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*The Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) has issued a new accounting standard on investment accounts - Financial Accounting Standard No. 27 (FAS 27) Investment Accounts.The new FAS 27 updates and replaces two of AAOIFI <http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/company/profile/1000227/AAOIFI/> 's previous accounting standards relating to investment accounts - FAS 5 Disclosure of Bases for Profit Allocation between Owners' Equity and Investment Account Holders as well as FAS 6 Equity of Investment Account Holders and Their Equivalent. This standard applies to investment accounts based on Mudaraba contracts which represent "equity of investment accountholders and on Mudaraba contracts that are placed on "short term basis" (overnight, seven days, one month basis) by other financial institutions as "interbank-bank deposits" for the purpose of liquidity management. However, it is not applicable to own equity instruments, wakala contracts, reverse murabaha, musharaka or sukuk. Dr Hamed Hassan Merah, Secretary General of AAOIFI <http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/company/profile/1000227/AAOIFI/> said that the new standard was developed through extensive consultation with the international Islamic finance industry. The standards development process (the due process) was carried out through up to thirteen stages, commencing with the commissioning of consultants who prepared the exposure drafts and concluding with the official inssuance and publication. One of the essential stages is the public hearing which is designed to gather and gauge the opinions and views of experts and practitioners from the broader Islamic finance industry. He added, " AAOIFI <http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/company/profile/1000227/AAOIFI/> is currently working on revision of a number of existing standards and developing new ones in order to give better support to the industry". The new standard will be included in the next publication of AAOIFI <http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/company/profile/1000227/AAOIFI/> standards scheduled for early 2015.About AAOIFI AAOIFI <http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/company/profile/1000227/AAOIFI/> , established in 1991 and based in Bahrain, is the leading international not-for-profit organisation primarily responsible for development and issuance of standards for the global Islamic finance industry. It has issued a total of 88 standards in the areas of Shari'a, accounting, auditing, ethics and governance for international Islamic finance. It is supported by over 200 institutional members, including central banks and regulatory authorities, financial institutions, accounting and auditing firms, and legal firms, from over 45 countries. Its standards are currently followed by all the leading Islamic financial institutions across the world and have introduced a progressive degree of harmonisation of international Islamic finance practices. For more information, please contact:Mr. Khairul Nizam, Deputy Secretary General, AAOIFI <http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/company/profile/1000227/AAOIFI/> Office: +973 - 1724 4496; Mobile: +973 - 3974 5528; e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]> Mr. Mohammad Majd Bakir, Manager, Corporate Development, AAOIFI <http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/company/profile/1000227/AAOIFI/> Office: +973 - 1724 4496; Mobile: +973 - 3998 8601; e-mail:[email protected] <[email protected]> (c) Press Release 2014 * *___________* *sender : Maan Barazy* *Economist - Visionary entrepreneur - Certified Shari'a Adviser and Auditor (CSAA- AAOIFI Certified) - **MA Islamic Comparative Jurisprudence - **BS International Economics **Managing Partner And CEO of Data and Investment Consult-Lebanon - * *check our websites: datainvestconsult.com <http://datainvestconsult.com>; **smelebanon.net- socialratings.net <http://socialratings.net/>** ; middleeastrisk.com <http://middleeastrisk.com> - islamicmarkets.net <http://islamicmarkets.net>; islamicfinancearabia.com <http://islamicfinancearabia.com> - arabbankingwires.com <http://arabbankingwires.com> - lebanondatamonitor.com <http://lebanondatamonitor.com> - ebusinesslebanon.net <http://ebusinesslebanon.net> - shariaafinance.com <http://shariaafinance.com> - capitalissuesonline.com <http://capitalissuesonline.com> - - alwikala.com <http://alwikala.com>* *contactus; email : [email protected] <[email protected]> **[email protected] <[email protected]>;**[email protected]* <[email protected]> · *Twitter : **twitter.com/maanbarazy <http://twitter.com/maanbarazy>* · *Linkedin**: **http://www.linkedin.com/in/maanbarazy* <http://www.linkedin.com/in/maanbarazy> · *Facebook**: facebook.com/maanbarazy <http://facebook.com/maanbarazy>* · *Accademia.edu : **http://independent.academia.edu/maanbarazy <http://independent.academia.edu/maanbarazy>* · *Slideshare: **http://www.slideshare.net/maanbarazy* <http://www.slideshare.net/maanbarazy> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Kantakji Group" group. 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