News and Announcments

February 2018 marks yet another milestone for La Française. La Française group is committed to establishing a long-term presence in the Middle East and developing innovative investment solutions with and for GCC institutional investors. After the creation of the first Sharia compliant OPCI (collective direct real estate investment vehicle) dedicated to institutional investors in 2012, Global real estate securities investment

ALPHA: r2, the managed portfolio service (MPS) available through Walker Crips for UK financial advisers and their clients, has entered into an exclusive arrangement with IdealRatings, the ethical data provider, to ensure all its portfolios are subject to an ethical screen. Walker Crips will now adopt an explicit three-pronged Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) screen on all holdings in UK

Hejaz Financial Services (“Hejaz FS”) has licensed the IdealRatings Equity Screening solution to act as the stock screening service provider for its first Shariah-compliant, Australian fund, named Global Ethical Fund. IdealRatings will perform the screening of market data for Shariah compliance, which will assist with the construction of the investment universe and ongoing compliance with Islamic principles in accordance with

San Francisco – Kuala Lumpur, 24 October 2016 – Maybank Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd (“Maybank Islamic AM”), a wholly owned entity of Maybank Asset Management Group Berhad (“MAMG”), has licensed the IdealRatings Equity Screening solution to screen the market data universe for shariah compliance, in accordance to the shariah rulebooks, for the investment management of shariah mandates and funds.

San Francisco, 13 October 2015 – IdealRatings joins the associate membership of the Luxembourg based LuxFlag; an independent association that supports the financing of sustainable development by providing clarity for investors through awarding Labels. Over the past few years, investors have shown significant interest in sustainable and positive investments. IdealRatings, with its very extensive experience in fund management services and research,

Kuala Lumpur, 28 May 2015 – RHB Islamic International Asset Management Berhad (RHBIIAM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RHB Asset Management Sdn Bhd, today launched Malaysia’s first Islamic retail fund that targets global developed markets – the RHB Islamic Global Developed Markets Fund. The Fund aims to provide investors with long term capital growth by investing 70% to 98% of the

 Contact:  Christian Bernasconi, +65 96445235 or cb@bnicapital.comAriff Sultan, +65 9757 6912 or asultan@idealratings.com IdealRatings Inc.42 Jalan LapangSingapore 418994 www.idealratings.com   New alliance between regional REITs Funds Management Company and global Islamic Finance expert produces an enhanced REITs solution for Shariah-compliant investors. Singapore, June 11, 2014 – B&I Capital AG, a company located in Switzerland with an office in Singapore and

The Falah Russell-IdealRatings US Large Cap ETF is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and can be purchased through your international or local broker Falah Capital’s Falah Russell-IdealRatings US Large Cap ETF is a sharia-compliant index-linked ETF listed on a US exchange.  The fund seeks to track the Russell-IdealRatings Islamic US Large Cap Index, which is a sharia-compliant version

San Francisco, USA – September 2nd, 2014. IdealRatings, Inc. a leading Islamic finance service provider globally is privileged to announce the launch of the first ever Sukuk Shariah Screening Solution. The research-based online screening service is designed to serve Islamic investors and treasuries aiming to balance their portfolios with low risk fixed income instruments yet conform to the mandates defined

January 6, 2014 – 8:01am IdealRatings CEO, Mohamed Donia, was interviewed earlier this month by David Brancaccio on the NPR, Marketplace, a leading radio station in the US to help develop the Islamic Finance industry in the US. Click Here for the short interview.

  Contact: PSE:Mr. John Benette B. Mamangun Investor Relations Head, The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.jbmamangun@pse.com.ph or +632 6887524Miss Martha H. VinzonsPublic Relations Head, The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. mhvinzons@pse.com.ph or +632 6887583   IdealRatings: Mr Ariff Sultan, Regional Director, Asia Pacific, IdealRatings Inc. asultan@idealratings.com or +65 9757 6912 www.idealratings.com       New initiative between Exchange and global Islamic Finance expert

San Francisco, USA – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Aug 19th, 2013.   IdealRatings a leading Islamic finance service provider is proud to announce its partnership with Alinma Investment, Licensed by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) No.09134-37one of the largest Islamic financial institution across the GCC to offer a suite of global Shariah brokerage solutions to Alinma Investment clients. The multifaceted strategic

San Francisco, USA / Cairo, Egypt – July 24st, 2013   IdealRatings, the market leader in providing Shariah Compliant Fund Management solutions globally, announced today that it has been selected by the prominent Cairo based financial group NAEEM Holding as their provider of choice to construct the 1st Real-Time Shariah compliant index for Egyptian stocks. NAEEM Holding will implement its

  New alliance between global index provider and global Islamic Finance expert produces an enhanced set of index tools for Shariah-compliant investors. Seattle, March 18, 2013 – Russell Indexes and IdealRatings today introduce the Russell-IdealRatings Islamic Index Series, a newly enhanced index series for Shariah investors.  These new indexes benefit Shariah multi-asset investors by combining the deep experience and leading

New alliance between global index provider and global Islamic Finance expert produces an enhanced set of index tools for Shariah-compliant investors. Seattle, March 18, 2013 – Russell Indexes and IdealRatings today introduce the Russell-IdealRatings Islamic Index Series, a newly enhanced index series for Shariah investors.  These new indexes benefit Shariah multi-asset investors by combining the deep experience and leading methodology of

San Francisco, USA- Cairo, Egypt March 22nd, 2012.   Idealratings with its widespread network of clients in more than 12 countries and Ibrachy as one of the most prominent legal firms in Egypt with an extensive experience in the Islamic Finance arena signed a partnership agreement to offer Sharia Services Cooperation (SSC) to the financial institutions in the Egyptian market.

