This note was originally published on Practical Law. It looks at how Islamic finance is adopting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards to produce hybrid Sharia-compliant ESG products. In particular it sets out...more
CRE has been an increasingly important asset class for Islamic-compliant transactions and banks since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2006. During this period, Islamic-compliant finance has proved to be...more
In this insight we consider the current and potential effect of Brexit on the UK’s FinTech industry across areas including regulation and passporting, data sharing, anti-money laundering, human capital, the role of banks,...more
7/20/2016
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EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FinTech ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Passporting ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Popular ,
Referendums ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Data Protection Act
The United Kingdom Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser in its 2015 FinTech Report considered “FinTech” as the integration of “finance and technology in ways that will disrupt traditional financial models and businesses and...more