Institutional banking

Institutional distribution

Our institutional transactions and sukuk issues are distributed to a wide variety of Islamic banks, banking windows and NBFIs in a number of geographic markets. With the extensive HSBC Group network at our disposal, we are in a unique position to originate and structure transactions for clients across a range of differing risk and maturity profiles.

Treasury

HSBC Amanah has developed a range of Shariah compliant products comparable to those in the conventional treasury market. These include:

• Short-term murabaha programme based on the financing of commodity trades, including a facility to enhance returns based on FX risk
• Long term murabaha structures offering enhanced returns based on credit risk
• Products linked to physical Gold bullion; and
• Market making in sukuk.

These products offer varying returns to investors depending on the underlying risk of the product.

Risk management

The growth and development of the Islamic banking industry has lead to an increased demand for financial risk management tools. HSBC Amanah has developed a basic suite of hedging structures for rate risk and FX risk. We are working on the next generation of hedging products to allow for more flexible risk management, and to focus on other risks such as the credit risk of corporate and retail portfolios.

Transaction banking

HSBC Amanah offers a range of transaction banking services for Islamic banks through various Group offices. They include payments and cash management (including Shariah compliant clearing accounts and overnight commodity murabaha), LC confirmation and advising, custody and clearing, and wholesale banknotes.

Corporate advisory

HSBC Amanah offers a developing range of corporate finance advisory capabilities. We specialize in Shariah compliant debt solutions, private placements, acquisitions and corporate restructuring.