Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim & Simon Archer 
Islamic Finance 
The New Regulatory Challenge

From the world’s foremost authorities on the subject, the number-one guide to Islamic finance revised and updated for a post-crisis world

Because it is entirely equity-based, rather than credit-based, Islamic finance is immune to the speculative bubbles and runaway volatility typical of Western finance. Especially now, in the wake of the global financial crisis, this has made them increasingly attractive to institutional investors, asset managers and hedge funds in search of more stable alternatives to conventional financial products. With interest in Islamic finance swiftly spreading beyond the Muslim world, the need among finance and investment professionals has never been greater for timely and authoritative information about the rules governing Islamic finance. This thoroughly updated and revised second edition of the premier guide to regulatory issues in Islamic finance satisfies that need.

* Addresses the need for banks to develop common Islamic-based international accounting and auditing standards

* Clearly explains the key differences between Shari’ah rulings, standardization of acceptable banking practices, and the development of standardized financial products

* Explores the role of the Shari’ah Boards in establishing common rules regarding the permissibility of financial instruments and markets

* Offers guidance for regulators seeking to adapt their regulatory frameworks to the needs of the fast-growing Islamic finance sector

Table of Content

About the Editors xv

About the Contributors xvii

Foreword xxvii

Preface xxix

Acknowledgments xxxi

PART ONE: The Nature of Risks in Islamic Banking 1

CHAPTER 1: Supervision of Islamic Banks: The Regulatory
Challenge-Basel II and Basel III 3

Simon Archer and Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim

CHAPTER 2: Banking and the Risk Environment 13

Brandon Davies

CHAPTER 3: Risk Characteristics of Islamic Products:
Implications for Risk Measurement and Supervision 49

Venkataraman Sundararajan

CHAPTER 4: Risk in a Turbulent World: Insights from Islamic
Finance 77

Sami Al-Suwailem

CHAPTER 5: Capital Structure and Risk in Islamic Financial
Services 95

Simon Archer and Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim

CHAPTER 6: Inherent Risk: Credit and Market Risks 107

John Lee Hin Hock

CHAPTER 7: Operational Risk Exposures of Islamic Banks 133

Simon Archer and Abdullah Haron

CHAPTER 8: Information Technology Risks in Islamic Banks
153

Samir Safa

CHAPTER 9: Law and Islamic Finance: An Interactive Analysis
163

Yusuf Talal De Lorenzo and Michael J. T. Mc Millen

CHAPTER 10: Legal Risk Exposure in Islamic Finance 225

Andrew White and Chen Mee King

CHAPTER 11: Shari’ah-Non-compliance Risk 237

Mohamad Akram Laldin

CHAPTER 12: Supervisory Implications for Islamic Finance:
Post-Crisis Environment 261

Peter Casey

PART TWO: Capital Adequacy 273

CHAPTER 13: Risk and the Need for Capital 275

John Board and Hatim El-Tahir

CHAPTER 14: Measuring Risk for Capital Adequacy: The Issue of
Profit-Sharing Investment Accounts 285

Simon Archer and Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim

CHAPTER 15: Measuring Operational Risk 299

Sandeep Srivastava and Anand Balasubramanian

CHAPTER 16: Liquidity Risk 325

Richard Thomas

PART THREE: Securitisation and Capital Markets 337

CHAPTER 17: Securitisation in Islamic Finance 339

Baljeet Kaur Grewal

CHAPTER 18: The Role of Capital Markets in Providing Shari’ah
-Compliant Liquidity 365

Prasanna Seshachellam

CHAPTER 19: Regulating the Islamic Capital Market 387

Nik Ramlah Mahmood

PART FOUR: Corporate Governance and Human Resources
399

CHAPTER 20: Corporate Governance and Supervision: From Basel II
to Basel III 401

Carol Padgett

CHAPTER 21: Specific Corporate Governance Issues in Islamic
Banks 417

Simon Archer and Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim

CHAPTER 22: Transparency and Market Discipline: Post-Basel
Pillar 3 451

Daud Abdullah (David Vicary)

CHAPTER 23: Human Resource Management of Islamic Banks:
Responses to Conceptual and Technical Challenges 473

Volker Nienhaus

PART FIVE: Conclusion 493

CHAPTER 24: Concluding Remarks 495

Simon Archer and Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim

Index 503

About the author

SIMON ARCHER is a Visiting Professor at the ICMA Centre,
Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK, with
responsibility for Islamic finance. He served as Professor of
Financial Management at the University of Surrey and worked as
Midland Bank Professor of Financial Sector Accounting at University
of Wales, Bangor. Professor Archer studied Philosophy, Politics and
Economics at Oxford University, and worked as a Chartered
Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London before moving to Price
Waterhouse, Paris, where he became a partner in charge of
management consultancy services. He has consulted to the Accounting
and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions
(AAOIFI) and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). He has
authored many books and academic papers on international accounting
and issues in Islamic finance.

RIFAAT AHMED ABDEL KARIM has been the Chief Executive
Officer of the International Islamic Liquidity Management since
October 2012. He has been Visiting Professor, ICMA Centre, Henley
Business School, University of Reading, UK, since 2008. He has
played a pioneering role in the development of Islamic finance,
while his leadership in drafting accounting, auditing, governance,
Shari’ah, and regulatory standards has been instrumental in
establishing the position of the Islamic financial services
industry in the mainstream of global banking. He was
secretary-general of the Islamic Financial Services Board (ISFB)
and secretary-general of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation
for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). In addition to
international recognition of his academic publications, which are
mainly in tier-one international journals, in the field of Islamic
finance, Professor Karim has garnered numerous accolades for his
pioneering work, including the first Euromoney Outstanding
Contribution to the Development of Islamic Finance Award.