Toby Birch

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The aim of this web-site is to show that there is a sustainable and alternative form of finance that provides a valid and proven path for the reformation of the western financial system.

A tall order, but leadership by example is the most powerful stimulant for change. Toby Birch has unique credibility in not only forecasting the current crisis but offering solutions that seem almost counter-intuitive.

We are privileged to be living through times of such enormous and beneficial upheaval which at first appear disconcerting.While our offspring will look back in bewilderment at how we caused this crisis, the generations to follow will be grateful for the reformation which will ultimately follow the current deformation.

April 2009

GENEVA (Reuters) - Islamic Finance could broaden its appeal well beyond its traditional base in the wake of the global financial crisis and could help restore discipline to the financial system, says one asset manager.

"Sharia principles would help asset managers to step back from financial engineering and shift toward risk and profit sharing, which is much healthier," Toby Birch is Managing Director of Oppenheim & Co Limited in Guernsey (investment managers) and Guernsey Gold Limited (bullion dealers). He has appeared on CNBC

He said many investors are attracted to Sharia-based investments because they avoid.

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