SALAMA ties up with BNP Paribas Investment Partners to provide a bouquet of Shari’ah compliant funds to its customers
SALAMA, the world's largest Takaful and Re-Takaful Group ties up with BNP Paribas Investment Partners, one of the leading asset managers, to offer BNP Paribas’s flagship Islamic Fund, the Global Equity Optimizer, with investor returns linked to Shariah compliant global equity markets, including Asia, Europe and the USA. The fund uses an actively managed optimization strategy which has consistently outperformed the global benchmark, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index. SALAMA is pleased to provide it’s customers with Shari’ah compliant insurance together with value added investment services that can cater to clients long term investment needs, which are compliant to Shari’ah principles. SALAMA presents an assembly of diverse Shari’ah compliant unit linked insurance products to its discerning clients and with BNP Paribas’s asset management services it is possible to offer the best of class Shari’ah compliant investment opportunities.
Mr. Noel D’Mello, the Head of Family Takaful, SALAMA, commented, “SALAMA has entered into several tactical tie ups with renowned Islamic Fund Investment companies and distributor alliances to spread Shari’ah compliant savings and insurance products within the UAE. We are particularly delighted to have entered into collaboration with BNP Paribas Investment Partners to allow the public to have access to a globally recognized and award winning Islamic fund through our local presence.”
BNP Paribas has taken the lead, and has been the first to develop a Shari’ah compliant global equity optimization strategy, that has historically always outperformed the benchmark, not only during bull markets of 2006 and 2007, but also during the recent bear market conditions in 2008.
On the occasion, Muneer Fulayfil, Director - Middle East & Africa of BNP Paribas Investment Partners, commented: “We are committed to the development of local products and Islamic funds, like the Shari’ah compliant Global Equity Optimizer, which won the Failaka award for Best Global Fund in 2007 for its strategy and excellent performance track record. Since its inception, the fund has returned close to 25% to its investors.’’ He added: “We are very pleased to collaborate with SALAMA, the largest Takaful and Re- Takaful player in the region Their offering of BNP Paribas linked investments, is one of a series of ties aimed at providing innovative solutions for our growing customers seeking Takaful and Re-Takaful solutions.”
