âThereâs a lot of money in the market for
sukuk that we can tap,â Al-Amanah President Armando Samia, whose bank is the only one in the Philippines with a mandate to sell Islamic notes, said in an interview yesterday. âWeâre still in the very exploratory stage. Getting the first one out is difficult.â
A lack of regulations governing issuance makes it difficult to sell securities in the Philippines that comply with the religionâs laws banning payment of interest, according to Samia. The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao had per capita gross domestic product thatâs about 23 percent of the national average.
BNP Paribas Investment Partners, which manages the equivalent of $700 billion globally, said investors will be interested in the bonds. Global sales of debt that conform to Shariah law fell 29 percent to $6.65 billion this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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