The quoted bid-ask spread is the difference between a market maker's (a dealer's) ask and bid price quotes at a...
Waqf is the process of making a property inalienable to its owner while confining its yield and usufruct (manfa'ah) to...
The effective bid-ask spread is the difference between the price at which a dealer (or a market maker) buys (sells)...
Markets follow different trading systems depending on a number of criteria/ classifications. One classification differentiates between two types of markets...
Cost of carry is a measure of the relationship between futures prices and spot prices. This cost consists of the...
Swaps can be used to allocate assets within a fund/ portfolio while maintaining its actual composition of equity or fixed...
A conventional lease is a commutative contract between a lessor and lessee whereby an asset (property) is placed at the...
A swap can be marked to market when its settlement takes place by periodically readjusting its payments to market rates....
Mudaraba is a partnership in profit in which one partner provides capital (rab al-mal) and the other provides labor and...
The profit equalization reserve (PER) is the amount appropriated by an Islamic bank or financial institution out of the mudaraba...