Beyond Bulls & Bears

Global Sukuk: An Increasingly Relevant Asset Class Amid Ongoing Uncertainty
Fixed Income

Global Sukuk: An Increasingly Relevant Asset Class Amid Ongoing Uncertainty

Three factors in the global sukuk market give our Dino Kronfol reasons to be optimistic for the market’s long-term prospects.

Sukuk’s Journey into the Financial Mainstream
Fixed Income

Sukuk’s Journey into the Financial Mainstream

"We consider global sukuk to be a misunderstood asset class. Misconceptions to which sukuk is often subject to include assumptions that sukuk is susceptible to the headline risk associated with oil price volatility, or that it is solely concentrated in a few geographies.” - Dino Kronfol, chief investment officer, Franklin Templeton Global Sukuk and MENA Fixed Income Strategies

Developments in Islamic Finance
Fixed Income

Developments in Islamic Finance

The growth of Islamic finance in terms of both value and the proliferation of countries participating clearly demonstrates to us solid and sustainable levels of demand for the industry and its underlying values.

Sukuk: An Asset Class Goes Mainstream
Alternatives

Sukuk: An Asset Class Goes Mainstream

Instead of keeping conventional investors out of the Sukuk market, we see an opportunity. We believe that through thorough independent credit research, global investors can uncover attractive opportunities in this exciting and rapidly expanding, but still relatively unfollowed, asset class.

Malaysia Leads Growing Sukuk Market

Malaysia Leads Growing Sukuk Market

Is Islamic Debt a Salve for the Risk-Averse?

Is Islamic Debt a Salve for the Risk-Averse?