An Internship Report On Modes of Investment A Study on Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (part-3)


§  To give preference to invest in SME, Real Estate, Retail, Consumer and other special schemes including Rural Development Scheme for income and employment generation.
§  To give preference to short-term investment to long-term investment in maintaining a balanced portfolio.
§  To expand investment operations beyond the niche market by including new clients from all sectors.
§  To look into the profitability of investments.

§  To induct best of the best clients of the market.
§  To encourage investment where the risk weight is less.
§  To ensure safety and security of investments.
§  To keep investment pricing competitive.
§  To keep non-performing investment at the lowest possible level.
§  To balance maturity of investment with the maturity of deposit to avert liquidity risk.
§  To explore the possibility of investment in the existing Money and Capital Market and help organization of Islamic Money and Capital Market.
3.7 Guidelines to Manage Investment (Credit) and Investment (Credit) Risk:        
Credit Risk Management Guidelines involve in assessing and managing credit risks associated with the selection process of a potential borrower, credit structuring (amount, duration, purpose, repayment, and support), approval process of credit, credit documentation (security and disbursement), credit administration, credit monitoring and recovery functions of a bank or financial institution. At the selection stage, credit risk grading is essential to keep the credit risk exposure at a tolerable level.




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Figure: Guidelines for Investment (Credit) and Investment (Credit) Risk Management
Source: Managing Core Risks of Financial Institutions, Credit Risk Management, Industry Best Practice, Bangladesh Bank.
 This guideline will make us understand “To manage credit risk-
§  How the credit will be “Assessed” and how the credit risk will be “Granted”?
§  How the “Credit Approval Authority” will be worked and what are the processes?
§  How “Internal Audit” can be used as a tool for managing credit risk?
§  How the “Risk Management Structure” will be look like?
§  What is the appropriate Credit Administration?
§  How a bank can monitor its credit to Minimize Credit Risk?
§  What are the effective steps to make an Effective Recovery Performance?


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3.8 Basel Guidelines and its Compliance:
IBBL has constituted Stress Testing Committee and Assessment of Capital under Basel II Accord Committee to look after the Stress Testing & Basel-II related risk issues. Addressing the Investment Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk and other risks associated with the banking operations, IBBL has been linking its risk profile with the capital which is the major risk absorbing tool. Currently the capital adequacy of IBBL is 13.49% wherein the industry average is only 10.46%. IBBL is committed to continuous improvement of bank’s internal procedure for assessing the specific risk situation, ongoing adjustment and further development of new methods of risk management and internal control, covering external factors and risk areas which are not taken into account or partially taken into account while calculating Minimum Capital Requirements, quantifying the risks under pillar 2 of Basel-II, stress testing, Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), setting capital targets that are commensurate with the Bank‟s risk profile and control environment etc. For adequate supervision of capital functions and risks, Bank has formed a Supervisory Review Process Team (SRPT) as stipulated in Bangladesh Bank‟s guidelines.
3.9 Principles of Sound Investment Criteria:
It should be clearly understood that the principles are not inflexible laws & are given as guidelines for protecting credit. In a practical competitive world, risks are defined, accepted and credit is often granted even though a person does not strictly with some of the criteria described below. The basic investment criteria can be considered as eight main headings as follows:
§  Principle of Safety
§  Principle of Liquidity
§  Principles of Purpose
§  Character & Ability of the Borrower
§  Principles of Security
§  Principles of Profitability
§  Source of Repayment
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§  Principles of National Interest
Principles of Safety:
The first lending principle is safety. The very existence of a bank depends upon the safety of its advances. Safety should not be sacrificed for profitability. So utmost care should be exercised to ensure that the funds go to the right type of borrower, are utilized in such a way that they remain safe and the repayment comes in the normal course.
Principle of Liquidity:
Liquidity means the availability of bank funds on short notice. The liquidity of an advance means its repayment on demand on due date or after a short notice. Therefore, the banks must have to maintain sufficient liquidity to repay its depositors and tradeoff between the liquidity and profitability is must.
Principles of Purpose:
The bank should not invest money for any purposes for which a borrower may be free from all risks but if the funds borrower are employed for unproductive. Purpose like a marriage ceremony, pleasure trip etc. or speculative activities, the repayment in the normal course will become uncertain.
 Character &Ability of the Borrower: The primary responsibility of the leading banker is “know your customer and his business”. While considering the character and of a borrower, the following point must be kept in mind.
§  Do know your customer already?
§  Was he respectively introduced?
§  If he was previously a customer of another bank, why has he come to Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, Try to previous bank statement?
§  Have you made the account opening inquires required by the bank?
§  What is the business its ownership?
§  What are the customer’s background and financial track record?
§   Customer’s honesty & integrity and personal stability?
§  How has the customer managed his financial circumstances in the past?
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The branch manager should have the answer of the above queries and should be to judge his ability to use the investment facilities to his advantage. The advance should be granted only to those borrowers in whom the branch manager has full confidence.
Principle of Security:
The security offered by a borrower for an advance is insurance to the banker. It serves as the safety value for an unforeseen emergency. So another principle of sound investment is the security of investment. The security accepted by a banker to cover a bank advance must be adequate, readily marketable, easy to handle and free from any encumbrance.
Principle of Profitability:
Banking is essentially a business, which aims at earning of a good profit. The working funds of a bank are collected mainly by means of deposit from the public and interest has to be paid on those deposits.
Sources of Repayment:
After the branch manager has ensured that the investment will be a profitable propositioning for the bank, he should then turn his attention to the cash flow situation of the borrower.
Principle of National Interest:
The above development of banking has reached a stage where a banker is required to identify his business with national policies. Banking Industry has a significant role to play in the economic development of a country. So, the savings of the people which are mobilized by banks must be distributed to those sectors which require development in the country’s planning program.








