Tag: Financing
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Asia Shifts to Euro Borrowing as US Financing Dominance Wanes
(Bloomberg) — Asian economies aren’t just shifting their trading ties to fight against US tariffs, they’re also increasingly moving their financing to other markets, underscoring how President Donald Trump’s policies risk eroding American dominance of capital raising. Asia Pacific borrowers increased euro‑denominated issuance to a record 23% of the total across both currencies this year,…
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Transforming Islamic Home Financing: A Call for Reform in Malaysia
Islamic home finance in Malaysia was introduced in the 1980s with high expectations. It promised to create a system free from riba (usury), gharar (harmful uncertainty), and ẓulm (injustice) for 20.6 million Malaysian Muslims. Four decades on, the original vision of Islamic home finance as an ethical, risk-sharing alternative compliant to Islamic law Sharia is…