July 2018 Edition
Chairman's Foreword
By Adam Tyler, executive chairman at FIBA
With 2018 already halfway through and the summer holiday season about to go into full swing, it is perhaps appropriate to look back at what has been achieved so far and all that FIBA members have to look forward to.
The basics of Islamic finance
By Nada Jarnaz, banking partner and Islamic finance expert at Howard Kennedy LLP
For some time now, there have been a number of banks in the market that provide finance on a Sharia-compliant basis. Sharia-compliant finance is available to anyone, and Islamic banks are able to compete in certain markets with conventional lenders.
Approaching the last stages of SM&CR changes
By Mark Greenwood, group regulatory policy manager at The SimplyBiz Group
The FCA has now confirmed its near final rules for the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR), which we now know is set to come into force on 9th December 2019.