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How to Reduce Risk and Generate Income with Halal REITs
17
Nov
2020

How to Reduce Risk and Generate Income with Halal REITs

Published in Islamic Finance

One of the biggest challenges in halal investing is mitigating risk. In conventional (non Shariah-compliant investing), investors use bonds or GICs (Guaranteed Income Certificates) to lower their risk and exposure to the stock market. However, since these investments are interest-based, they can't be part of a halal portfolio.

A halal portfolio needs to be composed of equities, or shared ownership in real assets, such as companies which produce goods and services. Since businesses may make profits as well as suffer losses, this is where the risk comes in. While the fates and fortunes of individual businesses may go up and down, most businesses still need to occupy some real estate. One way to mitigate risk and diversify a halal portfolio is to invest in a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

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How to Pay Zakat on Financial Investments
08
Jun
2018

How to Pay Zakat on Financial Investments

Published in Islamic Finance


Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam, upon which the religion is built. Usually translated as almsgiving, zakat is a requirement on Muslims (both male and female) of sound mind who possess at least the minimum amount of net worth deemed to classify them as not in need.

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Canadian Guide to Halal Investments
12
Feb
2018

Canadian Guide to Halal Investments

Published in Islamic Finance

Whether or not you invest in a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), with the March 1 RRSP deadline around the corner, February tends to be the month Canadians talk about investments.  

Investments don’t only help your money grow, they are also a good way to keep your money from losing value.  Whether we realize it or not, money kept in a chequing account loses value over time due to inflation.  

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Wealthsimple's Canadian Halal Investing portfolio makes investing in shariah compliant stocks easier for Canadian Muslims.
14
Oct
2017

Wealthsimple Makes Halal Investing Easy and Affordable

Published in Islamic Finance

For Canadian Muslims who want to invest in the stock market but don't have the confidence to pick halal stock investments on their own, the choices have always been limited. If you're looking to invest more than a few hundred thousand dollars, you can hire a financial advisor knowledgeable in Shariah compliant investments. If you're investing less than that, you can invest in a halal mutual fund, which charges management fees of 2.5% or more. That's it. So when Wealthsimple announced their Canadian Halal Investing portfolio in August of this year, it was reason to celebrate.

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Investment Options for Your Halal Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) in Canada
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May
2017

Investment Options for Your Halal Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)

Published in Islamic Finance

One of the best tools for savings and investment we have in Canada is the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA). You might have received calls or emails from your bank about it or maybe you’re heard about it compared to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).

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How to Find Halal Stock Market Investment Options
28
Jun
2016

How to Find Halal Stock Market Investment Options

Published in Islamic Finance

While investing can be an intimidating topic for most people, Muslims have the added challenge of ensuring that their investments are shariah (Islamic jurisprudence) compliant.

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The Beginner's Guide to Halal RRSP Investments
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Feb
2015

The Beginner's Guide to Halal RRSP Investments

Published in Islamic Finance

With the RRSP deadline on March 2nd, many Canadians are wondering and worrying about where to invest their hard-earned money. For Muslim Canadians, the challenge is two-fold, as not only are they looking for investments that are financially sound, they also need to ensure that their investments are religiously sound, or Shari’ah compliant or halal (Islamically permissible).

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Behind the Goldman Sachs sukuk debate
18
Aug
2012

Behind the Goldman Sachs sukuk debate

Published in Islamic Finance

When Goldman Sachs announced last October that it planned to issue an Islamic bond, debate ignited over whether conventional banks in the West should be allowed to engage in Islamic finance.

The investment bank said it planned to issue a sukuk worth as much as $2 billion based on murabaha, a structure that instead of interest (which is banned by Islamic principles) uses a cost-plus-profit arrangement to pay investors. Some Islamic finance analysts however, questioned whether the underlying structure of the sukuk was really murabaha.

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Waqf is a religious endowment in Islamic law. A donor designates something to be used solely for the benefit of the poor and needy.
25
Aug
2011

Waqf: the lost rich Islamic heritage

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As a wave of change sweeps the Islamic world and Muslim countries are opening up to plurality and democracy, citizens of these countries now have the opportunity to play their role of a strong civil society. But for civil society to become sustainable, development in indigenous philanthropy is required.  The heavy reliance on foreign donors was never an effective solution to local society as it promoted an orientation to the needs and perspectives of the donor, rather than the community served. A heavy or exclusive reliance on government funding is worse as it comes with a heavy hidden tag price. Fee-for-services and other forms of income have also proven to be unsustainable.

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