Author/Editor: Amadou N. R. Sy.

Release Date:June, 2009

Credit ratings have contributed to the current financial crisis. Proposals to regulate credit rating agencies focus on micro-prudential issues and aim at reducing conflicts of interest and increasing more...

Author/Editor: Amadou N Sy, Peter J Kunzel, Paul S Mills, Andreas Jobst.

Release Date:July, 2008

Recent years have witnessed a surge in the issuance of Islamic capital market securities (sukuk) by corporates and public sector entities amid growing demand for alternative investments. As the sukuk more...