AAOIFI released a Sukuk exposure draft in early November 2023 in response to a rapid increase in the use of Sukuk and the development of the market in the past decade. A key change in the draft standard is that it requires an actual transfer of ownership to occur under an Ijara Sukuk investment. It is unclear what the appetite will be for asset-backed Ijara Sukuk if the standards are tightened and whether, at this stage, the standard will pass.
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Chaya Gupta
BrowsingChaya is a senior associate in the Dubai office with experience advising on conventional and Islamic banking and finance transactions across the Middle East and in the United Kingdom.