Malaysia & Saudi Arabia contributing to the largest market share of the global Islamic funds industry
Research:http://www.mifc.com/index.php?tpl=th006_newsinsightlist.tsl
Malaysia and Saudi Arabia remain as the key
domiciles contributing to the largest market share of
the global Islamic funds industry.
Saudi Arabia and Malaysia based Islamic managers held more than 67% of the total Shariah compliant AuM given their strong Islamic finance credentials and ready pool of investors with Shariah investments’ appetite. Saudi Arabia alone contributed 35.6% share, with USD25.2 billion AuM (209 Islamic funds) as at end of the first quarter of 2017. Malaysia has the most number of Islamic funds globally with 388 funds managing total AUM of USD22.6 billion. Funds domains in Saudi are largely money market fund with the share 76% of total AUM. Malaysia has a more varied composition with equity funds contributed 45% of total AUM, money market funds stood at 32% whilst the remaining 23% are real estate, sukuk and mixed funds. Money market and equity funds continue to dominate the portfolio of Islamic funds globally following closely the composition of funds’ type in Saudi and Malaysia being the two largest drivers in this space. Jersey ranked third where the funds domiciled in this jurisdiction are largely commodity type of funds i.e. gold. Luxembourg, Pakistan and the USA followed behind with USD2.9 billion, USD2.6 and USD2.3 billion of AuM, respectively.
For more details:http://www.mifc.com/index.php?ch=28&pg=72&ac=180&bb=uploadpdfSaudi Arabia and Malaysia based Islamic managers held more than 67% of the total Shariah compliant AuM given their strong Islamic finance credentials and ready pool of investors with Shariah investments’ appetite. Saudi Arabia alone contributed 35.6% share, with USD25.2 billion AuM (209 Islamic funds) as at end of the first quarter of 2017. Malaysia has the most number of Islamic funds globally with 388 funds managing total AUM of USD22.6 billion. Funds domains in Saudi are largely money market fund with the share 76% of total AUM. Malaysia has a more varied composition with equity funds contributed 45% of total AUM, money market funds stood at 32% whilst the remaining 23% are real estate, sukuk and mixed funds. Money market and equity funds continue to dominate the portfolio of Islamic funds globally following closely the composition of funds’ type in Saudi and Malaysia being the two largest drivers in this space. Jersey ranked third where the funds domiciled in this jurisdiction are largely commodity type of funds i.e. gold. Luxembourg, Pakistan and the USA followed behind with USD2.9 billion, USD2.6 and USD2.3 billion of AuM, respectively.
Research:http://www.mifc.com/index.php?tpl=th006_newsinsightlist.tsl
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