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Maqasid: Invigorating Islamic banking and finance | Opinion
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Foundational issues, sensible challenges and penalties of mainstream economics, banking and finance are extra obvious in modern instances.
The centurieslong pursuit for revenue and utility maximization, marginal value and profit evaluation, Pareto effectivity and regular path convergence measurements amongst macro-economists, micro-economists, wealth and asset managers and the company world have usually pushed humankind to the sides of existence. There may be hardly a day with out a pure catastrophe whether or not it’s a wildfire, land erosions, earthquakes, floods, typhoons and so forth.
Life on Earth is unbalanced, but the banking and finance world, along with different company gamers, perpetuate practices that prompted all of it. Efforts to curb them are evident within the fashionable discourse on sustainable improvement targets (SDGs), or environmental, social and governance (ESG), and Shariah-compliant screenings. Apparently, there are various initiatives to mitigate disruptive globalization and local weather shifts within the Earth’s ecosystem.
Islamic Economics (IE) is another too, and maybe the one one providing options rooted in sound and complete foundations derived from sound Islamic sources. The important methodology to pragmatize this various in actual time is that of epistemological integration. The epistemological integration methodologies foster fused studying and follow derived from textual and real-time sources. These approaches have the potential to form international perceptions and rework our ideas.
Altering perceptions modifications the world. Therefore, the answer to many issues we at the moment face on the earth lies in the way in which we understand issues. This notion is mirrored in the way in which we eat and produce assets. We all know that consumption is a central tenet of an financial system. It represents demand ranges and impacts levels of provide or manufacturing.
Administration of consumption and manufacturing turns into attainable if we modify the way in which we strategy the consumption of products we actually want, want much less, or don’t really need in any respect. The Shariah principle of Maqasid (targets) is a superb determinant of the hierarchy of wants. On this hierarchy, we have now the Daruriyyat (important), Hajiyyat (intermediate) and Tahsiniyyat (luxurious) ranges of wants. Most people can maintain themselves with the primary two whereas they aspire for the final class. The financial world formed us in such a approach that we pursue wants that we don’t want whereas neglecting wants which might be important. Spending one’s wealth on any want is a authorized proper, however the long-term consequence of such reasoning has introduced humanity to the sting of collapse. Provide for such shopper demand is now not sustainable.
Then again, SDGs and ESGs are sustainably attainable by way of a larger epistemological understanding of financial exercise, and referencing the Maqasid helps us handle our wants and needs extra successfully. As a lot as it should handle our consumption, even provide ranges will align. Questions that we might ask ourselves to delve deeper into epistemological financial considering and the Maqasid methodological realm might vary from “Do I really want this merchandise? If that’s the case, what for?” to “Will I actually use it or get rid of it shortly after buying it?” and “Do I have an effect on anybody’s life by disposing of things so shortly and recklessly?” amongst others.
These are fundamental questions that every shopper can ask themselves to overview whether or not their consumption habits are rational and sound. This may also rectify the rational or sound stage of provide. Therefore, the patron will increase their consciousness about their actions, i.e. disposal of plastics, electronics and garments, which have an effect on the diploma of assembly sure SDGs or ESGs. The provision facet or the producers comply with course, meet shopper demand and envisage methods to reinforce their expertise. This strategy to financial reasoning is epistemological within the sense that it takes under consideration how issues had been equipped to the patron and the way the patron makes use of and disposes of them.
The attention concerning the supply of a product and its use shapes the notion of shoppers extra comprehensively and roots their actions on sound foundations. All their actions are executed extra responsibly. Thus, Maqasid will be considered as extremely normative and rooted in sources of information, i.e. contributing to environmental safety, using assets, sharing of merchandise/issues by way of accountable disposal, and dwelling inside one’s means and precise wants with out a discount of 1’s high quality of life. The patron turns into an lively participant in an financial system by questioning their goal and goal when consuming or supplying a product. Linkage with the fact (Haqiqah) of our world turns into evident when we have now a correct goal or goal, which defines really dwelling. Life turns into extra truthful.
