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Module 4:
Islamic Financial Instruments and Mechanisms for Impact Investing
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Module 4: Islamic Financial Instruments and Mechanisms for Impact Investing
Part I:
Shared aspirations
between Islamic Finance
& Impact investing
Key Features of Islamic Finance
Key Features
• Prohibition on: • Prohibition of certain investments: • Asset-backed • Credit and debt • Profit & risk
– Interest − Sectors (e.g.: alcohol, armaments, transactions with products are sharing
gambling, pork, tobacco) investments in discouraged instruments are
– Speculation − Instruments (e.g. no forward real, durable encouraged
– Gambling transactions, limited option use, no assets
derivatives, short-selling)
Source: Adapted from ‘Islamic Finance: Relevance and Growth in the Modern Financial Age’, Presentation by Iqbal Khan at LSE (2007)
Source: Adapted from ‘Islamic Finance: Relevance and Growth in the Modern Financial Age’, Presentation by Iqbal Khan at LSE (2007)
100% = GBP1,600
7% Consumer Credit
Categories of Bank Lending in the United Kingdom (2012)
Is financial intermediation really allocating capital efficiently in the economy, in line with the text book definition?
Source: Between Debt & Devil, Adair Turner (2016)
Increased
credit
extended
Increased
borrower demand
for credit Increased
asset prices
Increased lender
supply of credit Expectation of
future asset
price increases
Restrict excessive
financing to purchase of
existing assets
Shareholders/
Investors Trickledown did not
happen – Rich have
become more rich
• The wealth effect will be Society at large is
Trickledown trickled down and improve losing as the focus is
effect the overall financial on RoI
conditions of public
Impact investing refers to investments "made into companies, organizations, and funds with the
intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a
financial return."
The traditional classification has been to divide the maqasid according to three “levels of necessity”…
1. Absolute necessities
2. Needs (hajiyyat) 3. Luxuries (tahsiniyyat)
(daruriyyat)
These are the objectives which All such provisions of Shari'ah Shari'ah beautifies life and puts
are must and basic for the which aim at facilitating life, comforts into it. There are several
establishment of welfare in this removing hardship are said to provisions of Shari'ah which are
world in the sense that if they are fulfill the hajiyyah (requirements) meant to ensure better
ignored then the coherence and e.g. permission of hunting and utilization, beautification and
order cannot be established and use of halal goods for food, simplification of daruriyyah and
fasad (chaos & disorder) will lodging, and conveyance hajiyyah. e.g. permission to use
prevail in this world beautiful, comfortable thing, to
eat delicious food
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Objectives of Sharī‘ah and SDGs
Maqāṣid al-Sharī‘ah is a Whatever ensures the 17 SDGs are important for the
systematic approach that safeguarding of the five world community and for the
attempts to address human elements: faith (dīn), lives Muslims as well because:
welfare and wellbeing in a (nafs), intellect (‘aql), • they are good in
comprehensive and a posterity (nasl),and wealth themselves,
systemic manner. (māl) serves public interest
• not in direct conflict with
and is desirable
Islamic percepts, and
• have been agreed by world
community in general.
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Mapping SDGs into Maqasid al Shariah (1/4)
Life Wealth
• Need to position in the digital transformation in light of emerging technologies which will have
strategic impact on the evolution of global financial landscape.
• Continuing trend of consolidation with the industry, with major mergers and acquisitions taking
place in the GCC and Malaysia
• Africa is a potential growth market and will be interesting to follow developments in the
coming years
• Need to sharpen the differential advantage and reinforce the core strengths of Islamic finance
which promotes risk sharing, linkages to real economy and financial resilience
• The Awqaf Investment Properties Fund (APIF) Was established in 2001 and is managed by IsDB (the Mudarib). As
of YE2018, APIF has a paid up capital of US$ 79.9 million in addition to a line of financing from IsDB of US$ 100
million. It has 15 shareholders, including IsDB and several Awqaf organizations as well as Islamic banks
• Its main purpose is to revive the Islamic sunnah of Waqf through the development/ improvement of Awqaf
properties with the aim of increasing and sustaining their returns which are used to contribute to the
economic development of the Ummah
• Beneficiaries of APIF financing are Waqf organisations in IsDB’s MCs & non-MCs. In MCs, the projects benefit
from IsDB tax shield
• As of year end 2018, APIF’s portfolio includes 55 completed or active projects having an aggregate value of US$
1.04 billion in about 35 countries. In these projects, IsDB’s contribution is US$ 161 million from APIF, US$ 233
million from APIF Line and US$ 89 million from other funds whereas beneficiaries contributed US$ 556 million,
largely as value of land for the project
• Investors/shareholders have been paid a regular dividend of at least 2.5% p.a. since inception besides having
IsDB’s guarantee to buy shares to buy 50% shares at prevailing NAV
• Total land pledged by sponsors/beneficiaries of APIF projects stands at 416,340 square meters. Once the lands
are fully-developed and transformed into income-generating properties, the total built-up area will of 839,377
square meters
Approval of IDB
Management
Signing of Financing
Agreements
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Types of Projects financed
Typesbyof
APIF
Projects financed by APIF
• Residential buildings (service, furnished and residential apartments).
