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Index-Based Investing in Islamic Finance: 2025 Review
The Islamic asset management industry has been experiencing growth in index-based investing, and these trends have accelerated in 2025. As of October 2025, assets under management (AUM) in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) linked to Islamic indices reached USD 7.3 billion, a 44% YTD increase (see Exhibit 1)—outpacing the 30% growth observed in the global ETF market.1…
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Index-Based Investing in Islamic Finance: Trends and Implications
Indices play a crucial role in Islamic finance by identifying the universe of securities eligible for Shariah-compliant investments, establishing the benchmarks by which Islamic market participants assess performance and increasingly serving as the basis for index-linked investment products. Islamic finance has also embraced the global trend toward index-based or “passive” investing,1 with assets in exchange-traded…
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Carbon Intensity in the Middle East – An Index Perspective
In December 2023, the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference was hosted in Dubai, once again putting the spotlight on global climate change action and handing the Middle East hosting responsibilities. Describing the current period as “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era,1 this iteration of COP not only gave us the first…
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