and follows Sharia rules rather than paying interest

Surface Forms

Etymology