San Francisco, USA – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia January 16th, 2012 –  OSK-UOB Islamic Fund Management, a joint-venture company formed between the OSK Group, one of Malaysia’s leading investment bank and Singapore’s UOB Group, one of Asia’s leading financial institutions, announced today that it has signed a strategic agreement with IdealRatings, Inc. a global Shariah compliant fund management service provider to

SAN FRANCISCO, DUBAI, UAE and HELLERUP, Denmark, November 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — IdealRatings identifies Islamic compliant Equities and ETFs on 25 exchanges. Saxo Bank A/S, the online trading and investment specialist, has today enabled its clients to identify and trade Islamic compliant stocks and ETFs on more than 25 exchanges worldwide. The Bank selected IdealRatings Inc., a leading global Islamic

  Posted on September 9, 2011 Investors with an eye on the Islamic world have witnessed parallel growth in two industries serving Muslims worldwide: halal products and Islamic finance. Halal — Arabic for “allowed” — signifies a product created in adherence with Islamic guidelines. Halal products are spread across several industries, including foodstuffs, cosmetics, fashion and health care. Islamic finance is

First Islamic Benchmarks Offering Research-Based Shariah Screening Based On Globally Accepted Standards London – Thomson Reuters and IdealRatings today announced the launch of Thomson Reuters IdealRatings Islamic Indices, the first Islamic benchmarks to offer research-based Shariah screening based on a globally accepted Shariah standard to investors, money managers and analysts across a range of Islamic instruments, resulting in the most

The Islamic Investor – June 2011 is out, click Here to check it out.

By Rushdi Siddiqui, Special to Gulf News, Published: April 18, 2011 Benchmark to be bridge-builder for Islamic and exchange-traded funds, sukuks and for non-Islamic investors Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (third from left), former prime minister of Malaysia, and Rushdi Siddiqui, global head of Islamic finance and OIC countries, Thomson Reuters, at the launch of Socially Acceptable Market Investments in Kuala Lumpur. Dubai:

“IdealRatings service empowers and enables Yasaar to provide top quality investment universe” San Francisco,USA-London, United Kingdom, April 5th, 2011 – Yasaar, a top leading global Sharia Advisor today announced that it has partnered with IdealRatings Inc., a global Sharia compliant fund management service provider to take full advantage of IdealRatings’ universe screening and Sharia compliant fund management service. Yasaar needed

  Rédigé par Hanan Ben Rhouma | Mardi 5 Avril 2011 La semaine du halal en Malaisie démarre fort. A l’occasion du World Halal Forum 2011 qui a débuté lundi 4 avril à Kuala Lumpur, un indice boursier uniquement dédié à l’industrie agro-alimentaire halal a été lancé. Tel un mastodonte, la Malaisie s’impose définitivement comme le leader de ce marché,

    Reuniting the ‘twins separated at birth’ April 4, 2011 QUESTION: How did the idea of a halal food index come about?A:I was looking to expand the bandwidth of Islamic investing, and saw the industry looking at Islamic hedge funds and other turbo-charged instruments which the “Muslim man in the street” can neither relate to nor access. The question

IdealRatings is a proud sponsor of the Global Islamic Finance Forum 2010. GIFF 2010 is a high-level multi-track event that brings together regulators, scholars and financial industry players who are key drivers in shaping Islamic finance globally.

Filed in Finance & Investment, Research, USA on 30/04/2010 Are you allocating assets to Halal Food sector?  Are you aware of how Halal food sector have performed over the past 12 months? If you want to find out how Halal companies are out-performing  the Dow Jones Titans, then you have to attend the IHMC 2010 in Brunei on 5th  June! Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES and ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — 02/16/10 — Thomson Reuters today announced that it has launched its next generation Islamic Finance Gateway to guide the emerging industry to the next stage of growth and development. Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters, said, “Despite its image as an emerging industry, Islamic finance has

We’re very proud to present our research methodology at this highly regarded conference, it’s humbling to know that one is speaking after a Nobel Laureate and a who’s who list of Islamic finance, the recognition of being selected to present feels very rewarding for all the effort we’ve done, and congratulations to the IdealRatings team. For more details follow this link

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Marketwire – May 26, 2009) – Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG), a global growth-focused investment bank, today announced that Thomas Weisel Asset Management LLC (“TWAM”) teamed-up to form an alliance with IdealRatings, Inc., a leading provider of Shariah compliant and socially responsible investment services that provide transparency to portfolio managers to invest in Shariah compliant