• Mixed-use development
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General Terms of APIF Financing
General Terms of Financing
• Modes of financing: Leasing, Istisna’a, Murabaha, Diminishing Participation, BOT
• Pricing
➢ Fixed: Between 5-7% per annum
➢ Variable: Floating rate linked to LIBOR with a floor & a ceiling
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Essential Documents for Processing Waqf Projects
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Essential Information for Due Diligence
• Detailed feasibility study covering all aspects of the project, i.e. economic,
market, financial, legal and technical
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APIF Projects: Geographic Spread Terms of Financing
General
Africa
35%
MENA
36%
MCs
75%
Asia
Europe 11%
10%
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APIF Projects: Geographic Spread Terms of Financing
General
Total Value of projects by Country (US$ Million)
USA 126.87
UAE 93.91
Guinea 76.3
Malaysia 76
Saudi Arabia 75.39
Iran 68.53
Sudan 64.55
Indonesia 48
Kuwait 37.139
Uganda 33.87
Bangladesh 32.1
Benin 27.4
Switzerland 27
Niger 26
Lebanon 21.75
Sri Lanka 19.5
Fiji 18
Uganda 15.82
Bosnia & Harzegovina 15
Kenya 13.4
Macedonia 13.33
Mauritania 12.3
Djibouti 11.57
Qatar 11
Congo 10.6
Malawi 7
Kosovo 6.4
Albania 6
Maldives 5.64
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
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APIF Projects: Type of Beneficiaries
General Terms of Financing
Health Youth
4% 4%
Relief and
charities
32%
Awqaf and
Religious
29%
Education
31%
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APIF : High-Level Business Model Terms of Financing
General
Principal Repayment
+ Profit
Security Residual
Beneficiary
Package rental income
APIF
Financing Project
APIF Line
Building
Co-financiers Rental
Land Income
PMU Contractor
Waqf Board/ Property
Land Registry * Civil Works Impact
Design & * Electro-mechanical Management
Monitoring
Supervision Works Services - O&M
Consultant
~ 3 Years ~ 12 Years
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Waqf Office Tower in Chittagong, Bangladesh
IMPACT OUTCOMES
Contribution to • Financial assistance
increase in literacy to 250 students for
and economy of accommodation,
Bangladesh food, books, etc.
• 30 university staff
already obtained
PhD
Extension And Renovation Of Bazerkan Commercial
Center– Beirut, Lebanon
Beneficiary: Makassed Philanthropic Islamic
Association, Lebanon
Project Cost: US$ 21.5 M
Mode of Financing: Leasing
IMPACT OUTCOMES
• Supporting community
Contribution to the in education, health
socio-economic and social services: 45
development of the schools, university,
underprivileged vocational college,
segment of the hospital serving 65,000
society. patients annually
• Maintenance of 3
cemeteries etc.
AlMagzoub Commercial & Residential Complex - Sudan
IMPACT OUTCOMES
• Supporting 3,300 students
Contribution to the in memorizing Quran in a
socio-economic and scientific manner
human development • Sponsoring 1,000 orphans
through education & • 200 Vocational training
capacity building internees
• Rehabilitation of prisoners
• Medical Education
Waqf Building Project in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah –
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Beneficiary: Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Research and Studies
Centre – Saudi Arabia
Project Cost: US$ 7.84 M
Mode of Financing: Leasing
IMPACT OUTCOMES
Preserves, produces
Contribution to the
and disseminates
knowledge base of
research documents
Muslim Ummah.
and studies to
research scholars.
Makola Tower in Colombo - Sri Lanka
IMPACT OUTCOMES
Enabling the orphans Providing food,
to be independent shelter, clothing,
contributors to the education,
society. healthcare to more
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than 1000 orphans.
Women Center for Memorization of Quran, Doha – Qatar
Empowering women!
IMPACT OUTCOMES
IMPACT OUTCOMES
• Supporting 40,000 deserving
families
• 2339 women benefited from
Contribution to the Rehabilitation workshops
socio-economic and • 4,000 students were provided
human development support for studies
• 4.5 million meals distributed
through Food Saving Project
Commercial & Residential Building – Ajman UAE
IMPACT OUTCOMES
• Medical center
• Charity shop
Contribution to the • Orphans sponsorship
socio-economic and • Student support
human development • Seasonal projects
of UAE • Distribution of school begs
• Ramadan ration /Eid festivals
• Collection/Zakat distribution
Thank you!