Issues on Interbank Commodity Murabaha (CM) for Liquidity Management in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Mohamad Zabidi Bin Ahmad ◽  
Rosylin Mohd. Yusof ◽  
Ahmad Rizal Mazlan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Liquidity Management ◽  
Standard Guideline ◽  
Growth Area ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Enhance Efficiency ◽  
Analyze Structure ◽  
Operational Issues

Purpose: The objective of this research is to highlight issues and review the Interbank Commodity Murabahah (CM) practice as a tool of liquidity requirement from both the Shariah and industry’s operational perspectives. Accordingly, this study seeks to analyze structure and mechanism of CM as instrument to meet the liquidity need of the Islamic financial institutions and provides an opportunity for investments. In doing so, the paper seeks to review issues related to Shariah and operations in Islamic banking. Design/methodology/approach: By conducting interview with Treasurers, Shariah Scholars and funding dealers of Islamic banks in Malaysia, the study evaluates reassessment on CM practices and operational issues in relation risk and compliance. The study focuses on Islamic Treasury Division of Islamic banks in Malaysia. Findings: The findings of the study suggest that the two most significant issues in Islamic liquidity management of Islamic banks in Malaysia are i) resembling interest ii) nature of tradability iii) structure of CM iv) the timing the transaction to be completed and v) the real brokerage cost involved in adopting the CM transactions. Research limitations/implications: The research proposes a risk mitigation and enhanced Shariah compliance framework such as strait through processing (STP) and commodity broker’s standard guideline for Islamic banks to adopt CM practices. Practical implications: This study provides direction and guidance to the Islamic Commercial Banks, Commodity Brokers and regulator (BNM) involved in the banking system to reflect upon the importance to understand the issues and limitation of CM. By highlighting the importance of efficiency in terms of time and cost saving together with Shariah issues, Islamic banks can design policies to enhance efficiency in order to either decide to maintain the adoption of CMP or to consider the proposed alternative. Social implications:Understanding the Shariah compliance and operational issues will enhance the integrity of Islamic banks which is consistent with Key Economic Growth Area of making Malaysia as International Islamic Financial Hub 2.0.

scholarly journals ISLAMIC CORPORATE IDENTITY IN THE PRACTICE OF ANNUAL REPORT DISCLOSURE ISLAMIC BANK

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Ratih Paramitasari
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Corporate Identity ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
The Ideal

<span>The development of Islamic banking is directed to provide great benefit to society and contribute optimally to the national economy. Islamic banking system and conventional banking system together synergistically supports the mobilization of public funds broadly improve the ability of finance to sectors of national economy. Together with the development of Islamic banking industry in Indonesia, there are many controversies from the community, where most problems highlighted are sticking the label of syariah in Islamic financial institutions are still considered not feasible. Based to these problems, researchers want to conduct this research on the suitability of the annual report disclosure practices of Islamic banks in Indonesia to the reporting standards that reflect the ideal of Islamic Corporate Identity.This study using a checklist for the data analysis consisting of the five themes and the eight dimensions that are should be disclosed in annual reports of Islamic banks. From the results of the assessment aspect of the checklist is then poured in the index EII (ethical identity index). From the calculation of EII, it can be seen that the annual report disclosure practices syariah banks for 2007, 2008, and 2009, has approached the ideal reporting standards that reflect the Islamic Corporate Identity.</span>

scholarly journals A SUCCINCT ANALYSIS OF MITIGATING LIQUIDITY RISK IN ISLAMIC BANKS IN THE LIGHT OF LIQUIDITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 527
Author(s):  
Atharyanshah Puneri ◽  
Naeem Suleman Dhiraj ◽  
Hafiz Benraheem
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Liquidity Risk ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Liquidity Management ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Key Aspects

Liquidity management has been incessantly challenging for the financialinstitutions and especially Islamic financial institutions due to their nature of business. The�convoluted nature of liquidity management impedes the task of Islamic banks in managing�their liquidity efficiently. Given the intricacies of the subject matter, this paper delves into�elaborating the key aspects of liquidity management; subsequently, discusses the�consequences of poor liquidity management and problems inherent in managing the latter by�analyzing the real-life failure of Islamic financial institution as a result identifying the issues that could possibly jeopardize the existence of the Islamic banks. Finally, equipping the�readers with tools to mitigate the liquidity risk.

