Launch Partners

Launch Partners

Sukna Capital’s first fund epitomizes parent evolution

Just months after Sukna Capital commenced operations in December 2024, its first fund had already made its inaugural investment in UAE-based fintech platform Octa – with a US$20 million credit facility from the Sukna Fund for Direct Financing (SFDF). Founding CEO Fares Bardeesi said: “Sukna Capital is a continuation of Sukna Ventures,” a Riyadh-based early-stage

Foreign investors can now trade directly on Tadawul

Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) has approved regulatory amendments as of the 26th June 2025 to allow foreigners to trade directly on the main market – instead of being “limited to swap agreements as ultimate beneficiaries through capital market institutions or as clients of these institutions, where investment decisions are made on their behalf”.

IFN Investor Weekly Round-up: 8th – 14th July 2025

Fortress US – the frontier of western finance that has proved a tough nut for Shariah practitioners to crack – is slowly yielding in the form of a PE market, which could open a substantial window for Islamic investments. Historically, Shariah funds have expanded ever so slowly across North America from their initial concentration in

Capital market insights into Sri Lanka’s first Sukuk

Beyond its historic status as the first-ever Sukuk listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange, the Islamic capital instrument issued by renewable energy firm Vidullanka also encapsulated some critical evolutions for Sri Lanka’s domestic financial industry. As one of the corporate advisers for this issuance, ADL Capital Managing Director Ishrat Rauff shared some key insights with

Shifting US market for PE a boon for Shariah

The US market for PE, long a bastion of institutional investors, is undergoing a profound transformation that could open a significant window to Shariah compliant investments. “Capital is moving from public markets to private markets,” said Amir Memon, investment director at Princeton University Investment Company, referring to the US landscape for PE. “That is a

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Sukna Capital’s first fund epitomizes parent evolution

Just months after Sukna Capital commenced operations in December 2024, its first fund had already made its inaugural investment in UAE-based fintech platform Octa – with a US$20 million credit facility from the Sukna Fund for Direct Financing (SFDF). Founding...
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Top Islamic mixed asset funds globally by AuM

Top Islamic mixed asset fund managers globally by AuM

Total Funds
2,566
Total AuM
Total AuM(US$): 519,844,358,857
All Companies
487
Total Funds

2,570

Total AuM

US$525,823,375,073

All Companies

488

Total Funds By Asset Class

Total Funds By Region

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IFN Investor Weekly Round-up: 8th – 14th...

Fortress US – the frontier of western finance that has proved a tough nut for Shariah practitioners to crack...

IFN Investor Monthly Round-up: June caps a...

The first half of 2025 was a volatile mix of global anxieties and surprising market resilience, with threat from...

IFN Investor Asia Forum 2025

Date: 25th September 2025
Venue:
Kuala Lumpur
Building on the success of the IFN Investor Asia Forum in 2024, we return to the most active Islamic investment market in 2025.

We’re also delighted that the Securities Commission Malaysia will again play host to the world’s largest dedicated forum for the Islamic investment community.
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IFN Investor Americas Forum 2025

Date: 17th June 2025
Venue:
St. John’s University, Manhattan Campus, NYC
The IFN Investor Americas Forum will bring together leading investors from around the world with the sole intention of discussing and exploring investment flows and opportunities….
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IFN Investor Asia Forum 2025

Date: 25th September 2025
Venue:
Kuala Lumpur
Building on the success of the IFN Investor Asia Forum in 2024, we return to the most active Islamic investment market in 2025….
Click here to Register!