Recent Innovations | Structuring Track Record

The Structuring team at Dar Al Istithmar has many years of investment banking experience. During our time in the industry, and as a function of the various positions we have held so far, we have been responsible for numerous breakthroughs in Islamic finance. Some examples of what we have achieved in our previous roles include:

• Pioneered true Shari’a compliant “off balance sheet” structures.
• Developed effective Islamic risk management solutions for global clientele.
• Successfully brought to the market one of the first Islamic structured repo transactions.
• Structured the first publicly distributed Islamic structured product to be issued by a non-Saudi entity in Saudi Arabia.
• Developed the technology for Islamic profit rate swaps and credit default swaps.
• Developed an Islamic issuance platform for the issuance of Sharia compliant securities.

These were all transacted with a diverse group of clients whose attitude toward Islamic finance ranged from extremely conservative to very liberal and the clients were based in different jurisdictions across the globe.