Productive Waqf Land in The Zoning Area

This study provides an overview of the most recent developments in the zoning area related to productive waqf land. This study aims to examine the opportunities and challenges faced by the nazir in developing their waqf assets in the face of constraints resulting from the existence of Law Number 22 of 1999 concerning Regional Autonomy through derivatives issued by regional regulations related to zoning with laws and regulations, Waqf Law No. 41 of 2004. This research provides an analytical discussion on the new problems of productive waqf, the effect of zoning, and the clash of the two regulations between waqf and zoning, which impedes the development of productive waqf. This qualitative research includes field and literature studies and data collection techniques based on observation, interviews, and documentation. A case study examines the potential of productive waqf land in Jakarta and Bandung in greater depth. This situation is because land in Jakarta and Bandung is highly valued and productive.

Constructing Indicators For Islamic Financial Inclusion

This study conceptualizes and proposes the measurement items and constructs for assessing the financial inclusion of Islamic finance. It proposes and validates the demand-side measurement tool for the financial inclusion of Islamic finance using four dimensions, i.e., quality, accessibility, usage, and satisfaction. The measurement instrument proposed in this study assesses the actual performance of Islamic finance towards total financial inclusion. The study was based on exploratory factor analysis of the questionnaire responses collected from 129 respondents. The questionnaires were distributed to the Zanzibar residents from February 2021 to March 2021. The questionnaires are adapted mainly from the Findex Survey (2017). The financial inclusion of Islamic finance can be determined using four dimensions (components); relevancy (quality) of Islamic financial services, accessibility of Islamic financial services, usage of Islamic financial services, and satisfaction with Islamic financial services. The study is limited to Principal Components Analysis as a factor analysis approach. Besides, the study has been conducted in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous nation in East Africa. Therefore, more comprehensive studies are required in various areas for generalizing the results.

Company Internal Factors and Their Influences on Financial Performance

This research aims to systematically, actual, and accurately explain the facts and characteristics of the company and their effect on financial performance. Data in the form of time-series data from 2015-2019 and cross-section data collected from the financial statements of automotive companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange then obtained nine companies that meet the criteria. The independent variables are Firm Size, Leverage, Liquidity, and the dependent variable is financial performance as proxied by Return On Equity (ROA). The research used panel data techniques; Common Effect Model, Fixed Effect Model, and Random Effect Model. The results show that Firm Size partially has a negative and significant effect, meaning that the greater the assets owned by the company, the more complex the agency problems faced. The partial leverage variable has a negative and significant effect, means that the use of relatively high debt will cause fixed costs in the form of interest expenses and loan principal installments to be paid, the greater the fixed costs. The liquidity variable partially has a positive and insignificant effect. This means that changes that occur in both the number of current assets or current liabilities affect increasing profits so that the increase in Liquidity (CR) or the level of liquidity affects changes in increasing company performance (ROA).

Improving Financial Literacy in Facing the Era of Society 5.0

Industrial era 4.0 presents the development of digitalization that continues to grow, such as digitizing payment transactions, namely e-wallet. However, there are shortcomings that can be corrected to face society 5.0 in Indonesia and also the balance between financial literacy and e-wallet users who are growing so that there is no consumptive society and fraud. The purpose of this paper is to provide suggestions or recommendations for the government and stakeholders to carry out policies to increase the level of financial literacy in Indonesia, this research method is library research by collecting related information and data from various valid sources. The results of this paper provide suggestions for the government to actively campaign for financial literacy in various public media, provide a mandatory policy to provide education to financial service providers, and as university academics or educators provide a curriculum on financial literacy. So that when Indonesia enters the era of society 5.0, it is ready in terms of digitizing payment transactions and literacy.

The Effect Of Inflation, Problem Finance, And Financing To Deposit Ratio (FDR) On Sharia Banking Deposits

Islamic banks collect funds from the public and then send them for financing as an intermediary institution. In practice, the distribution of financing, which is the main characteristic of Islamic banks, is not as easy as the existing theory. This study will discuss the short-term and long-term effects of inflation, financing, and financing problems on deposit ratios in Indonesia's Islamic banking deposits. This study uses an Error Correction Model with monthly time series data starting from 2019-2020. The results show that all variables significantly affect deposits in Islamic banking in Indonesia in the long run. Meanwhile, in the short term, the inflation and financing variables significantly affect Islamic banking deposits in Indonesia, and the Financing to Deposit Ratio has no significant effect.

