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Despite the industry’s wider concentration challenges, Islamic finance can boast some impressive examples of innovation, particularly in wholesale financing. The wakalah structure has become commonplace, where once it was considered too structurally onerous; new markets have entered the fray in sukuk, such as Oman; and other cross-border transactions continue to be pulled together by enterprising scholars, bankers and lawyers. Euromoney looks at six of the strongest examples from the last 12 months:
Chris Wright
Chris is a journalist specialising in business and financial journalism across Asia, Australia and the Middle East. He is Asia editor for Euromoney magazine and has written for publications including the Financial Times, Institutional Investor, Forbes, Asiamoney, the Australian Financial Review, Discovery Channel Magazine, Qantas: The Australian Way and BRW. He is the author of No More Worlds to Conquer, published by HarperCollins.