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A Fast Moving Feast
In liberal circles, the word “Sharia” may evoke images of fundamentalism, but to bankers it has come to represent an attractive opportunity to engage with Islamic funds worth billions of dollars and growing. Raficq Abdulla and Richard Hobbs explain the basics of Sharia-compliant investment.

 
  Channelling non-German
funds to German investors

Germany is an attractive jurisdiction for non-German hedge and other alternative funds in light of the numerous institutional and private investors looking for attractive investments and the fact that German investors wish to increase their exposure towards alternative investments. Dr Martin Krause looks at the possibilities for non-German hedge funds and gives an overview on the regulatory and tax framework and the impact of the upcoming legal and tax reforms in autumn and beginning of next year.