After working in the City from 2007 to 2013 in investment banking (M&A), I worked for nearly 3 years for a consortium of Middle Eastern investors (Bahrain HQ, but gathering investors from KSA, UAE, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait, as well as Brunei). I was covering for them investments in private equity, infrastructure and real estate - all of them Sharia compliant. I'd be glad to explain and discuss the religious principles and financial structuring behind Sharia finance, and how those are implementing in practice, to finish with a qualitative discussion about the pros and cons and the recent trends.