About Us

Guidance Financial Group is one of the few financial organizations in the world addressing the needs of housing finance consumers and institutional investors for high-quality and principled financial services and investment solutions.

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Global Products & Services

Guidance is a pioneer in the creation of values-based residential mortgages, secondary market housing finance solutions, and investment products and services for institutional investors.

Opportunities for Investors & Partners

Guidance offers investors, clients and global partners meaningful opportunities to participate in principles-based financial solutions in the housing finance and investment markets. We bring innovative products, deep management experience, an extensive institutional investment network, and a respected Shariah Supervisory Board.

Principled Finance

Guidance gives consumers, industry participants and institutional investors the ability to act upon their principled values through the financial services and investment solutions that we provide on a global basis.

Management

Guidance's worldwide team brings extensive experience, expertise and accomplishment in the fields of economics, finance, investment/operating business management, Islamic finance, research and development and pioneering product creation.

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Dr Mohd Daud Bakar is an established Shariah scholar with wide experience in teaching and research. His areas of specialisation included Islamic Legal Theory, Islamic Banking and Finance, Islamic Law of Zakah and Islamic Medical Law. Besides his teaching and research assignments, Dr. Bakar provides Shariah consultancy, structuring and advisory services to various Islamic financial institutions. Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar is currently the Chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council at the Central Bank of Malaysia, the Securities Commission of Malaysia and the Labuan Financial Services Authorities. Dr. Mohd Daud was previously the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the International Islamic University Malaysia. Dr. Mohd Daud is a Shariah board member of various financial institutions, Dow Jones Islamic Market Index (New York), The National Bank of Oman, Morgan Stanley (Dubai), Bank of London and Middle East (London), Noor Islamic Bank (Dubai), Jadwa-Russell Islamic Fund (Saudi Arabia), Salama Islamic Insurance, amongst many others. Dr. Bakar obtained his Bachelor of Shariah from the University of Kuwait in 1988 and a Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.