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Part Four
Modes of Investment: A study on Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, Sylhet Branch, Sylhet




4.1 Investment Process of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited:
Generally a bank takes certain steps to deliver its proposed investment to the client. But the process takes deep analysis. Because banks invest depositors fund, not banks‟ own fund. If the bank fails to meet depositors demand, then it must collapse. So, each bank should take strong concentration on investment proposal. However, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited makes its investment decision through successfully passing the following crucial steps:

Figure: Process of Investment in IBBL
Source: Investment Department of IBBL, Sylhet Branch
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4.1.1 Selection of the Client:
In this stage investment taker (client) approaches to any of the branches of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. Then, he talks with the manager or respective officer (investment). Secondly, the bank considers five C‟s of the client. After successful completion of the discussion between the client and the bank, bank selects the client for its proposed investment. It is to be noted that the client/customer must agree with the bank’s rules & regulations before availing investment. Generally, bank analyses the following five C,s of the client:
§  Character;
§  Capacity; 
§  Capital;
§  Collateral; and
§  Condition.
















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Figure: Selection of Investment Client Mechanisms

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4.1.2 Application Stage:
At this stage, the bank will collect necessary information about the prospective client. For this reason, the bank informs the prospective client to provide and/or fill duly respective information which is crucial for the initiation of investment proposal. Generally, here, all the required documents for taking investment have to prepare by the client himself. Documents that are necessary for getting investment of IBBL are prescribed below:
Ø  Trade License photocopy (for proprietorship);
Ø  Abridged pro forma income statement;
Ø  Attested copy of partnership deed (for partnership business);
Ø  Prior three (03) years‟ audited balance sheet (for joint stock company);
Ø  Prior three (03) years‟ business transaction statement for the Musharaka/Mudaraba investment;
Ø  Abridged pro forma income statement for the Musharaka/Mudaraba investment;
Ø  Attested copy of the Memorandum of Association (MOA) & Articles of Association (AOA) for the joint stock company;
Ø  Attested copy of the Tax Identification Number (TIN) - including final assessment;
Ø  Summary of the sundry debtors and creditors (including both times& schedule);
Ø  Summary of the personal movable & immovable assets; and others.
4.1.3 Appraisal Stage:
At this stage, the bank evaluates the client and his/her business. It is the most important stage. Because on the basis of this stage, the bank usually goes for sanctioning the proposed investment limit/proposal. If anything goes wrong here, the bank suddenly stops to make payment of investment.
In order to appraise the client, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited provides a standard F-167B Form (Appraisal Report) to the client for gathering all the information. The original copy of the appraisal report is enclosed in the appendix chapter. However, the following contents are presented from that appraisal report:
Ø  Company’s/Client’s Information.
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Ø  Owner’s Information.
Ø  List of Partners/Directors.
Ø  Purpose of Investment/Facilities.
Ø   Details of Proposed Facilities/Investment
Ø  Break up of Present Outstanding.
Ø  Other Liabilities of the Client/Group.
Ø  Previous Banker’s Information.
Ø  Details of Sister/Allied Concerns.
Ø  Allied Deposit as on.
Ø  Business/Industry Analysis.
Ø  Relationship Analysis.
Ø  Asset-Liability position of the client as per Audited Balance Sheet.
Ø  Working Capital Assessment.
Ø  Risk Grade.
Ø  Particulars of the storehouse for storing MPI/Murabaha goods.
Ø  Insurance Coverage.
Ø  Audit Observation.
Ø  Security Analysis.
4.1.4 Sanctioning Stage:
At this stage, the bank officially approves the investment proposal of the respective client. In this case client receives the bank’s sanction letter. Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited’s sanction letter contains the following elements:
Ø  Investment limit in million.
Ø  Mode & amount of investment.
Ø   Purpose of investment.
Ø   Period of investment.
Ø   Rate of return.
Ø   Securities.
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4.1.4.1 Cash/Goods Security:
In allowing Murabaha investment and the amount of cash security is generally realized from the client (amount depends on the nature of goods, creditworthiness of the client, collateral security obtained etc.) which is converted to goods security after the purchase of goods purchased out of the bank’s investment and client’s cash security is pledged to the bank, kept under bank’s custody before its delivery to the client for payment. Example: If, for a Murabaha investment cash security is fixed at 25% Bank’s investment stands at 75% of the total goods purchased. For example, if cost of total goods purchased is Tk.1,00,000 Bank’s investment will be Tk.75000 and client’s cash security will be Tk.25,000.
Bank
Client
Total Cost of Goods
Tk. 75,000 (75%)                    
Tk. 25,000 (25%)
Tk. 100,000 (100%)
4.1.5 Documentation Stage:
At this stage, usually the bank analyses whether required documents are in order. In the documentation stage, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited checks the following documents of the client:
i. Tax Payment Certificate.
ii. Stock Report.
iii. Trade License (renewal).
iv. VAT certificate
v. Liability statement from different parties.
vi. Receivable from different clients.
vii. Other assets statement.
viii. AungykarNama.
ix. GhosonaPotra.
x. Three (03) years net income & business transactions.
xi. Performance report with the bank.
xii. Account Statement Form of the bank.

