Islamic finance awards 2008: Best fund manager

In the past few years, HSBC Amanah has demonstrated its ability to innovate through a series of fund products. Its Global Properties Income Fund is, at $1.7 billion, the biggest Islamic real estate fund.

Islamic finance awards

HSBC Amanah

The Capital Protected Funds were the first such Shariah-compliant funds when they were launched in 2002. They used the pioneering bai-al-arbun structure that has become a template for most other providers of structured products. HSBC Amanah also pioneered the use of CPPI strategy for Islamic capital protected funds. The bank has developed other groundbreaking funds, including Investment Linked Policy Funds for Takaful, a series of funds using the multi-manager concept, and a Hang Seng China Index Fund.

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