BIS Review 31/2006  1  While banks' underwriting standards are now generally stronger than in the 1980s and 1990s, the agencies are proposing the guidance now to reinforce sound portfolio-management principles that a bank should have in place when pursuing a commercial real estate lending strategy.
Ladies & Gentlemen; Growth of Islamic banking industry particularly over the last decade is reflective of increasing acceptability of its merits; the total global size of the Islamic financial assets by end 2016 has reached to US $ 2.29 trillion and is expected to go beyond US $ trillion by 20201.