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xiii. Valuation Certificate;
                 a. Particulars of the Proposal.
                 b. Particulars of the Mortgagor.
                 c. Particulars of the Properties.
xiv. Outstanding liability position of the bank.
xv. CIB (Credit Information Bureau) Report.
4.1.6 Disbursement Stage:
At this stage, the bank decides to pay out money. Here, the client gets his/her desired fund or goods. It is to be noted that before disbursement a “site plan” showing the exact location of each mortgage property needs to be physically verified.
4.1.7 Monitoring & Recovery Stage:
At this final stage of investment processing of the Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. The bank will contact with the client continually, for example- the bank can obtain a monthly stock report from the client in case of micro investment. Here, the bank will keep his eye on over the investment taker. If needed, the bank will physically verify the client’s operations. Also if the bank feels that anything is going wrong then it tries to recover its investment fund from the client.











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4.2 Investment Products of IBBL:
Islamic banks do not directly deal with money. They run business with money. The funds of
Islamic banks are mainly invested in the following modes:
i. Mudaraba;
ii. Musharaka;
iii. Bai-Murabaha;
iv. Bai-Muajjal;
v. Salam and Parallel Salam;
vi. Istisna and parallel Istisna;
vii. Ijara;                
viii. IjarahMuntahiaBittamleek (Hire Purchase);
ix. Hire Purchase MusharakaMutanaqisa;
x. Direct Investment;
xi. Investment Auctioning etc.
xii. Quard                    
xiii. Quard Hassan etc.












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Figure: Investment Mechanisms of IBBL
4.3 Bai- Mechanism:
i. Bai-Murabaha:
Contractual buying and selling at a mark-up profit is called Murabaha. In this case, the client requests the bank to purchase certain goods for him. The bank purchases the goods as per specification and requirement of the client. The client receives the goods on payment of the price which includes mark-up profit as per contract. Under this mode of investment the purchase/ cost price and profit are to be disclosed separately.
Features of Bai-Murabaha:
§  It is permissible to take cash/collateral security to guarantee the implementation of the promise or to indemnify any losses that may result.
§  The bank sells the goods at a price above the cost to obtain a profit. The sale price that is
charged by the bank is agreed upon in the Bai-Murabaha. The profit can be stated in
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terms of a flat dollar amount or on a percentage of the purchase price. If a percentage is used, the percentage shall never be expressed in terms of time, in order to avoid confusion that the price is a form of interest (Riba), which is not allowed.
§  The price agreed to in the agreement is binding on both parties.
§  It is permissible for the bank to contract with a third party to buy and receive the goods on its behalf. This agreement must be a separate contract.
ii. Bai-Muajjal:                                                                                                                                
"Bai-Muajjal" means sale for which payment is made at a future fixed date or within a fixed period. In short, it is a sale on Credit. It is a contract between a buyer and a seller under which the seller sells certain specific goods (permissible under Shariah and Law of the Country), to the buyer at an agreed fixed price payable at a certain fixed future date in a lump sum or within a fixed period by fixed installments. The seller may also sell the goods purchased by him as per order and specification of the buyer. In bank's perspective, Bai-Muajjal is treated as a contract between the bank and the client under which the bank sells the client certain specified goods, purchased as per order and specification of the client at an agreed price payable within a fixed future date in a lump sum or by fixed installments.
Features of Bai-Muajjal:
§  It is permissible and in most cases, the client will approach the bank with an offer to purchase a specific good through a Bai-Muajjal agreement.
§  It is permissible to make the promise binding upon the client to purchase the goods from the bank.
§  It is also permissible to document the debt resulting from Bai-Muajjal by a Guarantor, or a mortgage or both, like any other debt.
§  Mortgage/Guarantee/Cash security may be obtained prior to the signing of the Agreement or at the time of signing the Agreement.
§  The bank may sell the goods at a higher price than the purchase price to earn profit.
§  All goods purchased on behalf of a Bai-Muajjal agreement are the responsibility of the bank until they are delivered to the client.  

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