• Islamic finance assets grew 7% hitting US$ 2 trillion at the end of 2015
• 2015’s drop in oil prices took a toll on the performance of financial institutions
• 622 institutions provided Islamic finance education in 2015
• 35 countries practise Islamic finance regulation in 2015

Thomson Reuters (http://ift.tt/x3Ojpy), the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (www.ICD-IDB.org), the private sector development arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), today released the key findings of the fourth edition of the Islamic Finance Development Report at the World Islamic Banking conference (WIBC) 2016, held in Bahrain.

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