KUWAIT: Islamic financial institutions in Kuwait should hire enough personnel to ensure they comply with Shariah standards, and work with the personnel in a transparent way, the country’s market watchdog said yesterday.
The statement by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) appeared to be in response to concern about uneven self-regulation by the institutions.
The number of Islamic financial firms, which obey religious principles such as a ban on the payment of interest, has increased substantially in Kuwait and elsewhere in the Gulf over the past decade.
The companies have in-house Shariah boards of scholars who rule on whether their products and actitivies are Shariah-compliant, and Shariah compliance officers who check whether guidelines are being followed on a day-to-day basis.
But around the Gulf, the industry has been hampered by shortages of experienced scholars and qualified staff, and by rulings by sharia boards at different companies that sometimes conflict with each other, confusing investors.
Read more: http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/gcc-business/225479-kuwait-watchdog-urges-transparent-islamic-finance-monitoring.html
The statement by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) appeared to be in response to concern about uneven self-regulation by the institutions.
The number of Islamic financial firms, which obey religious principles such as a ban on the payment of interest, has increased substantially in Kuwait and elsewhere in the Gulf over the past decade.
The companies have in-house Shariah boards of scholars who rule on whether their products and actitivies are Shariah-compliant, and Shariah compliance officers who check whether guidelines are being followed on a day-to-day basis.
But around the Gulf, the industry has been hampered by shortages of experienced scholars and qualified staff, and by rulings by sharia boards at different companies that sometimes conflict with each other, confusing investors.
Read more: http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/gcc-business/225479-kuwait-watchdog-urges-transparent-islamic-finance-monitoring.html
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