14 articles tagged “Investing”
Sukuk fill the bond-shaped hole in a halal portfolio, but they are not Islamic bonds. How the structures actually work, what AAOIFI requires, the risks the marketing skips, and the single ASX option.
A repeatable five-step process for screening any ASX company yourself: business test, three AAOIFI ratios, and the purification number - with the judgment calls made explicit.
Hajj is a savings goal with a religious constraint: the money must stay clean while it grows. The dedicated funds, the DIY routes, and how zakat interacts with a growing Hajj balance.
Australia now has listed halal ETFs, registered Islamic income funds, Shariah-compliant super and managed portfolios. Here is the full 2026 map, what each option costs, and how to decide where your money goes.
Almost every halal fund in Australia says it screens to AAOIFI standards. Here is what those standards actually test - the business screens, the financial ratios, and the purification step - and how to apply them yourself.
Five Shariah-certified ETFs trade on the ASX in 2026, all from one manager. What each fund holds, what it costs, how the performance stacks up, and where the gaps are.
Hejaz runs every halal ETF on the ASX. A fund-by-fund review of holdings, fees, certification and published performance, plus the disclosure gaps the marketing does not mention.
Beyond the ASX, Australia has a quiet shelf of unlisted halal funds: a registered Islamic mortgage fund paying monthly since 2009, managed portfolios from $5,000, wholesale funds to $100,000 minimums, and a co-operative running since 1998.
Three worked starting points for Australian Muslims: where the first $1,000 should go, how a $10,000 portfolio takes shape, and what changes when there is $100,000 on the table.
Property is the most Muslim-friendly asset class in principle and the most riba-entangled in Australian practice. Where the line runs: financing, REITs, funds and the negative gearing question.
Even screened halal shares generate slivers of impure income. Purification is how you clean it: what to calculate, when to give it away, and how Australian funds handle it for you - or don't.
Scholars genuinely disagree about cryptocurrency, and anyone selling you certainty is selling. The main positions, what they turn on, and the practical rules that hold whichever view you follow.
Gold is halal to own and easy to get wrong. The exchange rules that govern precious metals, why leverage and unbacked paper products fail, and the honest state of Australian options.
Your portfolio owes zakat, but how much depends on why you hold it. The trader rule, the long-term investor methods, what to do with ETFs and super-style funds, and worked numbers.