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Alternatives to Riba in Islamic Finance
This checklist describes Islamic profit sharing, leasing, equity sharing, and asset trading alternatives to riba (interest) including musharakah, mudarabah, murabahah, salam, and ijarah. -
An Overview of Stockholders’ Agreements
This checklist outlines the nature of stockholders’ agreements and their structure. -
Dealing with Venture Capital Companies
This checklist outlines how to deal with venture capital companies. -
Financial Intermediaries: Their Role and Relation to Financial Markets
This checklist describes the role of financial intermediaries and how they function within the financial markets. -
Franchising a Business
This checklist gives advice on how to franchise a business. -
How to Use Receivables as Collateral
This checklist explains how to use receivables as collateral when dealing with a bank or other financial institution. -
Islamic Microfinance
This checklist describes microfinance arrangements for small, low-income individuals or companies in the Islamic world. -
Maintaining the Banking Relationship
This checklist outlines best practice for managing banking relationships. -
Measuring Gearing
This checklist outlines how gearing is used as an indicator of ability to service debt. -
Money Markets: Their Structure and Function
This checklist is designed to highlight the key features of money markets. It looks at how they work, and the reasons for their use. -
Murabahah Sale Instruments and Their Applications
This checklist describes murabahah sale instruments, where a buyer purchases items at an agreed profit margin, avoiding riba. -
Options for Raising Finance
This checklist outlines options for raising finance. -
Overview of Loan Agreements
This checklist provides an overview of loan agreements. -
Raising Capital by Issuing Bonds
This checklist outlines how companies can raise finance through a bond issue. -
Raising Capital by Issuing Shares
This checklist describes how companies can raise capital by issuing shares. -
Raising Capital through Private and Public Equity
This checklist outlines how companies can raise capital through equity and the differences between public and private equity fundraising. -
Sovereign Wealth Funds—Investment Strategies and Objectives
This checklist provides an overview of what Sovereign Wealth Funds aim to achieve from their investments and some of the methods they employ to deliver on their objectives. -
Sovereign Wealth Funds—Profiles of the Top 10 Players
This checklist highlights some of the biggest players among global sovereign wealth funds. -
Steps for Obtaining Bank Financing
This checklist outlines the steps to follow to obtain bank financing -
Understanding and Using Interest Coverage Ratios
This checklist defines the interest coverage ratio and explains how to use it. This ratio is also known as “times interest earned.” -
Understanding and Using Leverage Ratios
This checklist describes leveraging and leverage ratios, what they mean, and the risks involved for the investor. -
Understanding Capital Markets, Structure and Function
This checklist outlines capital markets, their structure, and their function. -
Understanding Debt Cover
This checklist defines what debt cover is and how it is used. It is also sometimes referred to as “times debt covered.” -
Understanding Fixed-Charge Coverage
This checklist provides explains fixed-charge coverage ratios. -
Using Mezzanine Financing
This checklist outlines when and how to use mezzanine financing.
Checklists
The Checklists section provides a comprehensive handbook of practical answers to the daily challenges of modern finance. Each checklist is a step-by-step guide to achieving the best results in areas including hedging interest rate risk, governance practices, project appraisal, estimating enterprise value, and managing credit ratings. Each checklist reflects current thinking and best practice, and includes a list of dos and don'ts as well as critical reflection on the topic at hand.
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