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The Future of Islamic Banking in Asia
This panel will feature leaders in Asia’s Islamic finance industry offering their views on where the industry is headed and initiatives in each major industry sector and market. Hear directly from Islamic finance leads on their plans to stimulate Islamic banking activity, develop education and leadership in Islamic finance and grow Islamic investments in their respective markets. Moderator : Imran Mufti — Partner, Hogan Lovells, the UAE Panelists : Ibrahim Hassan — CEO and Managing Director, RHB Islamic Bank Mahmud Hossain — Managing Director, Millennium Information Solution Mustafha Haji Abdul Razak — Managing Director, Bank Rakyat Malaysia
Presentation: Asia Pacific Asset Management 2020: Get Ready for the Asian Decade
Armin Choksey — Director, Head of Asian Investment Fund Center, PwC Singapore
Bringing Banking Innovation to Islamic Finance
How are African Islamic banks innovating to stay ahead in the retail game? How is technology reshaping the provision of banking and Takaful services? What opportunities exist and how do we bridge the gap between supply and demand in the African SME landscape? What is needed to spur investment in the SME sector? Will Fintech’s impact on retail banking and Takaful be complementary or pose a challenge to the industry? Where do African financial services providers stand in developing Islamic microfinance products and what lessons can be learnt from other jurisdictions? Moderator: Nida Raza — Director and Head of Advisory, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector Panelists: Mahmud Hossain — Managing Director, Millennium Information Solution Souleymane Diarassouba…
Keynote Address
Stephen Barclay – Economic Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury
Investing in Middle Eastern Sukuk
Sukuk originating from the Middle East have attracted US and other foreign investors with increased size and frequency in the past few years. While the recent Dana Gas debacle has rattled investors, how are US investors viewing securities issued from the Gulf and what can be anticipated going forward? Moderator: James Stull – Partner, King & Spalding Panelists: Dan Reddington – Fixed Income Broker, Liquidity Finance Patrick Drum – Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst, Saturna Capital
The Cryptocurrency Conundrum: Friend or foe? Fear or embrace?
We debate the key issues surrounding cryptocurrencies and discuss their role in the global Islamic finance industry. What is the potential for initial coin offerings and will asset-linked coins feature in the corporate fundraising process? Moderator: Khalid Howladar – Managing Director and Founder, Acreditus Panelists: Alan Laubsch – Founder and Chief Strategist, Blufolio Robin Lee – CEO, HelloGold Tobias Young – Head of Hydrocarbons, Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange
Opportunities for Islamic Finance, Banking and Investment in Kenya and East Africa
We discuss key ideas, issues and themes influencing Islamic finance, banking and investment in Kenya and the region. What will offer opportunity and what will disrupt and what role will Islamic finance play in the development of social inclusion and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in East Africa? What of new regulatory measures designed to boost domestic Islamic finance activity and what else is needed to grow capital markets, investment management, banking and Takaful? Moderator: Tego Wolasa, Retail and Product Development Manager, KCB Sahl Bank Panelists: Ahsan Ali, Head of Islamic Origination, Standard Chartered Bank Claire Matheson Kirton, Partner, White & Case Justus Agoti, Senior Researcher, Capital Markets Authority
A Global View of Islamic Finance and Shariah Compliant Transactions
Global Islamic finance thought leaders share their vision on what the Islamic finance landscape will look like in 2016 and what trends are expected in global Sukuk transactions. Which markets are likely to lead and which sectors will flourish? What can investors expect from the Islamic investment environment in the next five years? What structures, trends and assets will drive future Sukuk transactions in Africa and globally? Rise of sovereign Sukuk in non-Muslim jurisdictions: What impact will this have on corporate Sukuk pipelines in these markets? Moderator: Nida Raza – Director & Head of Advisory, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector Panelists: Ahsan Ali – Managing Director & Head of Islamic Origination, Standard Chartered Bank Fabrice Toka…
Session III: How to Create an Enabling Environment for Long Term Islamic Financing
Subjects for the session; How to create incentives to motivate more Sukuk Structures with long-term maturities Recent regulatory attempts by International bodies to foster Long Term Islamic Finance The impact of Basel III on Long-Term Islamic Finance Tax concerns on Long-Term Islamic Finance Moderator: Sohail Jaffer - Deputy CEO, FWU Speakers: Aysegul Ekşit – Executive Vice Chair, Capital Markets Board of Turkey Emad Yousef Al Monayea – Board Director & CEO, KFH Investment Dr. Hatim El-Tahir – Director, Islamic Finance Group, Deloitte Bahrain
Europe 2016: A Review of Markets on the Rise
Key industry players representing developing Islamic finance markets provide an update on what significant progress has taken place in their respective jurisdictions and how these markets are being affected by geopolitics and economic conditions. What is the outlook for Sukuk issuances, establishment of Islamic banks and windows and alternative lending/investment platforms in these markets? Is the much discussed rebranding of Islamic finance a necessity for further industry growth? Moderator: Stella Cox — Managing Director, DDCap, the UK Panelists: Dr Johannes Engels — Senior Advisor, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Germany (BaFin) Khairul Nizam — COO, Finance Accreditation Agency Robert Scharfe — CEO, Luxembourg Stock Exchange Stefano Padovani — Partner, NCTM Studio, Italy Ugurlu Soylu — Former Managing Director, Germany, Kuveyt Turk Bank,…
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
Financial Technology in Indonesia: Driving Change and Innovation
How is technological innovation and digitization driving evolution in the Indonesian financial services industry? In what ways is technology disrupting how money is raised and managed? What opportunities do technologies such as blockchain and smart contracts offer financial institutions? Finally, how can technology drive and promote financial inclusion in Southeast Asia? Moderator: Vineeta Tan, Managing Editor, Islamic Finance News Panelists: Aditia Kinarang Mokoginta, CEO, Biido Crypto Exchange Ahmad Fakih Ijtihadi, Head, Risk Management, Mandala Multifinance, Indonesia Robin Lee, CEO and Co-Founder, HelloGold