Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance

Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banks in Kuwait
Hussain Al Ali, Babak Naysary

Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore via a qualitative study, risk management practices in Islamic banks in Kuwait through addressing risk management processes, type of risks, and measuring and mitigating risks. An in-depth interview was carried out with five informants using the convenience sampling method. After the transcription of the interview data and detailed analysis using the thematic technique, the finding indicated that the practices of risk in Islamic banks in Kuwait is almost similar to the practices of used by conventional bank in Kuwait in term of risk management process, tools that measure the risks and the techniques adopted to mitigate risks.

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