With over 16 years of Sharia focused Portfolio Management, ShariaPortfolio Canada Inc. has one main goal: to provide Canadian Muslim families with the products and services to achieve their financial goals.

ShariaPortfolio Canada, Inc. has one main goal: to provide Canadian Muslim families with the products and services to achieve their financial goals.

When it comes to halal investments, investors are not only looking for Shariah compliance, but they also want high quality investments that they can confidently put their money in. 

Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Sameer Azam is presenting two information sessions on investing with the Muslim Neighbour Nexus in Mississauga this November.

FINISPIA is a stock screening tool designed for making Islamic investment easier by making it easier to find out which stock is halal and which one is not.

Just a few decades ago, the only way that many Canadian Muslims could get zabiha halal slaughtered meat was to go to a local farm and slaughter it themselves. Today, the availability of halal meat from street food vendors, in supermarkets from brands such as Mina Halal, and franchises like Hero Burgers is a testament to the growth of the halal industry in Canada.

When Mihami Shash started a new job, one of the benefits she was offered was the opportunity to participate in the company’s matched-RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan) program. The company had set up a number of investment options that the employees could use to save for retirement and as an incentive to invest in these, the company would match each employee's contributions.

One of the biggest challenges Muslims face when it comes to reconciling their faith with their finances is home ownership. With house prices starting in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, how is it possible to buy a house without borrowing money through an interest-based mortgage?

Malaysia's International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance is working with its Middle Eastern counterpart on guidelines to address the number of boards on which scholars can sit to reduce conflicts of interest.

From Ghana in the west, to Ethiopia in the east, to Mozambique in the south, Africa's economies are growing, and even faster than those in almost any other region of the world.

Although severe income disparities persist on the continent, a middle class is emerging. According to Standard Bank, which operates across Africa, 60 million African households have annual incomes greater than $3,000 at market exchange rates. African countries are shifting away from being aid-dependant to increasing trade and investment ties with the world. The Economist reports that trade between Africa and the world has increased by 200 per cent. China's trade with Africa reached $166.3 billion in 2011, according to Chinese statistics. The World Bank said in a report this year that “Africa could be on the brink of an economic take-off, much like China was 30 years ago and India 20 years ago”. With Africa's population set to double to 2 billion in 40 years, huge opportunity exists in Africa.