Photo: The Paris stock exchange, or Euronext, on March 12, 2017. Photo credit: https://bit.ly/3wHLOj7

Islamic Finance

Commentary: Paris stock exchange would offer better performance and strengthen its competitiveness with an Islamic index


This article is contributed by Sophian Fourari and Ezzedine Ghlamallah. Sophian Fourari holds a Msc in International Finance from Rennes School of Business and Ezzedine Ghlamallah is a researcher in Management Sciences at CERGAM at the University of Aix-Marseille.


 

In a country where an estimated 8.8% of the population is Muslim, a number that the Pew Research Center forecasts to rise to between 12.7% and 18% by 2050, the Paris stock exchange, has an interest in diversifying and adapting to new financial instruments to remain competitive.

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