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Islamic REITs as an Investment Asset for Waqf Management in Indonesia – Part 2

[This article is a continuation of Part 1. Part 2 was posted on 2 November 2016 on the Islamic Banker website. Note: IslamicBanker.com changed to IslamicMarkets.com in April 2018.] Real Estate Investment Trust is known in Indonesian regulation terminology as “Dana Investasi Real Estate” or abbreviated nicely as DIRE (read: dee-ray or dē-rā). DIRE is…

Islamic REITs as an Investment Asset for Waqf Management in Indonesia – Part 1
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Islamic REITs as an Investment Asset for Waqf Management in Indonesia – Part 1

[I received a call from Shakeeb Saqlain, CEO of IslamicBanker.com, back in October 2016, asking my permission to post a redacted version of my paper – Islamic ETF as a waqf asset – on the Islamic Banker website. The first part of the article was posted on 22 October 2016. Note: IslamicBanker.com changed to IslamicMarkets.com…

Mare Forum Maritime Indonesia 2008
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Mare Forum Maritime Indonesia 2008

Tonight, I got mentally exhausted yet relieved. I just had my speaking engagement earlier this afternoon. Pfew! Okay, about two weeks ago, I got a phone call from the organizer, one Mr. Jannis Kostoulas, the managing director of the Mare Forum. The Mare Forum are organizers of Mare Forum conferences, specializing in conference management, project…