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LATEST ARTICLES
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Issuer: Egyptian Financial Company for Sovereign Taskeek
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HSBC Saudi Arabia is named Saudi Arabia's best international Islamic bank this year, reflecting its strong performance across capital markets, where it took leading roles in some of the most important regional transactions.
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Name of borrower: Sanvira Carbon
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Citi Islamic Investment Bank has had a good year in Bahrain and impressed with its debt capital markets work during the awards period.
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Emirates Islamic Bank wins the UAE's most innovative Islamic bank award this year. It launched a range of innovative products and services across several business segments.
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Issuer: Aldar Investment Properties Sukuk Limited
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Name of borrower: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB)
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Name of borrower: Kuwait Projects Company
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Kuwait Finance House (KFH) is Kuwait's best Islamic bank thanks to its strong financial performance and the implementation of several innovative solutions.
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Standard Chartered Saadiq wins best international Islamic bank in the UAE this year after strong growth and an improvement in its sustainable product offering.
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Name of borrower: Republic of Turkey
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Name of borrower: Yiti Sustainable City
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Al Rajhi Bank is named Saudi Arabia's best Islamic bank following a strong performance across several market segments.
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Name of borrower: Acwa Power
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Al Salam Bank has performed well across several financial metrics during the awards period, having launched new products, including first-to-market technology.
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Borrower: Multiple special purpose vehicles
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Name of borrower: Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank has made great improvements to its digital offering and environmental, social and governance engagement this year, and is UAE's best Islamic bank as a result.
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Qatar Islamic Bank has launched several new digital services which have contributed to an improvement in user engagement. It is Qatar's best Islamic bank this year.
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Bank ABC Islamic wins Bahrain's most transformed Islamic bank in recognition of its three-year growth strategy.
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Bank Muscat wins the award for the best Islamic bank in Oman after the roll out of several initiatives that contributed to growth over the review period.
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Banque Misr has seen a strong performance in its Shariah-compliant loan book and has been instrumental in several key Islamic finance transactions.
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Jordan Islamic Bank wins best domestic Islamic bank in Jordan following a solid financial performance over the review period.
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ADIB Egypt wins Egypt's best international Islamic bank thanks to its strong financial performance and launch of impactful initiatives and products.
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Across retail, corporate, business, private banking and wealth management, the UAE’s Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank has demonstrated growth, development and regional leadership in the service it offers clients, making it Euromoney’s best Islamic bank in the Middle East.
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Name of borrower: Ziraat Katılım
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Founded in 2009, Sidra Capital is a pioneer of private Islamic finance in Saudi Arabia, with offices in Riyadh, Dubai, Singapore and London. Licensed and regulated by the Saudi Arabian Capital Market Authority, Sidra’s Shariah-compliant asset business focuses on alternative asset classes, real estate and private finance and private equity.
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RakBank isn’t the biggest or best known bank in the United Arab Emirates. But it is playing an outsized role in providing innovative Islamic banking solutions and growing the market.
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Qatar’s biggest Islamic bank remains hard to beat. Last year, it offered shareholders a 17.8% return on equity, a 2.1% return on assets and one of the industry’s lowest cost-to-income ratios at 17.4%.
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The global turmoil of 2022 posed a severe test for Banque Misr and its more than 10 million customers. The one-two punch of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the foreign-currency crunch caused by surging inflation sent Egypt to the IMF.
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Al Rajhi Bank had a busy 2022, arranging 12 high-profile transactions in the Saudi riyal and US dollar debt capital markets.
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You might expect that a bank that managed to double its profit over the last year would be an easy call for the best in Bahrain. But aside from the financials, Bahrain Islamic Bank, led by chief executive Yaser Alsharifi, is a clear standout in many categories.
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Since its inception in 2004, Boubyan Bank has carved out a specific niche in a Kuwaiti market dominated by bigger and more established players. As chief executive Abdullah Al-Tuwaijri puts it, three words serve as the guiding star for the bank’s strategy: “modern, attractive and digital.”
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Dubai Islamic Bank reported a 12% year-on-year rise in net profit in the first quarter of 2023, while total income grew by 47% over the same period – the result of strong income from financing assets and robust cost management.
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Despite surging global interest rates, inflation, gyrating currencies and geopolitical tensions, Ahli Islamic Bank has stayed the course. It has grown its business and worked to expand the industry, pursuing financial inclusion when it is needed most.
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Over the last 45 years, Jordan Islamic Bank (JIB) has steadily grown its banking, financing and investment businesses in accordance with Islamic guidelines. The corporate governance code it built became the standard in Jordan and one that the central bank has taken to using as a benchmark for peers.
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Few banks take the phrase 'digital transformation' more seriously than Dukhan Bank.
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Kuwait Finance House’s 45th year in business was a banner one. In October 2022, the team led by acting chief executive Abdulwahab Iesa Alrushood completed the acquisition of Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank to create the world’s second-largest Islamic bank.
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It seems fitting that the world’s first full-service Islamic bank is the winner of the award for the Middle East’s best Islamic bank. Since 1975, Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has been steadily building what is now the second-largest Shariah-compliant banking business in the world by assets.