Islamic Finance Information Service (IFIS) Presentation October 2010

“The Number One Reference Source

for Global Islamic Finance”

IFIS, The Islamic Finance Information Service, is a top and unique resource for Investigating market opportunities in the world of Islamic finance designed to meet the unique Requirements of Shariah compliant finance Industry participants.

Why need IFIS ?

Because of the unique requirements of Shariah, IFIS was designed to provide Valuable electronic information service to Islamic Finance Industry participants.

Using Proprietary Tools and Research, IFIS delivers information on:

• Global Sukuk Market, Islamic Mutual Funds, Islamic Syndicated Loans,

Infrastructure and Projects Finance; detailing structure of issues, issuers,

term sheets and conditions etc.,

• Islamic financial Guidelines and legal content from Regulatory bodies;

• Shariah Scholars and Law Firms Database

• Shariah Rulings, Financial Market information, current news, press

releases, conferences, events, academic and research papers

• IFIS Research Focus; Monthly newsletter on featured research.

• IFIS Finance Weekly; newsletter on all Islamic Finance top stories.

• Much more……

IFIS: Covering Islamic Finance Round the Globe

A Glimpse At IFIS

Top Industry Magazines and Data Providers

News SectionDelivering first rate up-to-date news content from blue chip news agencies and newspapers such as: BBC, Trade Arabia, Maktoob, MENA Report, ASWAQ, Al Alam Al Youm, AME Info and Middle East Banker and Bernama Newswire

Research Section• IFIS Compiles Industry, Sector and Country research

from Top Rating agencies, Research houses and Investment Banks such as; S&P, Shape Financial Corp, Dar Al Istithmar, KPMG, IIRR, DIFC, FWU Group, Takaful Ikhlas and much more..

Academic Papers, Guidelines and Books

• Euromoney Islamic Finance Books.

• Academic Papers and articles of most renowned

Shariah scholars world wide.

• IFSB Guidelines, Standards and Reports.

• Central Bank of Bahrain, Bank Negara and Securities

Commission relative bulletins and publications.

• AAOIFI Standards and Guidelines

• And more…

• IFIS Finance Weekly is the weekly E-Newsletter IFIS sends

out to all subscribers, IFIS Finance Weekly briefs all important

sukuk issues, transactions, funds, events and much more..New version coming Soon!

Financial Institutions Section

Provides up-to-date Company Information including : Profiles, Key Executives, Moves and Appointments , Equity Structure, Corporate Brochures, Company Ratings, Financial Statements, and More..

Sukuk Database• Database For Sukuk Issues globally, categorized into

Sovereign, Corporate and Quasi-Sovereign Sukuk. View Issuers, Book runners, Mandated Lead Managers, Term Sheets, Shariah endorsements etc, tracked from Year 2000 to date

Islamic Funds Database• Comprehensive Information on

Funds, Fund Managers, Fund Shariah Board, Listings, Awards, Performance reports and more.

• Searchable and sort able with click through to fund details shown in the snapshot

• Fully hyperlinked Funds, classified into; Islamic Equity Funds; Islamic Real Estate, Islamic Bond Funds, Islamic Hedge Funds, Islamic Index Funds …..

Islamic Syndicated Loans Database

Covers all Global and Regional Islamic Syndications between banks and borrowers.

The Database details;

•Type of financing, sector, currency, tenors, and amounts

•Arrangers and Bookrunners

•News archives and research on the Islamic syndicated loan market

Projects and Infrastructure Financing Database

Billions of $$$worth of Shariah Compliant Projects and

Infrastructure Financing tracked on IFIS.

View large scale infrastructure and petrochemical projects Islamic ally financed.

Highly interactive and sort able online database.

Ground breaking initiatives in Islamic Finance

Global Coverage, Sectors include:

- Oil& Gas

- Water& Power

- Infrastructure; Rail, Airports and Roads

- Real Estate; Commercial and Residential

TAKAFUL on IFIS

• Extensive coverage of the Islamic Insurance industry:

• Our Takaful News & Press release page offers the most up to date news in the Takaful industry in both Arabic and English.

• Our company database offers an accurate and concise snapshot of each Islamic Insurance company covered in the IFIS database. The snapshot includes key company information such as company contact details, company description, executives and key financial figures.

Takaful Company

profiles and Annual Reports

News & press releases

Takaful Research

Conference presentations

Legislation and more

Shariah Scholars Database

• This worldwide Database is Designed to track the affiliations and intellectual contributions of the Shariah scholars in the Islamic finance industry. The Database can be viewed either by Institution or by Scholar. Profiles of the scholars are made available wherever possible, including an analysis of their areas of specialization.

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