Mirae Asset Global Investments has launched its inaugural sharia-compliant Asian equities fund that will invest in sharia-compliant companies in Asia. Mirae established the new UCITS-compliant fund to address demand from Islamic investors in the Middle East and Southeast Asia and thereby also widen its client base in the region. The new fund will be domiciled in Luxembourg as part of Mirae’s Global Discovery Fund SICAV and will be registered in a number of selected countries. Mirae Asset Financial Group was founded in 1997 and has expanded in recent years to include a global asset management capability with offices in 12 countries on 5 continents.