
At Careers UAE 2012 in Dubai, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a top-tier Islamic financial services group, confirmed that it was on course to exceed its targeted Emiratisation rate of more than 50% at the end of 2012. The bank leads in Emiratisation across the UAE banking sector with a rate of 48% achieved last year. This is up from 34% that was reached in 2008.
As Platinum Sponsor of the Careers UAE 2012, the bank has utilized its involvement in such events over the years to drive the identification and recruitment of the UAE national talents.
Waheeb Khazraji, Head of HR at ADIB, said, “We are encouraged by the enthusiasm shown by the UAE national talent that visited our stand at the Careers UAE 2012 and expressed their desire to work in the Islamic Banking industry. It is evident that they are increasingly viewing the banking sector as an employer of choice and are aware of the exciting growth opportunities that it provides. We are committed to recruit and train UAE national talent from across UAE and to provide them with opportunities and guidance to take on leadership positions in the banking sector.”
ADIB hosted a Power Lunch at the Careers UAE 2012 where senior executives of the bank answered all questions put forward to them by the attendees.
“We have launched many training initiatives to encourage Emiratisation and enhance our Emirati workforce qualifications. Our Tatweer initiative, that was launched recently, provides complete tuition and other education related expenses for employees who decide to upgrade their qualifications and professional degrees at any institution of higher education,” added Waheeb.
ADIB’s continued commitment to Emiratization has been recognized by the Emirates Institute of Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS) that has presented the bank with their Human Resource Development Award in the first category for two years running.
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Morocco might soon create its first Islamic banks. The issue is indeed one of Benkirane government’s priorities: the Parliamentary group of PJD, the moderate Islamic party having won November’s elections, has already finished writing the draft bill to be presented at the Chamber of Deputies, drafted by a team of Party’s experts led by the General Affair and Governance Minister Mohamed Najiib Boulif. On the financial instruments’ market, the so-called “Islamic” instruments were already partially available, but the institutes managing them had never expressed their interest in the creation of specialized banks. However, PJD’s victory changed many things, since the model has proved to resist the crisis and showed a large potential for growth. The draft bill begins with classification of the general principles underlying products currently traded by banks, grouping them into halal (allowed) and haram (forbidden) by Sharia and specifies that lending must not be the source of profit. Imposing interests is therefore prohibited and lending is not considered a form of trading anymore: “Funding agreement with banks imply participation of the bank itself in both profits and losses”. Actually, Islamic banks do not merely propose financial brokering services as in traditional banking regimes; they play an active role in wealth generation, transformation and trade processes. The draft bill proceeds to determine which financing models are allowed. In general, they are “contracts compliant to Sharia regarding the use of funds aimed at generating profits”.


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