Dow Jones Indexes Recruits Founder of Failaka
Global index provider Dow Jones Indexes has named Tariq Al-Rifai as its new director of Islamic indexes.
According to an announcement, Al-Rifai was tapped to bring his “extensive expertise as a leading authority on Islamic equity and private equity funds to Dow Jones Indexes to further advance its leading position in providing Shari’ah compliant indexes to the investment world.” He will be based in Dubai and will focus on extending the reach of Dow Jones Indexes’ Shari’ah compliant index products globally.
The press release notes that his key responsibilities will be to work with Dow Jones Indexes institutional clients to identify new business opportunities, develop new Shari’ah compliant indexes, and work with money managers and educate investors. He will be the main liaison between Dow Jones Islamic Market Shari’ah Supervisory Board of five international scholars and Dow Jones Indexes’ maintenance, research and development teams, which are responsible for screening the Shari’ah-compliant index universe as well as building new indexes.
The 13-year Islamic industry veteran founded Failaka Advisors in 1996 to promote and develop Islamic financial instruments. Since May 2004, Al-Rifai has served as vice president, UIB Capital, Inc., Chicago. Previously he was vice president Islamic Banking at HSBC Bank in New York and was partner at The International Investor, a Kuwaiti shareholding company.