Banking and Financial Services Insights

24 September 2009

Welcome to the September edition of Banking and Financial Services Insights, in which we'll look at:

  • how the new cartel criminalisation laws could catch syndicated lenders unaware
  • the five basic financing structures in Islamic finance

Syndicated lending and cartel offences under the Trade Practices Act

By Bruce Lloyd.

Syndicated lenders might not be aware of how easily their activities could fall under the new cartel criminalisation provisions of the Trade Practices act. Bruce Lloyd explains how the new cartels laws affect syndicated lending.

Introduction to Islamic finance - Part II

By Ben Sandstad.

Ben Sandstad delves deeper into Islamic finance, and explains five basic financing structures: ijara, murabaha, musharaka, mudaraba and istisna'a.

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