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How Will Recent Developments Shape the Omani Islamic Capital Market?
What needs to be done to ensure sustainable capital market activity? A look at recent domestic transactions and what it means for future capital-raising in Oman Regulatory and legal considerations in structuring transactions: Are further regulations needed and how can current obstacles be sidestepped? Moderator: Jonathan Fried — Partner, Linklaters Panelists: Abdul Rahman Barham — Board Member, Tilal Development Co Ahsan Ali — Managing Director, Standard Chartered Saadiq Dr Ashraf al Nabhani — Chairman, Muscat Securities Market Kemal Rizadi Arbi — Expert/Advisor, Capital Market Authority Mansoor Jamal Malik — Managing Partner, AMJ
Islamic Finance in Oman: An Industry Roadmap
Industry leaders provide insight on what Oman’s Islamic finance landscape will look like in five years and what market players and regulators will need to do to get there. With developments already taking place in each major sector, how can sustainable growth be achieved in Oman’s banking and capital market sectors? What is Oman capable of achieving domestically and what is the outlook for cross-border Islamic finance activities? Moderator: Qasim Aslam — Partner, Dentons Panelists: H.E. Abdullah Salim Al-Salmi — Executive President, Capital Market Authority Ehab Hashish — Deputy General Manager Wholesale Banking, Alizz Islamic Bank Dr Jamil El Jaroudi — CEO, Bank Nizwa Sohail Niazi — Chief Islamic Banking Officer, Maisairah Islamic Banking Services, Bank Dhofar
Keynote Address
H.E Hamood Sangour Hashim Al Zadjali — Executive President of the Central Bank of Oman
Islamic Asset Management
Will a QFI license become a game-changer for fund managers in the region? Looking beyond petrochemicals: Investment opportunities in high potential sectors and asset classes: Construction, aviation, healthcare, real estate and education New players and product offerings in the Islamic asset management space What effect will KSA’s new investment regulations have on fund managers in the region and how will the asset management landscape evolve? How will global markets be affected by recently repatriated assets by Saudi Arabia? Moderator : Nabil Issa — Partner, King & Spalding Panelists : Bishr Shiblaq — Partner and Head of Middle East Office, Arendt & Medernach, UAE Monem Salam — President, Saturna Malaysia Walid Bin Ghaith — General Manager Asset Management and Chief Investment…
Outlook for Treasury and Liquidity Products
New structures and trends Opportunities and limitations in the QFI framework The use of global Islamic commodity platforms in liquidity management Moderator : Abdulkader Thomas — CEO, SHAPE Financial Panelists : Lawrence Oliver — Deputy CEO, DDCAP, United Kingdom Dr Sami Al-Suwailem — Head, Financial Product Development Center, the IDB Tom Guest — Head of Global Marketing, Eiger Trading Advisors
Presentation : Opportunities in Shariah-compliant Trade Finance
Nabil Marc Abdul Massih — CEO, INOKS Capital
Project Finance and Capital-Raising: State of the Market
As an increasing number of non-traditional Sukuk issuers begin to assess the inclusion of Sukuk in their monetary policies and with infrastructure spending in developing countries set to reach US $1 trillion per year, much has been said about the use of Sukuk in financing infrastructure projects. Considerations for debut issuers in Saudi Arabia Market trends from a product, structuring and pricing perspective What is driving the surge of Islamic capital raising in the KSA? What’s in the global pipeline for infrastructure and project Sukuk? Where are we likely to see future mega-deals? How will the current economic climate and commodity prices impact how infrastructure deals are done? Saudi investments in the energy Sukuk market Moderator : Lawrence Oliver — Deputy…
Onstage Interview : Paving the Way Forward for Islamic Finance in Global Markets
Interviewer : Jawad Ali — Managing Partner, Middle East Offices, King & Spalding Interviewees : Khaled Al Aboodi — CEO, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector Prof Dr. Rifaat Ahmed Abdelkarim — CEO, International Islamic Liquidity Corp
The New Environment for Shariah Compliant Investment in Saudi Arabia
KSA’s new financial regulatory structure and its impact on economic growth Effect of oil economics on the Islamic banking and capital market sector What will a new KSA growth strategy look like for foreign banks and intermediaries? Impact of CMA’s corporate debt market reform on Sukuk issuances and investment The role of standards and global regulation in developing Islamic finance in Saudi Arabia Moderator : James Stull — Partner, King & Spalding Panelists : Dr. Hamed Hassan Merah — Secretary General, AAOIFI Khaled AlAkeel — Head of Islamic Financial Services, SABB Muhammad Currim Oozeer — Deputy CEO, Sidra Capital
Keynote Address
Khaled Al Aboodi — CEO, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector
Keynote Address
Sheikh Dr. Mohamed Ali Elgar
Session IV: Challenges to Mobilizing Islamic Finance for Long-term Investments
This section will include the discussion of the main challenges to the development of Islamic finance as a long-term investment vehicle Moderator: Hylmun Izhar – Economist, IRTI, IDB Speakers: Khalid Sulaiman AlSaeed – Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Debt & Capital Market Instruments Division, IMF Cengiz Alp Eroğlu - Senior Policy Advisor, IOSCO Dr. Majid Kermani – Director, Strategy and Policy Department, ICD