Apparently, the Maqasid-based epistemological strategy in an financial system not solely has the potential to form people but in addition industries or finance and banking companies in such a scientific and real solution to reveal the true teachings, imaginative and prescient and mission of what the trade of Islamic banking and finance (IBF) aspire to realize. Therefore, it’s time that stakeholders and shareholders, all of whom are shoppers, start to query their consumption habits, to make use of and get rid of issues owned in a accountable method to contribute to the worldwide goals of SDGs and ESGs. This makes the Maqasid sensible as effectively. Furthermore, IBF establishments have the prospect to universalize their approach of financial exercise by interesting to shoppers world wide who’re nonetheless not conscious that IBF will not be solely for Muslims.
The world has the prospect to know IBF from its epistemological foundation and complete Maqasid gateway the place innovation and creativity drive change. Contemplation alongside these traces permits the IBF to reclaim its fame because the engine of an Islamic financial system or another financial system the place modern drives for larger information analytics and synthetic intelligence are integral, and the gasoline for larger empirical testing and refinement vis-a-vis sound philosophical foundations derived from the sources of information in Islam. Multidisciplinarity is obvious from the appraised strategy to financial understanding and the reshaping of the IBF trade based mostly on real-time information.
Humanity generates the information that reveals their consumption and manufacturing habits whereas Maqasid identifies and defines the upper goal of consumption and manufacturing with an epistemological integration base. The interaction between the 2 permits convergence alongside a gentle path of progress towards larger ranges of Shariah compliance. Larger ranges of Shariah compliance imply larger ranges of ESGs and SDGs that’s commensurate to a practical answer to avoid wasting our planet.
Reversing human exercise on the planet on a sound epistemological foundation guided by Maqasid permits the advance of existence for all, and the prevention of additional disasters, which truly maintains the welfare of many individuals beneath such risk in modern instances. Sources, meant to alleviate many that might undergo from preventable disasters, might be used to enhance their dwelling situations. These signify new companies of the trade and new revenues. Therefore, it’s essential for stakeholders and shareholders to undertake the demonstrated financial reasoning in follow or reckon with the results of failing to take action.
Practitioners, inclusive of teachers and trade gamers, ought to undertake a complete analytical framework the place philosophical foundations play a vital function in defining the aim or targets (Maqasid) of actions. Coaching, seminar and workshops within the trade and academia about such foundations are essential too and might be the means by way of which consultants of texts and contexts alternate their views. This could lead practitioners to revise present modalities of motion and systematically refurbish restricted, imitated, slender and contradictory plans. Social wants ought to be the core of practitioners’ orientation, and social service provision is the patron base for every and all of us.
Worsening circumstances in society will result in the perpetuation of up to date experiences about which we hear every day. Regulators may oversee the plethora of actions that such financial reasoning stimulates and be sure that a data-driven financial system aligns with larger functions and targets (Maqasid) rooted on sound philosophical foundations. The affect of such financial exercise would certainly be evident and appreciated globally. Whereas this stays the inception of a brand new financial period, new insights are really important to make sure the re-envisioned strategy in direction of financial improvement, and the shaping of banking and finance together with different company world actors stays real.
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Harris's proposed unrealized capital gains tax is unlikely to pass: CIO
Unrealized capital gains tax proposals may be floating back into the zeitgeist as the Harris presidential campaign marches on, but for some, the noise around it is much ado about nothing.
“I don’t think this unrealized thing is going to have much momentum because it is a very onerous process to come up with those numbers,” Raymond James chief investment officer Larry Adam told Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi on Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid podcast (see video above or listen here).
“You start putting biases of what you think [something] is worth versus the reality,” said Adam. “That becomes a very difficult equation to really put into a place.”
We’ve seen unrealized capital gains tax proposals before, but they’ve met plenty of resistance.
Most recently, the Biden administration proposed an unrealized capital gains tax for those with a net worth of over $100 million. The proposal could affect more than 10,600 people in the US, according to estimates.
But, unlike a capital gains tax, which is imposed on a sold item, deploying an unrealized capital gains tax is a trickier move.
Stifel chief Washington strategist Brian Gardner said in a recent client note that under an unrealized capital gains tax system, “ranking illiquid assets would not only be complicated but controversial,” adding that there would also need to be a way to provide taxpayers with “rebates for future losses.”
While analysts scratch their heads about the subject, an unrealized capital gains tax also has plenty of tomato throwers. Donald Trump called it “beyond socialism,” telling a crowd of small-business owners, “You will be forced to sell your restaurant immediately.”
