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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
Welcome Speech
Ousmane Diagana — Vice President, Ethics & Chief Ethics Officer, the World Bank
The Capital Raising Crystal Ball
If 2016 has taught us anything it is to expect the unexpected. In an age of unpredictability we ask our industry’s elite for insight into industry growth and trajectory for 2017. Moderator: Nicholas Edmondes — Partner, Trowers & Hamlins Panelists: Azmi Abdul Aziz — President and Group CEO, Prasarana Berhad Oz Ahmed — CEO, HSBC Amanah Malaysia Rafe Haneef — CEO & Executive Director, CIMB Islamic Bank Raja Teh Maimunah — CEO, AmInvestment Bank
Keynote Interview: Role of European Stock Exchanges in Facilitating Islamic Capital Raising
Interviewer: Lauren McAughtry – Managing Editor, REDmoney Group Interviewee: Nikhil Rathi – CEO, London Stock Exchange
Welcome Remarks
Abradat Kamalpour –Partner, Ashurst
Corporate Financing and Capital Raising in Nigeria: What does Islamic Finance offer?
We ask leading capital market professionals to discuss the prospects for domestic and regional capital and Sukuk markets in the coming months. What structures and asset classes will find favor with issuers and investors? We examine distribution, ratings and credit enhancement measures and identify other factors facing issuers in the Nigerian capital market. What challenges still exist within domestic taxation and regulatory frameworks and how can these be addressed? Finally, what do Sukuk offer West African sovereign, multilateral and supranational issuers? Moderator: Adeola Sunmola, Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo Osagie Panelists: Hajara Adeola, Managing Director/CEO, Lotus Capital Oluseun Olatidoye, Head, Debt Capital Markets, FBNQuest Merchant Bank Shuaib Audu, Executive Director, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Vivien Shobo, Managing Director, Agusto & Co
Global Real Estate Roundtable: Opportunities for Saudi Investors
Real estate projects currently underway in the GCC have been estimated to exceed US$1 trillion with Gulf nations accounting for approximately 87% of the investments. Investors in the Middle East are expected to spend a further US$180 billion in commercial real estate markets outside the Middle East over the next 10 years. As real estate continues to be a key driver for economies in the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world, what trends are expected to unfold in Shariah compliant financing to capitalize on and support this growth? Innovation in real estate financing structures and products Which real estate markets are expected to outperform and why? Investment trends, strategies and risks for the global real estate market…
Can Participation Finance Play a Meaningful Role in Achieving Vision 2023?
It’s 2023, we ask participation finance luminaries where they see their respective businesses – what products are they offering? What has become obsolete? What strategies were employed to get here and most importantly has the participation finance industry collectively contributed to Turkey’s development goals? Or was too much faith placed on the industry as a key enabler to Vision 2023? Moderator: Jawad Ali — Managing Partner, Middle East Offices, King & Spalding, the UAE Panelists: Dr Ahmet Suayb Gundogdu — Country Representative, Turkey, Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Avsar R Sungurlu — General Manager, BPY Asset Management Fehmi Tutulmaz — Head of Financial Institutions and Investment Banking, Ziraat Participation Bank Metin Tekeci — Head/General Manager, Turkiye Finans, Bahrain Dr Serdar Sumer — CEO and Board Member, Aktif…
Keynote Interview
Interviewer: Vineeta Tan, Managing Editor, Islamic Finance News Interviewee: Dr Sutan Emir Hidayat, Director of Islamic Financial Education and Research, Komite Nasional Keuangan Syariah (National Committee of Islamic Finance)
Future Forward: Charting a New Direction for Islamic Financial Institutions
The IFN Asia Forum kicks off with a look at opportunities 2016 will present to industry players in Asian markets. Market leaders are asked to weigh in on where the industry is headed and to deliberate on how they will navigate the economic headwinds expected in the year ahead. Moderator : Qudeer Latif — Partner, Clifford Chance, the UAE Panelists : Herwin Bustaman — Head of Shariah Banking, Bank Maybank Indonesia Imam Teguh Saptono — President Director, Bank BNI Syariah Isidro Abas Sobrecarey — Chairman and CEO, Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines Rafe Haneef — CEO and Executive Director, CIMB Islamic Bank
Opportunities for Islamic Finance, Banking and Investment in Southern Africa
We discuss key ideas, issues and themes influencing Islamic finance, banking and investment in Southern Africa and beyond. What will offer opportunity and what will disrupt and what role will Islamic finance play in the development of financial inclusion and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Southern Africa? What is needed to grow regional Islamic capital markets, investment management, banking and Takaful, and what role is technology set to play? Moderator: Claire Matheson Kirton, Partner, White & Case Panelists: Amman Muhammad, CEO, FNB Islamic Banking Mohammad Mohsin Ahmed, Islamic Branch Manager, HBZ Bank Mohammed Ameen Hassen, Head of Shariah Banking, Standard Bank Riaz Lachman, Head, Absa Islamic Banking Shabir Chohan, CEO, Al Baraka Bank – South Africa