Asian Islamic finance: getting bigger and better

Islamic finance has been growing in importance for Asian countries over the last decade, but one country stands out: Malaysia. The country is the biggest Islamic finance market in Asia, and looks likely to keep that title for many years to come. But policymakers across the continent — and, indeed, the world — are starting to wake up to vast opportunities of adding Islamic finance opportunities to their market infrastructure. GlobalCapital sat down with a distinguished panel of market experts to discuss the growing attempts of financial centres to become Islamic finance hubs, and to see what these countries can learn from the experience of Malaysia.