GLOBAL SHARIA MARKET CHALKS UP 27% GROWTH

摘要

The Top 500 Islamic financial institutions in the world have amassed sharia-compliant assets of $638.3bn, according to The Banker's second comprehensive listing of the expanding Islamic finance industry. This second global aggregate, which shows a 27.5% growth on the 2007 figure of $500.5bn, reflects Islamic assets across 47 countries and is divided into three core geographic areas: the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, the non-GCC states of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the remaining non-MENA states across the globe.