We introduce our annual round-up of the best deals and dealmakers.

The past year has been the best ever for sukuk issuance, highlighting growing interest in Islamic finance from issuers and investors alike. Tim Burke reports.

ADIB's perpetual sukuk; the World Bank and IDB join forces; and Bahrain’s World Islamic Banking Conference.

Coverage of this year's winning retail and investment banks, asset managers and brokers.

Turning a profit may not be a challenge, but the emirates’ lenders face other tests ahead. Mark Dunne reports.

Our ranking of the leading listed companies from exchanges across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

South African borrowers enjoy liquid local markets. No wonder international investors feel left out. Mark Dunne reports.

The sukuk market has enjoyed its busiest ever start to the year. African and European issuers could help it reach even greater heights, writes Mark Dunne.

Our winning sukuk and shariah-compliant transactions.

A queue of new issuers – including Western banks – kept the sukuk market busy in 2011, writes Mark Dunne.

The country’s central bank is rewriting the rules on Islamic finance, and conventional banks are being shown the door, writes Mark Dunne.
 

In the second of a series of columns exploring topical treasury and transaction banking issues, Dominic Broom discusses the growth of the Islamic finance sector and the role that conventional institutions can play in the development of Islamic liquidity management.