scholarly journals The mitigation of liquidity risk in Islamic banking operations

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabil Bello ◽  
Aznan Hasan ◽  
Buerhan Saiti
Keyword(s):  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Liquidity Risk ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Liquidity Management ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Context Data

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the issues and challenges of liquidity risk management in Islamic banks. At the same time, the authors are going to identify the sources of liquidity risk in Islamic banks and the common instruments used to mitigate liquidity mismatches in both sides of their balance sheets. The study is a qualitative study that uses secondary sources of data to describe and analyze risk mitigation in the Islamic banking context. Data were collected from libraries by referring to books, journals from both online and offline sources. The research objectives were addressed by critically analysing various issues from both the Islamic principles and contemporary applications. The authors found that Islamic liquidity management is an important building block for stable and efficient banking. Even though there are several attempts, for example, i) organized tawarruq (commodity murabahah), ii) salam sukuk and iii) short-term ijarah sukuk, to find solutions to the incessant problems of liquidity faced by majority of Islamic banks, there are still several underlying problems such as i) in terms of deficiency in infrastructure especially in countries where Islamic finance is still at an early stage, ii) lack of hedging instruments and iii) Shariah restrictions on some instruments. Regulatory bodies should come up with more innovative practices of Islamic liquidity management to solve unresolved theoretical issues and also meeting market requirements for liquidity.

The possibility of application of salam in Malaysian Islamic banking system

Humanomics ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aishath Muneeza ◽  
Nik Nurul Atiqah Nik Yusuf ◽  
Rusni Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Future Application ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Pros And Cons

PurposeThis research aims to explore the theoretical nature of salam contract in depth, the extent of its use in the banking arena of Malaysia and to test the theoretical feasibility of its future application by the Islamic banks in Malaysia by suggesting an Islamic banking product structure based on salam contract.Design/methodology/approachThis is a legal exploratory study primarily focused on library research.FindingsSalam contract is more susceptible to risks than the rest of the Islamic commercial contracts used by the Islamic banks in Malaysia and none of the Islamic banks in the country utilize this type of contract as a mode of financing. However, the research indicates that a feasible banking product based on salam contract could be formulated to help poor farmers in the country. To prove this a new model product based on salam contract to help farmers is created by the authors and the pros and cons of the product with the risk mitigating ways are explored. It is found that theoretically, this product is workable.Originality/valueThis research will complement the knowledge based on practical applicability of salam and is targeted to the Islamic financial Institutions in Malaysia, who are the prospective beneficiaries.

Determinants of Banking Crises in ASEAN Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850009
Author(s):  
Norfaizah Othman ◽  
Mariani Abdul-Majid ◽  
Aisyah Abdul-Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crises ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Banking Crises ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Mitigation Techniques ◽  
Asean Countries

This paper attempts to estimate the determinants of crises on Islamic banking system during financial crises using early warning system (EWS) with particular focus on the element of profit–loss sharing. Profit–loss sharing has significant impact in reducing crisis probability experienced by the Islamic banking system. This suggests that profit–loss sharing may be considered as one of the risk mitigation techniques for bank to remain resilient during the crises. The results further show that full-fledged Islamic banks have higher chances of experiencing crises relative to the Islamic subsidiaries banks. In addition, economic freedom and overvaluation in the currency are more likely exposed to banks to the crises.

Layers of misconceptions about Islamic banking

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 874-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malik Shahzad Shabbir ◽  
Awais Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions

Purpose This paper aims to identify some important misconceptions about Islamic banks, which impact investor’s portfolio in term of threats, challenges and opportunities. This paper is trying to attempt to present five different layers of misconceptions regarding investor portfolio. Design/methodology/approach This paper distributed 132 questionnaires among investors of Islamic financial institutions and multiple regression of least significant difference (LSD) method implied for data analysis. Findings The results of this paper show that two variables, such as opportunity and challenge, out of three are positively significant and the remaining one variable, threat, is insignificant regarding investor portfolio. Originality/value This paper is the first ever attempt in its nature to identify the different misconceptions about Islamic banking system and its impact on investor portfolio.

