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In Conversation with Turkish Regulators
Moderator: Lauren McAughtry — Group Managing Editor, REDmoney Group Panelists: Ahmet Bicer — Executive Director, Head of Banking and Financial Institutions Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Aysegul Eksit — Executive Vice-Chair, Capital Markets Board of Turkey Raci Kaya — Deputy Undersecretary, Undersecretariat of Turkish Treasury
Innovation as the Key to Turkey’s Participation Finance Growth
As the global financial system adopts technological and product innovation to overcome disruptions set by fintech companies, how is participation finance adjusting to embrace this trend? We ask banking, fund management and debt capital markets luminaries to discuss innovation in each of these sectors. Moderator: Sera Somay — Partner, Paksoy Panelists: Ali Tuglu — Assistant General Manager, Albaraka Turk Emre Besli — Partner and Risk Advisory Leader, EY Turkey Luis Maldonado — Professor, IE Business School, Spain Tayfun Ozkan — CEO, KT Asset Management
Keynote Address
Himmet Karadag — Chairman, Borsa Istanbul
Developing New Leaders in the Islamic Banking Sector
The growth of Islamic banks, and Islamic finance, continues to outpace the development of talent the industry crucially needs. A dearth in human capital and leadership in particular is now one of the biggest challenges the industry faces. Are Islamic finance graduate programs in Pakistan adequately preparing young professionals for the industry? Is enough being done to develop scholars and Muftis to support the industry? Are Islamic finance graduate programs in Pakistan adequately preparing young professionals for the industry? Is enough being done to develop scholars and Muftis to support the industry? The objectives and vision of three newly established Centre of Excellences in Islamic Finance Moderator: Dr Saad Azmat — Associate Dean Research, Chair Centre for Islamic Finance, Suleman Dawood…
Presentation: Outlook for Islamic Asset Management and the Funds Industry in Pakistan
Mohammad Shoaib — CEO, Al Meezan Investment Management
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