7 September 2015, Kuala Lumpur – The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and the INCEIF – The Global University of Islamic Finance are organising the Eighth Executive Forum on Islamic Finance series on 1 and 2 December 2015. The IFSB-INCEIF Executive Forum aims to provide a platform for global leaders in Islamic finance to discuss selected emerging issues facing the global Islamic financial services industry, emphasising on issues related to supervision and prudential regulation in a manner that harnesses the experiences of a distinguished pool of global experts, academics and practitioners.
With the theme “Resilience and Stability of the Islamic Financial Services Industry: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead”, the 8th IFSB-INCEIF Executive Forum will focus on key issues affecting the Islamic financial services industry’s (IFSI) stability along with the strategic approaches needed to ensure that the IFSI is able to achieve a level of resilience that withstands the impact of financial turbulences.
It intends to discuss pertinent issues that affect not only national economies and financial institutions, but also ordinary investors and tax payers. More specifically, the Executive Forum aims to cover the updates on the trends and developments in the various segments of the industry (Islamic banking, Islamic capital markets as well as Takāful), the initiatives undertaken by the regulators and international standard setting organisations to further strengthen the resilience of the financial institutions and markets, and emerging issues in the stability of the IFSI, including among others: consumer protection, Sharī’ah-compliant safety nets and cross-border linkages.
The two-day Executive Forum will be divided into seven sessions, which are:
The Executive Forum is targeted for mid to senior-level management who seek to sharpen their skills and deepen their knowledge of the industry’s driving factors, as well as broaden their cross-border perspective. It is ideal for regulators and supervisors of the Islamic financial institutions, key personnel in multilateral organisations and governmental agencies involved in policy planning and development as well as Chief Executive Officers, Board Members or senior management of the Islamic financial institutions, auditors, lawyers, advisers, academics and researchers in Islamic finance.
For further information and to register, do visit www.ifsb.org. Please contact Mr. Hamizi Hamzah at [email protected] / [email protected] for queries on the Executive Forum series.