scholarly journals Studi Efisiensi Perbankan Syariah di Kota Lhokseumawe dan Aceh Utara

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Iskandar Iskandar
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Main Difficulty ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
National Banking System

<p><em>The development of Islamic banking in Aceh should have </em><em>get more attention because its existence is not only as complement of the</em></p><em>national banking system, but also as an attempt to fill the Islamic Shari ’a with the Islamic financial institutions. The issue becomes important to investigate since the efficiency of banking institutions urgently need to this performance. Thus, in this study, the efficiency of Islamic banking will be viewed from two aspects: Firstly, the ability of the bank in generating output, in this case the low cost of financing. Secondly, efficiency can also be observed by looking at the bank’s performance in minimizing the risk of financing. This study concluded that the main difficulty of Aceh Islamic banks is not the lack of cheap enough money so that the efficiency becomes less when it is compared with the required cost. However, the annual report shows that the assets of Islamic banks have developed positively and good. Likewise, the ratio of Non Performing Ratio (NPF) of Islamic banks is efficient. The study recommends enhancing the cheap fundraising (al-wadi </em><sup>&lt;</sup><em>’ah) to increase the economic growth in the northern coastal area of Aceh.</em>

scholarly journals Islamic Finance: A Bulwark against Contagion in the Global Banking System

ICR Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-321
Author(s):  
Amer Al-Roubaie
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Default Risk ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Liquidity Management ◽  
Global Banking ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

The objective of this article is to shed some light on the performance of Islamic financial institutions in view of the current global financial crisis. Islamic financial activities and products are conducted in compliance with the shari’ah and, therefore, they are less vulnerable to changes in monetary variables than conventional financial products. Due to the prohibition of interest and because of ethical and moral constraints, Islamic banks are restricted from investment in speculative transactions which lessens default risk and enhances effectiveness of liquidity management. Islamic modes of investment contribute to society’s wellbeing through the creation of wealth and employment to ensure economic stability and human development. In Islam, knowledge, information and work are the main ingredients for success (falah). In an information-intensive world, honesty, accountability and transparency are vital for market performance and business activities. The global financial crisis has caused instability in financial markets weakening confidence in the global economic system as well as increasing uncertainty about future macroeconomic trends.

scholarly journals U-2 The Application of Tawarruq in Contemporary Islamic Banking: A review of Fiqh academies’ perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-39
Author(s):  
Mujeeb ur Rehman ◽  
Ghulam Shams Ur Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Banking System ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Liquidity Management

Liquidity management is the foundation of banking system. In Conventional Banking the lack of liquidity is  met by interest based transactions. Islamic banks avoid interest-bearing activities, they use Tawarruq to solve liquidity problems. The concept of tawarruq between two individuals is found in early jurisprudential literature, which has been discussed by the early jurists. This transaction is nowadays being used by many Islamic banks for liquidity management and as a mode of financing, Contemporary jurisprudential Academies have declared it legitimate. Twarruq is not preferred in its both individual and Institutional forms. However,  jurisprudential academics have given conditional permission for tawarruq . Their view seems to be correct. With regard to the said context the view of the jurisprudential academies along with their arguments has been reviewed in this piece of literature with respect to their historical evolution.

scholarly journals Incongruity in Contemporary and Shariah Compliant Current Accounts and Ijarah Operated by Islamic Banking

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (- 2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Malik Saqib Ali ◽  
Abdul Wahab Jan Al-Azhari
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Losses

Current accounts and Ijarah has been foremost and important tools operated by the Islamic Financial Institutions. This study attempts to explore a few misgivings in the handling of current accounts by the Islamic banks in Pakistan. Financial management of Islamic banks is not under consideration which leads to the violation of Shariah’s fundamentals. Also in case of Ijarah, a bank’s client suffers from financial losses which must be borne in Islamic Banking system. Islamic Banks transfer the burden of some charges emerging form ownership of leased asset on their clientele which does not have any justification according to Shariah. This research has been carried out by taking unstructured interviews from some of the concerned staff of Islamic Banks. The results depict that current accounts and Ijarah is in operation and need to be revised and refined and must comply with Shariah.

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