ABBREVIATIONS

AuM

Assets under management

BIS

Bank for International Settlement

COMCEC

Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the

Organization of the Islamic Cooperation

GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

IFSI

Islamic Financial Services Industry

MENA

The Middle East and North Africa

NPL

Non-Performing Loans to Gross Loans

OIC

Organization of the Islamic Cooperation

OIC-HIGH

OIC-High Income Group

OIC-LIG

OIC-LMIG

OIC-UMIG

ROA

OIC-Low Income Group

OIC Lower Middle-Income Group

OIC-Upper Middle-Income Group

Return on Asset

ROE

Return on Equity