Trump’s onetime US Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, concurred.
“Frankly, I think it’s a ridiculous proposal,” Ross said on Opening Bid.
Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk also had negative statements to share on the topic, proclaiming an unrealized capital gains tax would lead to “bread lines and ugly shoes.”
While Trump and Musk might deliver their messages to pack a wallop and make voters think, concerns aren’t necessarily unfounded.
Raymond James’s Adam has considered tax proposals made by both candidates, and thinks that regardless of the administration in office, higher taxes could impact households by almost $2,000. “[It] could be a big impact and a drag on the economy,” he said.
Both Harris and Trump face challenges given the expiration of a significant portion of the 2017 tax cuts at the end of 2025. Trump has proposed an additional extension of provisions from 2017 and potentially more tax cuts.
Harris proposed expanding the child tax credit and supported no increase in the capital gains tax, while taxing those making over $400,000 annually more.
While the presidential race is anyone’s game at this point, Adam isn’t that worried about an unrealized capital gains tax and the potential market losses. “[There’s] a low probability of it passing,” he said. “It’s pretty hard to mark to market every single year for your taxes.”
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Insider Sale: President Brian Hole Sells Shares of Willis Lease Finance Corp (WLFC)
On August 30, 2024, President Brian Hole sold 1,187 shares of Willis Lease Finance Corp (NASDAQ:WLFC), as reported in a recent SEC Filing. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 96,589 shares of the company.
Willis Lease Finance Corp specializes in the leasing of spare commercial aircraft engines, aircraft, and other aircraft-related equipment to airlines, aircraft engine manufacturers, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul providers worldwide.
Over the past year, Brian Hole has engaged in multiple transactions involving the company’s stock, selling a total of 24,570 shares and purchasing none. This recent sale is part of a broader trend observed within the company, where there have been 82 insider sells and no insider buys over the past year.
Shares of Willis Lease Finance Corp were priced at $106.17 on the day of the transaction. The company currently holds a market cap of approximately $772.655 million. The price-earnings ratio stands at 8.41, which is below the industry median of 17.98.
According to the GF Value, the intrinsic value estimate for Willis Lease Finance Corp is $63.35 per share, making the stock significantly overvalued with a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.68.
The GF Value is calculated based on historical trading multiples, a GuruFocus adjustment factor, and future business performance estimates provided by Morningstar analysts.
This sale by the insider might be of interest to current and potential investors, providing insight into insider confidence and valuation perspectives at Willis Lease Finance Corp.
This article, generated by GuruFocus, is designed to provide general insights and is not tailored financial advice. Our commentary is rooted in historical data and analyst projections, utilizing an impartial methodology, and is not intended to serve as specific investment guidance. It does not formulate a recommendation to purchase or divest any stock and does not consider individual investment objectives or financial circumstances. Our objective is to deliver long-term, fundamental data-driven analysis. Be aware that our analysis might not incorporate the most recent, price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative information. GuruFocus holds no position in the stocks mentioned herein.
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Super Micro Confirms It Will Delay Annual Financial Filings
(Bloomberg) — Super Micro Computer Inc. said that it won’t file its annual financial report while a special board committee reviews internal controls, confirming a statement earlier this week that sent the shares on their worst drop in almost six years.
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The maker of computer servers said it would take “unreasonable effort or expense” to file on time its annual 10-K financial disclosures for the quarter and fiscal year ended June 30.
Super Micro first announced on Aug. 28 that it would delay the financial documents and confirmed its decision Friday in a regulatory filing. The San Jose, California-based company said a special committee is working diligently to assess the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting.
Earlier this week, short-seller Hindenburg Research released a critical report alleging “glaring accounting red flags, evidence of undisclosed related party transactions, sanctions and export control failures, and customer issues.”
Super Micro repeated its assertion that it doesn’t expect the annual financial filing to contain any material changes to its results announced on Aug. 6.
After Friday’s filing, the shares gained about 2% in extended trading. Earlier, the stock suffered its worst week since October 2018, dropping 29% to $437.70 at the close in New York.
The company sells high-powered servers for data centers and has experienced an explosion in demand for its wares amid the artificial intelligence boom, making its shares a proxy for enthusiasm in the technology. Super Micro’s stock more than tripled last year.
–With assistance from Brody Ford.
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