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''Money market funds - regulation''.
''Islamic finance''


(RDM).
Reverse murabaha is an Islamic finance instrument that is used to obtain cash immediately.


RDM is a practice used by stable-priced money market funds to deal with negative yield, where units of shares are cancelled.


It is similar to a standard [[murabaha]] structure, but with an extra leg.


The European Commission has sent a letter to ESMA stating that it considers that reverse distribution mechanism (RDM) is not compatible with the MMF Regulation.  
The standard part of the structure involves the bank buying the commodity from a goods supplier and selling it on to its customer on a deferred payment basis.  


The Commission is requesting ESMA to develop guidance on the issue in order to ensure supervisory convergence.
The extra step involves the customer selling on the commodity (usually back to the original goods supplier) against immediate cash payment.
 
 
The customer is left with cash in hand and a deferred payment liability to the bank.
 
In addition to credit risk on the customer, the bank also takes on asset risk and third party risk of the supplier reneging on the supply agreement.
 
 
Reverse murabaha is also sometimes known as 'tawarruq' or 'monetization'.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[ESMA]]
*[[Credit risk]]
* [[European Commission]]
*[[Islamic finance]]
* [[Money market]]
*[[Murabaha]]
 
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Revision as of 13:53, 26 June 2015

Islamic finance

Reverse murabaha is an Islamic finance instrument that is used to obtain cash immediately.


It is similar to a standard murabaha structure, but with an extra leg.

The standard part of the structure involves the bank buying the commodity from a goods supplier and selling it on to its customer on a deferred payment basis.

The extra step involves the customer selling on the commodity (usually back to the original goods supplier) against immediate cash payment.


The customer is left with cash in hand and a deferred payment liability to the bank.

In addition to credit risk on the customer, the bank also takes on asset risk and third party risk of the supplier reneging on the supply agreement.


Reverse murabaha is also sometimes known as 'tawarruq' or 'monetization'.


See also