ICD and Saturna Sdn Bhd Partner on Sustainable Islamic Investing
\nThis partnership highlights ICD\u2019s dedication to promoting the adoption of responsible investment principles in Islamic finance
\nKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 31, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ —<\/p>\n
Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (http:\/\/www.ICD-ps.org) and Saturna Sdn. Bhd. (Saturna) (http:\/\/www.Saturna.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based Saturna Capital Corporation, plan to sign an agreement to cooperate in offering sustainable Islamic investment vehicles to investors. The parties sign the agreement at the Responsible Finance Summit in Kuala Lumpur on March 30.<\/p>\n
\n\nThis partnership highlights ICD\u2019s dedication to promoting the adoption of responsible investment principles in Islamic finance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cICD recognizes the growing demand for responsible investment vehicles and believes that such strategies will greatly benefit economies as well as investors and societies\u201d, said Mr Khaled Al Aboodi, the CEO of ICD \u201cSaturna is well qualified to be our partner in this new initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIn choosing Saturna as its partner, ICD will be tapping the firm\u2019s 25 years of expertise in global values-based investing and its experience in managing US-based Amana Funds, the world\u2019s largest Islamic equity funds open to the public, as well as Saturna Sustainable Funds. Both sets of funds have been recognized by rating agencies for having portfolios with highest scores on sustainability.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIslamic investing has long been an integral part of socially-responsible investing\u201d, said Monem Salam, president of Saturna Sdn Bhd. \u201cSaturna is very proud to be ICD\u2019s partner in expanding Islamic investment choices that put even more emphasis on responsible finance.\u00a0 We believe that investing in sustainable and well-run companies could offer both growth and lower risk.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBoth parties view the Responsible Finance Summit, sponsored by Bank Negara and the Responsible Finance Institute, as an ideal venue for announcing the partnership.\u00a0 It demonstrates Bank Negara\u2019s support for the development of responsible finance, as well as the industry\u2019s strong interest in it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD).<\/p>\n
\nFor More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n ICD<\/strong> Saturna Sdn. Bhd.<\/strong> About the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)<\/strong><\/p>\n ICD is a multilateral organization and a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group. The mandate of ICD is to support economic development and promote the development of the private sector in its member countries through providing financing facilities and\/or investments which are in accordance with the principles of Sharia\u2019a. ICD also provides advice to governments and private organizations to encourage the establishment, expansion and modernization of private enterprises. For more information, visit www.icd-ps.org<\/p>\n About Saturna Capital Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n \u201cValues-Based Global Equity Managers\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n Saturna Sdn Bhd, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saturna Capital that specializes in Islamic-compliant investment advisory services for individuals and institutions.\u00a0 It acts as a sub-advisor to the Crescent International Equity Fund, managed by Crescent Wealth, Australia\u2019s first Islamic wealth manager.<\/p>\n Saturna Capital Corporation, established in 1989 in Bellingham, Washington, USA, is a private, employee-owned, investment adviser with US$4 billion in assets under management, providing investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutions, businesses, individuals, and endowments.<\/p>\n Saturna Capital is adviser to the Amana Mutual Funds (Amana Growth Fund, Amana Income Fund, and Amana Developing World Fund) that follow principles of Islamic finance.<\/p>\n Saturna Capital is also adviser to the Saturna Investment Trust, consisting of Sextant International, Sextant Growth, Sextant Core, Sextant Bond Income, Sextant Short-Term Bond, Sextant Global High Income, and the Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ICD and Saturna Sdn Bhd Partner on Sustainable Islamic Investing This partnership highlights ICD\u2019s dedication to promoting the adoption of responsible investment principles in Islamic finance KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 31, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (http:\/\/www.ICD-ps.org) and Saturna Sdn. Bhd. (Saturna) (http:\/\/www.Saturna.com), a wholly-owned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-67111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Nabil Al-Alami
Head, Marketing
Tel: +966 126468192
E-mail: nalami@isdb.org
Website: www.icd-ps.org<\/p>\n
Victoria Odinotska KANTER
Tel. + 1 703 685 9232
Monem Salam
Tel. 603 2164 5303<\/p>\n