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Developing Islamic Capital and Takaful Market
Creating innovation in the Islamic capital market: New and current products What new trends are likely to develop in Shariah compliant capital raising ; impact of corporate sukuk in growth of corporate; major issues in raising capital through Sukuk Development in the Takaful industry and impact of Takaful windows furthering growth Islamic share index: Has it contributed towards increased market activity, how is the market performing? Moderator: Muhammad Raza — Group Head of Customer Support, Meezan Bank Panelists: Bilal Rasul — Executive Director, Chairman’s Secretariat, Head of Islamic Finance Department, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Ghulam Muhammad Abbasi — Director, Islamic Banking Department, State Bank of Pakistan Mufti Muhammad Hassaan Kaleem — Head of Shariah, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Mufti Syed Zahid Siraj — Vice-President…
Project & Infrastructure Finance & Public Private Partnerships (PPP): Investment Outlook and Mega Projects on the Rise
Moderator: Yavar Moini — Head, Islamic Solutions, Merchant Banking Group, Bank Alfalah Panelists: Abbas Husain —Managing Director and Head, Project and Export Finance, Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, Standard Chartered Bank, the UAE Mufti Irshad Ahmad Aijaz — Chairman, Shariah Supervisory Board, BankIslami Pakistan Muhammad Ali Malik — Executive Director(Financial Markets and Reserve Management), State Bank of Pakistan Qasim Aslam — Partner, Dentons, the UAE
Opportunities in Pakistan’s Islamic Banking Industry
Outlook for the establishment of Islamic banks, conversion of conventional business and opening of windows How will Pakistan’s Islamic banking institutions achieve critical mass and ensure profitability? Can the industry remain competitive without compromising its credibility? Impact of the National Financial Inclusion Policy in promoting growth of Islamic banking in Pakistan Are current regulations encouraging or suppressing growth? Moderator: Afaq Khan — Global Islamic Banker Panelists: Ali Muhammad Mahoon — President and CEO, MCB Islamic Bank Hasan Bilgrami — President and CEO, BankIslami Pakistan Dr Muhammad Imran Ashraf Usmani — Executive Member Shariah Supervisory Board and Resident Shariah Board Member, Meezan Bank Syed Samar Hasnain — Executive Director, (Developmental Finance Group)-State Bank of Pakistan Usman Ahmed — CEO, Citi Islamic Investment Bank and Citibank…
Keynote Address
Dr Syed Sohail Hussain Naqvi — Vice Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Keynote Address
Saeed Ahmad — Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Keynote Address
Bilal Rasul — Executive Director, Chairman’s Secretariat, Head of Islamic Finance Department, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)
The Challenge of Cross Border Distribution: What’s Holding the Industry Back?
Moderator: Dinesh Virik — Managing Director, Novagni Analytics & Advisory Panelists: Armin Choksey — Director, Head of Asian Investment Fund Center, PwC Singapore Roslina Abdul Rahman — Managing Director, Amundi Malaysia Sandeep Singh — Country Head, Malaysia, and Head of Islamic Business, Franklin Templeton Investments
The Islamic Funds Landscape in the Age of Fintech: Blockchain, Crypto Currencies and Digital Distribution
Moderator: Mohd Atasha Alias — Head of Scale Up Excellence, MDec and Founder of DigitalEconomist.co Panelists: Daniel Goettfert — Country Manager, FundedbyMe Malaysia Kyri Andreou — Director and Co-Founder, ATA Plus Mark Smalley — Co-founder and CEO, Neuroware Mohamed Izam Mohamed Yusof — CEO, IAP Integrated Naysan Munusamy — COO, pitchIN
Talking Shop with Fund Managers and Institutional Investors
Moderator: Stuart Hutton — Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical, the UK Panelists: Jamaluddin Nor Mohamad — Director, Islamic Capital Market, Bursa Malaysia Mahdzir Othman — CEO, i-VCAP Norashikin Kassim — CEO, CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Saliegh Salaam — Portfolio Manager, Old Mutual Investment Group, South Africa Sohail Jaffer — Deputy CEO, FWU Group, the UAE
In Conversation: The Hunt for Yield, Challenge of Liquidity and Preservation of Wealth in a Stressed Economic Environment
Intervieweer: Stella Cox — Managing Director, DDCap, the UK Interviewee: Professor Dr Rifaat Ahmed Abdelkarim — CEO, International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation
Luncheon Address
Lawrence Oliver — Deputy CEO, DDCAP, the UK
Real Asset Investing: What trends will we see shaping investments in oil, infrastructure, real estate and commodities?
Moderator: Vineeta Tan — Editor, Islamic Finance news Panelists: Elias Moubarak — Partner, Trowers & Hamlins, Bahrain Lim Say Cheong — Head of Islamic Banking, Maybank Singapore Richard Thomas — Institutional, Governmental and Multilateral Relationships, Gatehouse Bank, the UK