Roles and functions of special purpose vehicles (SPV): A comparison between Islamic and conventional finance

Authors

  • Mohammad Soleimani Faculty of Islamic Studies and Economics‎, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran
  • S. Mustafa Shadab Tehran University. Tehran, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24191/jeeir.v8i1.6219

Keywords:

special purpose vehicle (SPV), risk-sharing, securitization, Islamic finance

Abstract

The SPV (special purpose vehicle) is one of the key components of the securitization in both Islamic and conventional finance; however the details of how the transactions are implemented differ subject to the mode of securitization in Islamic and conventional finance. In conventional finance, the bank establishes a SPV and transfers its asset from its balance sheet to the SPV. The assets are used as the collateral for issuing securitized, debt-like instruments. Nevertheless, in Islamic finance mode of securitization, the SPV just services the cash flows for security holders and do participate in debt-issuance. This difference is originated from the risk-sharing principle in asset-based Islamic finance which contrasts with risk-transfer nature of an interest-based conventional finance and results in important differences in ownership right and valuation of SPVs in the two financial systems.

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2020-01-31

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Soleimani , M. ., & Shadab , S. M. . (2020). Roles and functions of special purpose vehicles (SPV): A comparison between Islamic and conventional finance. Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research, 8(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.24191/jeeir.v8i1.6219