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OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
OJK Financial Service Authority (Indonesia)
PER Profit Equalizing Reserves
PKR Pakistani Rupees
PSAK Financial Accounting Standard (Indonesia)
PSIA Profit Sharing Investment Accounts
PTC Participation Term Certificate (Pakistan)
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
RM Malaysian Ringgit
ROSC Reports on Standards and Codes
ROW Rest of the World
SAC Shariah Advisory Council (Malaysia)
SAMA Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
SB Shariah Board
SBIF Stability Board for Islamic Finance
SBP State Bank of Pakistan (Central Bank)
SCM Securities Commission Malaysia
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SGF Shariah Governance Framework
SHSB Shari’ah High Supervisory Board (Sudan)
SLR Statutory Liquidity Requirements
SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises
SQR Shariah Quality Rating
SSB Shariah Supervisory Board
UAE United Arab Emirates
UCITS Undertakings for the collective investment in transferable securities
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UK United Kingdom
VAT Value added tax
WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union