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Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami Trust
Annual Report 2014
Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami Trust (DMI)
was founded in 1981. It has an
extensive network stretching over
four continents, with well integrated
regional subsidiaries enabling it to
respond to local business needs
and conditions. Based on this
geographic structure, the DMI Group
and associates act as a financial
bridge between the world’s leading
financial centres and Islamic
countries.
The Group comprises three main
business sectors: Islamic banking,
Islamic investment and Islamic
insurance.
Islamic banking is exercised in
different forms: commercial and
retail banking in the Gulf region
and other parts of the world; fund
management and financial services
in Switzerland and Jersey. Islamic
investment companies are located
in Bahrain, Egypt and Pakistan.
There are also associated Islamic
insurance companies based in
Bahrain and Luxembourg, providing
services to the Islamic communities
in the Middle East and Europe.
The Board of Supervisors of DMI Trust
directs and oversees the business
of the Group. DMI Administrative
Services S.A., located in Geneva,
Switzerland, provides assistance
to the Board of Supervisors, in
particular in the areas of legal
and financial control, audit and
risk management and information
technology.
DMI Trust is an institution that
creates, maintains and promotes
Islamic financial institutions. Asset
management is one of the Group’s
core business activities. Clients’
funds are invested prudently with
the objective of optimal return as
well as asset preservation. DMI
has devised a comprehensive range
of Islamic financial instruments to
channel investors’ funds into viable
Sharia compatible operations and
investments.
Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami Trust