Islamic Banking in Indonesia

In Islamic Banking in Indonesia, renowned economist Dr. Rifki Ismal explores current issues in Islamic banking and financial products with a particular focus on the danger of liquidity risk in Indonesia. It approaches liquidity risk from the conventional perspective of international banking standards, as well as from the Islamic banking perspective. Dr. Ismal also covers the issues of asset-liability balancing, liquidity risk index, organizational structures for managing liquidity, industrial analysis, withdrawal risk, bankruptcy risk, moral hazard risk, and market risk.

Compiling all the latest academic research on liquidity risk and other risks in Islamic banking, the book provides a theoretical foundation for managing risk that will is highly useful for researchers on Islamic banking and practitioners and academics.

• Written by a renowned expert on Islamic banking who works on monetary policy at the central bank of Indonesia
• Covers the latest developments in Islamic banking, particularly liquidity risk, for a rapidly expanding market
• Ideal for European and American readers, in addition to Asian readers, who need a fuller understanding of Islamic banking institutions, markets, and products

With the latest academic research and the expertise of a leading practitioner in Islamic banking, this book offers in-depth coverage of the most pressing issues in the field.

RIFKI ISMAL became an Associate Professor in Islamic Banking and Finance at the Australian Centre for Islamic Financial Studies in 2012. Besides working as an Assistant Director in the Department of Islamic Banking at Bank Indonesia (Central Bank of Indonesia) since 1997, he has been lecturing at the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia (FEUI), in the Graduate School of Management (MMUI). While conducting economic and banking research projects and giving lectures, Ismal served as visiting researcher at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Hong Kong in 2006 and as a visiting lecturer in the Masters of Science Islamic Finance Program at Strasbourg University, France in 2009. Ismal earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the FEUI. In 2002 he graduated from the University of Michigan with a master's degree in applied economics and later received a PhD in Islamic economics and finance from Durham University, UK. Ismal is also an active writer in Indonesian newspapers/ magazines as well as a speaker at many international conferences on Islamic banking/finance.