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A new milestone was reached by the Islamic finance industry of Sri Lanka. The first Shariahbased income fund for the country was recently launched. It has the structure of a unit trust. It will be followed by another unit trust - Adl Mudarabah Fund - which will be launched under the combined expertise of Adl Capital Limited and Comtrust Asset Management (Pvt.) Limited. The Trustee of the fund will be Deutsche Bank. Its role is to monitor all investments.

With the scheduled launch of the company’s Shariah compliant Independent Finance Unit branded “CDB Meezan”, Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) endeavours an expansion in the domestic market of Islamic Finance. As part of CDB, “CDB Meezan” will act under its supervision and will offer a range of deposit and financing products and services to its entire clientele. “CDB Meezan” was made possible thanks to the expert guidance and supervision of SEC registered Investment Manager, Adl Capital Limited.