US Fund Managers Adopt Islamic Structures for Middle East Capital
Gulf Cooperation Council-based investors garner headlines as major sources of capital for US-based fund managers and making major investments across a variety of sectors, such as credit, real estate, and venture capital.
As fund managers look to optimise returns on these inflows, there has been a consequent increase in the use of Cayman Islands-based vehicles structured to comply with Islamic investment principles and criteria.
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