MAYBANK ISLAMIC BAGS GLOBAL FINANCE AWARDS
KUALA LUMPUR: Maybank Islamic Bhd won its first-ever “Best Global Islamic Financial Institution” award at the Global Finance Awards 2017.
It was also recognised as the Best Global Sukuk Bank and Best Global Provider of Syariahcompliant ShortTerm Investments — its second consecutive wins in both categories.
Maybank Islamic, the largest Islamic bank in Asean in terms of total assets, was also named the Best Islamic Financial Institution in Asia Pacific, and it also clinched the country awards for Malaysia and Singapore.
Maybank Islamic chief executive officer Datuk Mohamed Rafique Merican said the awards were a recognition of the commitment and capability demonstrated by the Maybank Group and Maybank Islamic in pursuing its global Islamic banking leadership aspirations.
He said its adoption of Islamic First strategy has led to Maybank Islamic being recognised as one of the leading financial institutions globally.
Maybank Islamic has won the Best Islamic Financial Institution award in Malaysia for six consecutive years from 2012, and named Best Islamic Financial Institution in Singapore four times by Global Finance, the official media partner of the IMF/World Bank 2017 annual meetings.
Global Finance publisher and editorial director Joseph Giarraputo said the winners of this year’s awards had contributed to the growth of Islamic finance and successfully met customers’ needs for syariah-compliant products and services.
All selections were made by the editorial team of Global Finance after extensive consultations with bankers, corporate finance executives and analysts throughout the world.