| Islamic finance awards |
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| Institutional Awards | |
| Best international Islamic bank | Best Islamic bank in the Middle East |
| Best Islamic bank in Asia | Best sukuk house |
| Best takaful provider | Best project finance house |
| Best leasing house | Best fund manager |
| Best assurance and advisory firm | Best legal advisory firm |
| Most improved Islamic finance house | Best structured products house |
| Deal Awards | |
| Deal of the year | Best sukuk deal |
| Most innovative deal | Best project finance deal |
| Outstanding contribution to Islamic finance | |
| Badlisyah Abdul Ghani | |
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Deal of the year |
In a dual-currency syndicated murabaha, the Saudi operation of Kuwaiti mobile telephone firm Zain raised the largest Islamic cross-border loan of 2009.
When the deal closed in August, borrowing $2.6 billion through Islamic means for a Middle Eastern business was praiseworthy enough, but added to that was an impressive Shariah-compliant hedging instrument, which drove forward a vital new area of the Islamic finance industry.