Monday 21, May 2012 by Isla MacFarlane
NIB backs AAOIFI’s efforts to reform Islamic finance industry
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NIB is backing what could be Islamic finance’s biggest shake up in years, lending its support to the announcement of seven new standards from the Middle East’s leading Islamic finance regulator, the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI).