Poverty Alleviation Through Potential Zakat Collection

Morocco, is one of the many countries that still suffer from inequality and a high poverty index despite the economic growth over the last few years. Indeed, This paper aims to demonstrate the effect of Zakat on poverty alleviation and redistribution of wealth by estimating potential Zakat collection in Morocco. The results of this study indicate that potential zakat collection can fill the resources shortfall for the poverty alleviation under 1.9$ and 3.2$ a day. The total of all zakat potential in Morocco are not only sufficient to provide for the shortfall and eliminate the extreme poverty but also can generate surplus.

Zakat versus Taxation as Islamic Fiscal Policy Tool

Linking Islamic instrument like zakah with social responsibility and economic growth is an area which is often unspoken. As such, this research intends to find out the potential challenges zakah can face while it is used as fiscal policy tool which has link with Islamic socially responsible financing to economic growth to poverty alleviation mentioning few. Though many Muslim based countries using Tax as an alternative tool for government earning, zakah as a tool has broader spectrum from having impact on economic development to the role as an instrument for Islamic socially responsible finance. This research uses qualitative paradigm to analyze the literature. The research is based on a desk-based research. The findings of this research prove that there are challenges to establish zakah as prescribed in the revealed text which can be minimized through different actions. It is projected that properly executed plan to manage zakah could be used as an instrument of fiscal policy as well as an Islamic socially responsible financing instrument.

Measuring Healthiness Of Islamic Banks Using Solvabilitas Financial Ratios

The purpose of the study was to analyze the soundness level of PT Bank Central Asia (BCA) Syariah using the solvency ratio for the 2015-2019 period. This type of research is quantitative with a descriptive approach, where the data source used is secondary data sources. The data collection technique uses the documentation method in the form of financial reports which have been presented on the official website of PT BCA Syariah. The data analysis technique uses the assessment of the level of health using the solvency ratio with independent variables and measurement using the CAR and DER ratios. The results showed that the CAR ratio for the 2015-2019 period was ranked 1 in the very healthy category, namely the CAR ratio was greater than the predetermined bank health standard, namely 8%. Meanwhile, the DER ratio for the 2015-2019 period experienced a significant increase. This increase in the DER ratio indicates that the condition of the DER ratio is in an unhealthy state, because the calculation of the DER ratio is more than the minimum health standard for the DER ratio, namely DER <58%. Based on the results of the study, the health composite ranking of PT BCA Syariah using the Solvency Ratio in 2015-2019 The CAR ratio is in a healthy rating, while the DER ratio is in a very unhealthy rating. so this indicates that the bank has not been able to finance its long-term and short-term debt with its own capital.

Cash Waqf As Source Of Funding For Financial Technology Startups

Productive management of cash waqf can be used as a new strategy to alleviate poverty and create prosperity for the community if it is managed properly and properly and can support economic stability. Cash waqf opens up unique opportunities to create investment to provide religious services, educational services and social services. Cash waqf is very potential but not popular, causing the role of cash waqf not yet optimal. Cash waqf in Indonesia has been legalized by national law and MUI. This is a positive opportunity to develop the economy, education and become a better instrument of community welfare, but there is still little understanding of the importance of cash waqf for development so that a stimulus is needed so that cash waqf management can be developed productively supported by financial technology, in the economic era 4.0 the majority of the use of digitizing economy, endowment money is used as capital for businesses, especially for companies with the ultimate goal of business empowerment community for are generally SMEs and companies startup through platform crowdfunding.

A Study On The Policies And Procedures On Discretionary Trading Of Islamic Securities

Discretionary trading is an investment that a stockbroker executes using clients’ account which is done without getting specific approval from the client on decision whether to buy or sell the stock holding in the portfolio. The investment is conducted based on the experience and strategies made by the person in charge of the investment. The objective of this research is to study the existing policies and procedures of discretionary trading in the market, determine the shariah compliance of current practice of market discretionary trading, and formulate suitable shariah parameters for discretionary trading of Islamic securities. This research employs qualitative methodology. The finding related for this topic is limited as the researcher is the main findings. From the researcher findings, it is found that the respondents shared almost similar experience, but it is expressed in different ways. Besides, the priority of shariah compliant discretionary trading is highly important to the Muslim investors as it can be alternatives for them to grow their capital and the practice of discretionary trading in each stockbroker is different from the others due to the flexibility of the current guideline. It is anticipated that the findings of research will assist future researcher to develop and formulate better variables for Islamic discretionary trading.