Home Features Islamic Finance FAQ: A Global Finance Series Islamic finance is a fast-growing $3.9 trillion industry, yet many finance professionals do not know halal from haram. Global Finance answers the most frequently asked questions about Islamic finance in this five-part series. Top 5 FAQs: 1. What Is Islamic Finance? 2. How Does Islamic Finance … Read more
The notion of the Mandala can be traced back to a Tamil inscription that describes a settlement and commercial system of a South Indian communal compound before the Chola’s raid in 1025 CE. The records note a commercial system in Lobu Tua of Southern Aceh dated in 1088 CE (McKinnon 1994). Mercantile exchanges between the … Read more
The 77th World Health Assembly (WHA)—the annual meeting of member states of the World Health Organization (WHO)—concluded on the 1st of June 2024. At this high-level meeting, after four days of intense negotiations (and many years of back-and-forth discussions preceding it) the Assembly made two major decisions. First, to adopt several amendments to the International … Read more