IFN OnAir

Islamic investment in the GCC – disrupted?

April 06, 2022 Omar Shaikh
IFN OnAir
Islamic investment in the GCC – disrupted?
Show Notes

When robo-advisors started becoming a reality in the investment space, many pundits hailed them as a disruptor of traditional financial services, but have they actually 'disrupted' the industry in the Middle East where analysts say has only captured a fraction of its digital potential? In this episode, Vineeta Tan speaks to Omar Shaikh, the founder and CEO of Cocoa Invest, an Islamic robo-advisor regulated in Bahrain, to understand the Shariah digital investment space in the Middle East, particularly the GCC.