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| Day TWO
- Wednesday, 30 November 2005 |
| 8.30 am |
Morning Refreshments |
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| 8.50 am |
Welcome Remarks from the Chair |
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| 9.00 am |
Session Four
Product Development & Enhancement
Distinguished panelists will examine the challenges facing the
Islamic finance industry in product development and enhancement.
Listen to viewpoints from industry players, investors, Shariah
advisors and regulators on how Islamic financial products can
be competitively expanded and marketed regionally and globally.
• Key development & opportunities in the Islamic financial products
• Cross border transactions: Key challenges in product development and enhancement
• Evaluating innovations in Islamic financial products
• Implications of the monetary framework for the development of Islamic financial products
Moderated by
Dr. Aziuddin
AlBukhary Foundation Malaysia
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Ikbal Daredia Deputy CEO, Noriba Bank Bahrain |
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Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Shariff Managing Partner, Mohamed Ismail & Co. |
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku
Ali Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International
Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) |
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Masood Aijazi Senior Manager, National Commercial Bank (NCB), Saudi Arabia |
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| 10.30 am |
Tea Break |
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| 11.00 am |
Keynote Address
Dynamism of Fatwa in Fulfilling Commercial Needs of Contemporary Muslim Societies
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Sheikh Dr Mohamed Ali Elgari
Shariah Scholar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| 11.30 am |
Session Five
Islamic Financial Centre: Marketing Strategies and the Media
This session will examine the marketing and
promotion experiences, techniques and strategies of
leading financial services centres and the role of the
media. Panelists will also analyse perceptions in the
global market towards Islamic banking and finance.
• Key developments in the Islamic financial centre
• The challenges in attracting investors to invest in Islamic products
• Market perceptions and performance of Islamic finance
• The reality of international media and Islamic finance
Moderated by
Hasan Jafri
Bureau Chief, DJ Newswires
• Khalid Yousaf Director, Islamic Finance, Dubai International Financial Centre, UAE
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Danial Mah Abdullah Senior Director, Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA)
• Abdul Jabbar Karimi
Head, Islamic Banking, Metropolitan Bank Ltd., Pakistan
• Paul McNamara Managing Director, The Banker Middle East, UAE |
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| 1.00 pm |
Lunch hosted by |
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| 2.30 pm |
Session Six
Islamic Derivatives – New Inroads
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Islamic profit rate swap
• Islamic forward forex
• Market perceptions and performance of Islamic derivatives
Moderated by
Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar President, International Institute of Islamic Finance (IIIF)
• Nizar al Shubaily Global Head of Islamic Finance, Deutche Bank AG, UAE
• Badlisyah Abdul Ghani
Head CIMB Islamic, Commerce International Merchant Bankers
Bhd
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Baljeet Kaur Grewal Chief Economist &
Head, Fixed Income Research , Aseambankers Berhad |
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| 4.00 pm |
Tea Break |
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| 4.15 pm |
Session Seven
Sukuk: The Way Forward
• Towards a global standard for Islamic sukuk - issuance and trading
• Outlook of Islamic asset backed securities
• Sukuk and Islamic Bonds: An Update
• Exchange Traded Fund/Sukuk Indexes
Moderated by
Ahmed S. Hariri Regional Director, Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
• Ijlal Alvi
CEO, International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM), Bahrain
• Iad Georges Boustany MD, BSEC - Bemo Securitisation SAL Lebanon
• Rafe Haneef Head, Islamic Finance, ABN Amro, UAE
• Dr. Zaha Rina Zahari CEO, RHB Securities |
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| 5.30 pm |
End of DAY TWO |
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