Category Archives: Alternative Investments
Volker Nienhaus on Turning Islamic Banking into a Competitive Advantage
Volker Nienhaus sees Islamic law’s restrictions on interest-bearing instruments and speculative practices as an opportunity to establish a competitive advantage. Read More
Islamic Finance is Growing Fast but Faces the Form-Versus-Substance Debate
Ibrahim Warde, adjunct professor at Tufts University, argued that since the 1990s, Islamic finance has gained much more international acceptability but that it continues to grapple with the fundamental form-versus-substance debate. Read More
Impact Investing: Making a Financial and Social Return
Dr. Harry Hummels, professor of ethics, organisations, and society at Maastricht University, believes impact investing is about making both a financial return and a positive impact. Read More
Hedge Fund Returns: Revenge of the Clones
Professor Narayan Naik has devoted the last decade to researching factors that can explain hedge fund performance and appears to have devised a clone that can replicate the performance of hedge fund indices. Read More
Richard Dallas on Investing in Private Equity
How are private equity investments in the Middle East typically structured and funded, and what should private equity investors look for? Richard Dallas of Gulf Capital will share his insights at the Middle East Investment Conference. Read More
