Secondary Market of Sukuk: An Overview

Market liquidity risk : an overview

An Introduction to Islamic Securities (Sukuk)

Islamic securities (Sukuk) are hybrid securities bearing features of stocks and bonds, altogether. Similar to stocks, they indicate a type of partnership and holders of Sukuk will be considered as the owners of underlying asset or project for finance of which, Sukuk have been issued. Theoretically, these holders share any loss and profit resulted from underlying asset. However, these securities...

An overview of the Portuguese electricity market

The electricity market in Portugal was recently opened to all consumers. However, it remains highly concentrated in terms of control of production and supply and the long-term power purchase arrangements still coexist with free market. This paper discusses the electricity market restructuring process in Portugal, presenting its main marks over the past years and the present situation. The evolu...

An Overview of Candiduria

Candida microorganisms frequently exist as saprophytes on the external genitalia or urethra, however, yeast in measurable quantities are found in <1% of clean voided urine specimens. The overall frequency of Candida infections in hospitals has increased by 200% to 300% in the last decade, such that in a general hospital 5% of urine cultures may yield Candida species, and in tertiary-care center...

Tantalum Market and Resources: An Overview

Recent interest in tantalum is due to increases in spot prices for tantalum raw materials which during 2000 reached US$145 to 175/lb of contained Ta2O5 (Platt’s Metals Week) and as much as US$ 350 /lb which was the bid rate for the Oct 2000 Davis Langdon Australia (DLA) Tender. As a result, exploration companies targeted a variety of pegmatites, specialty granites, alkaline complexes and carbon...