The Portal
Islamic Finance news (IFN) is REDmoney’s principal publication. IFN is a digital, subscription-based publication available online and through smartphone and tablet applications. Published weekly, the journal provides exclusive and comprehensive coverage of the global Islamic financial markets through in-house analysis and expert external contributions, in addition to a daily news service, additional quarterly supplements and a variety of special annual issues.
Differentiated by a decade of trusted relationships across the industry, IFN is able to leverage an unrivalled network of contacts and connections to provide unparalleled insight into the issues affecting global Shariah compliant markets, along with in-house analysis, news, interviews, reports, industry and sector data, and much more.
With an archived website containing over 60,000 exclusive reports, the IFN portfolio also hosts a suite of proprietary tools including the industry’s largest interactive terminology glossary, a directory of over 4,000 global Islamic financial institutions and a portal to Islamic Banking Intelligence, the most comprehensive source of segmented Islamic banking financial data.
Newsletter
Cover Story
Headlining the weekly newsletter is the in-house authored cover story focusing on the biggest issues and current developments directly impacting the global Islamic financial markets
IFN Rapids
A one-page snapshot of all the news from around the globe from the past seven days
IFN Reports
A series of in-house authored industry focused reports covering the all-important topics for the week. With a no-holds barred approach, we tackle the subjects others daren’t
IFN Country & Sector Analysis
In-depth primary analytical research reports on that week’s country and sector focuses, these are produced in-house by our resident global markets analysts
Case Studies
Weekly editorial-led reports focusing on the latest transactions emerging from the Islamic capital markets accompanied by a concise term sheet
Global Trendswatch
A selection of relevant, important and interesting economic, global and regional events, issues and trends that have the potential to affect the Islamic finance industry
Shariah Pronouncements
A weekly practical Fatwa including full disclosure brought to you by our partners; Dar Al Sharia Legal & Financial Consultancy – Dubai
IFN Correspondents
A series of short country & sector reports focusing on the latest developments brought to you by our team of carefully selected IFN Correspondents
Special Reports
The industry’s leading practitioners, regulators, scholars and academicians author regular thought-provoking reports on various sectors of the Islamic finance industry
Weekly Poll
Reporting on the findings of the latest weekly IFN Poll, inviting the global IFN readers to share their views on various topics and scenarios
Industry Association Coverage
Monthly reports on the latest developments and happenings at the Islamic finance industry associations: AAOIFI, ICD, IDB, IFSB, IIFM and IILM
Sovereign Sukuk
A weekly round-up of all the recent sovereign issuances, announcements and activities from around the globe
Firm & Fund Focus
A weekly analytical report focusing on a different financial institution with Islamic capabilities or Shariah compliant fund, and targeted for a scrupulous interrogation
News Briefs
Our comprehensive region-by-region overview of the week’s news, with special sections for Deals, Funds, Takaful, Ratings and Moves and includes extended reports for the key stories
Columns
Leading industry practitioners share their thoughts and insights on the industry at large, providing regular updates on the trends, influences and direction of the fastest growing sectors of the Islamic financial world
Features
Focused reports written by the industry’s leading practitioners, regulators and scholars providing you with genuine and authoritative practical knowledge of the Islamic financing industry
Interviews
Our monthly one-on-one with a leading industry practitioner, provides you with the opportunity to understand more about the individuals leading the Islamic financial institutions
Deal Tracker
A comprehensive list featuring the 50 most recently announced, but not completed, transactions
Data
A series of pages providing updates on the performance of the Islamic finance industry’s Bonds, Loans and Project Finance sectors, the Shariah Funds best performers and our very own Shariah Indexes.
Shariah Standards
A comprehensive summary series of each Shariah standard from AAOIFI, IFSB and IIFM
Events Diary
A comprehensive guide to the upcoming major Islamic finance related conferences
Exclusive
You may have noticed the word ‘exclusive’ didn’t feature in the above introductions to our sections. That’s because it’s a given for Islamic Finance news: All of our content is 100% exclusive to us.
Country & Regional Coverage
All key countries and regions globally active in the Islamic finance industry are featured twice each year, once by our exclusive group of correspondents and once by our in-house analysis team.
| Country & Regional | ||||
| Afghanistan | Australia & New Zealand | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Bosnia |
| Brazil | Brunei | Canada | China & Hong Kong | Djibouti |
| Egypt | France | India | Indonesia | Iran |
| Iraq | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan (& Central Asia) | Kenya |
| Korea | Kuwait | Lebanon | Latin America | Libya |
| Luxembourg | Malaysia | Morocco | Nigeria | Offshore Centers |
| Oman | Pakistan | Palestine | Philippines | Qatar |
| Russia | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Singapore | South Africa |
| Sri Lanka | Sudan | Syria | Thailand | Tunisia |
| Turkey | UK & Ireland | USA | United Arab Emirates | Yemen |
Sector Coverage
All Islamic finance related sectors are featured throughout the year with each being highlighted in one particular issue featuring an extended IFN Correspondent report and an in-house authored analytical report
| Sector Coverage | |||
| Accounting & Tax | Alternative Investments | Asset Management – Institutional | Asset Management – Retail |
| Aviation & Marine Financing | Bank Debt & Loan Financing | Commodities | Corporate Governance |
| Corporate Sukuk | Cross-border Financing | Crowdfunding | Debt Capital Markets |
| Derivatives & Hedging | Education | Equity Capital Markets | Family Offices |
| FI Sukuk | Halal Financing | Human Capital | Infrastructure |
| Institutional Investment | Law & Legal Frameworks | Leasing | Liquidity Management |
| Luxury & Lifestyle | Mergers & Acquisitions | Microfinance | Pensions |
| Private Banking & Wealth Management | Private Equity & Venture Capital | Project Finance | Ratings |
| Real Estate | Regulatory Issues | Retail Banking | Risk Management |
| Secondary Markets | Securitization | Shariah Governance & Scholars | SMEs & Entrepreneurship |
| Sovereign Sukuk | SRI, Ethical & Green | Standards & Standardization | Structured Finance |
| Syndicated Finance | Takaful & re-Takaful | Technology | Trade Finance |
| Trading & Brokerage | Treasury | ||