Dar Al-Istithmar strongly believes that Islamic Finance has a lot to offer the world in terms of a just and equitable system of finance. As an Islamic Finance advisory firm, we firmly uphold and aim to internalize the divinely inspired values of Islam, most of which are shared with the common values of humanity and other divinely inspired religions. In relation to commerce and transactions, these values include honesty and integrity, professionalism, transparency, confidentiality and trust, justice, equity and fair bargaining power between contracting parties, appropriate representation and a commitment to social responsibility.
We will act honestly in all our transactions, fully mindful that we are an Islamic advisory firm and are representative of our religious code, including its prescriptions towards truthfulness and integrity.
When we provide commitments and deliverables to clients we pledge to timely deliver on these commitments, bar exceptional circumstances which frustrate our ability to deliver. Our work will demonstrate a heightened awareness of the clients’ needs and economic requirements, with a view to develop a long term and mutually beneficial relationship.
All our engagements follow a standardized workflow process and we will consistently maintain communication with each client about the progress of their work throughout the term of the engagement. We will also inform our clients if our engagement with them will lead to potential conflicts of interest.
- Confidentiality and Trust
We appreciate that the information provided to us by our respective clients is confidential and we are entrusted with this responsibility with complete confidence. To that end, we will endeavor to maintain this level of trust and confidence, except for instances where disclosure is required by law.
- Justice, Equity and Fair Bargaining Power
Islamic jurisprudence places a great emphasis on justice in all its forms. At DI, we seek to ensure that our business actively promotes distributive and procedural justice. We endeavour to achieve distributive justice by ensuring that the contracts we review and the business we engage in does not result in unfair or inequitable treatment of weaker parties. We endeavour to achieve procedural justice by ensuring that it follows a transparent system of due process in all its activities, including its internal and client related policies.
While we provide advice based on competitive fees, we will make exceptions for clients that have demonstrated need for our services but do not have the capacity to pay competitively, particularly where we believe that the need and the benefit to society at large outweighs commercial benefits.
