Islamic Finance conference set for Leeds

Held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, on 13 and 14 October the event will feature presentations by speakers from financial, commercial, academic and political arenas. The conference will provide an introduction to Islamic finance, cover the rationale for growth in Sharia-compliant products, and will also present the results of a study about the demand for these products. Julian Bridgewater, Managing Director of Vantage Research, who conducted the study, believes the demand for Sharia-compliant products from Britain's 1.6m Muslims may sometimes be going unmet. "The research has unco...