Papers by Tunku Alina Alias
Islamic Finance News, 2017
This article was first published in Islamic Finance News Volume 14 Issue 37 dated the 13th Septem... more This article was first published in Islamic Finance News Volume 14 Issue 37 dated the 13th September 2017.
The article discusses the suitability of mediation as a dispute resolution method in Islamic Finance, based on the cultural and historical traditions as well as the nature of conflict and disputes within the field.
Handbook on Islam and Economic Life, 2014
This paper presents the waqf as a financial intermediary between donors and social enterprises. T... more This paper presents the waqf as a financial intermediary between donors and social enterprises. The model is based on the cash waqf structure with the purpose of connecting donors with nonprofit organizations that carry out social entrepreneurship to provide them with enterprise level equity financing. Nonprofit organizations deal with societal issues and needs, they require scale in order to have impact. Most nonprofit organizations are small or medium-sized as they do not have access to financing in order to grow their institution to scale or to become sustainable. In carrying out venture philanthropy as its mission, the Enterprise Waqf Fund employs venture capital ideas to select nonprofit social entrepreneurs or enterprises and nurture the nonprofit organization's growth to a sustainable level within a specific time frame. In this paper, the author discusses how the waqf structure is combined with social entrepreneurship to create the model for the Enterprise Waqf Fund.
Research Note setting out key points to a modern waqf law for states in Malaysia cited as ISRA In... more Research Note setting out key points to a modern waqf law for states in Malaysia cited as ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2014 pg 135
An extract from The Gift Economy chapter in Handbook on Islam and economic life.
Middle East Studies Association of N.A. Conference, Oct 11, 2013
The earliest dated mosques in the Malay States are from the early 18th century and provide the fi... more The earliest dated mosques in the Malay States are from the early 18th century and provide the first evidence of public dedication of property for religious purposes. Later, Arab and Indian Muslim traders who had settled in the Malay States introduced the practice of public purpose and family waqfs. Nevertheless, these waqfs became subject to court decisions and laws originating from external sources such as the British, French and the Ottomans leading to foreign norms that were superimposed upon the local practices during the 19th and early 20th centuries up until the independence of Malaya. The current management of waqf assets in Malaysia today originates from these norms in that they are now centrally controlled and managed by the state government through the State Islamic Religious Councils.
In this paper, the cash waqf model is infused with concepts from venture capital to enhance the d... more In this paper, the cash waqf model is infused with concepts from venture capital to enhance the dynamism of the cash waqf, specifically in decisions relating to waqf asset investment and program spending.
This paper discusses what is required for a venture-capitalist firm to successfully distinguish i... more This paper discusses what is required for a venture-capitalist firm to successfully distinguish itself in both Shari’ah and market driven manner. A balanced scorecard is derived for the venture-capitalist firm in order to focus and guide its strategies towards
successfully achieving its targets as measured by a profitable exit for its investee companies and alpha returns for itself and its partners. The metrics that will be addressed in the balance scorecard will include the requisite skill-set of the venture capitalist partners, financial modeling and planning, risk-reward assessment, criteria for investee portfolio and the level, processes and type of extra-financial support to be provided to the portfolio. These metrics are filtered through Shari’ah-based principles and processes to result in a sustainable model for an Islamic venture capitalist firm that provides a broader perspective on its health and activities.
Talks by Tunku Alina Alias
These are my suggestions for the 21 st century waqf in Malaysia, given during a lecture at UIA in... more These are my suggestions for the 21 st century waqf in Malaysia, given during a lecture at UIA in November 2012.
This are the slide notes for my lecture in the International Graduates Law Program series in Nove... more This are the slide notes for my lecture in the International Graduates Law Program series in November 2015, at the University of Miami, School of Law. Please email me at tunkualina@gmail.com if you are interested in the slides.
Conference Presentations by Tunku Alina Alias
This is the contents page of the recent TBRL-Waqf publication, in which my research has been incl... more This is the contents page of the recent TBRL-Waqf publication, in which my research has been included. This paper was presented at the Waqf Study Symposium at Toyo Bunko, Tokyo on December 5-6, 2015. You may access through the Toyo Bunko website http://www.toyo-bunko.or.jp/toyobunko-e/index.php
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Papers by Tunku Alina Alias
The article discusses the suitability of mediation as a dispute resolution method in Islamic Finance, based on the cultural and historical traditions as well as the nature of conflict and disputes within the field.
successfully achieving its targets as measured by a profitable exit for its investee companies and alpha returns for itself and its partners. The metrics that will be addressed in the balance scorecard will include the requisite skill-set of the venture capitalist partners, financial modeling and planning, risk-reward assessment, criteria for investee portfolio and the level, processes and type of extra-financial support to be provided to the portfolio. These metrics are filtered through Shari’ah-based principles and processes to result in a sustainable model for an Islamic venture capitalist firm that provides a broader perspective on its health and activities.
Talks by Tunku Alina Alias
Conference Presentations by Tunku Alina Alias
The article discusses the suitability of mediation as a dispute resolution method in Islamic Finance, based on the cultural and historical traditions as well as the nature of conflict and disputes within the field.
successfully achieving its targets as measured by a profitable exit for its investee companies and alpha returns for itself and its partners. The metrics that will be addressed in the balance scorecard will include the requisite skill-set of the venture capitalist partners, financial modeling and planning, risk-reward assessment, criteria for investee portfolio and the level, processes and type of extra-financial support to be provided to the portfolio. These metrics are filtered through Shari’ah-based principles and processes to result in a sustainable model for an Islamic venture capitalist firm that provides a broader perspective on its health and activities.