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Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Workshop On Islamic Finance Basics

Date 12/07/2005

The Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges in collaboration with HSBC Bank Egypt organized a one-day workshop to introduce Islamic finance to Egyptian market participants in an attempt to facilitate the mobilization of capital and enhancing the flow of international capital (Gulf area in specific) to Egypt.

The workshop, attended by top management in the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges, defined the concepts of Islamic finance, Islamic corporate finance and Islamic capital markets (Sukuks).