IFSB awareness programmes for the first quarter of 2011

Date Posted: 13 December 2010

Kuala Lumpur, 13 December 2010 – The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) is organising a series of seminars in the first quarter of 2011. The Seminars aim to enhance awareness on topical issues in the Islamic financial services industry. The Seminars cover the following areas: 1) issues relating to the role of indexes in the Islamic capital markets; 2) issues in Islamic capital market products; 3) Basel III and contingent capital; 4) Sharī`ah structure and compliance in promoting financial stability; and 5) liquidity management in the Islamic financial services industry. In addition, the IFSB will organise its Public Lecture on Financial Policy and Stability.

The Seminars and the Public Lecture are open for participation by the IFSB member organisations, as well as the business, legal, and financial community at large. The following programme agendas and registration forms are available on the IFSB website (www.ifsb.org).

  1. Seminar on Enhancing the Role of Indexes in the Development of Islamic Capital Market

          12-13 January 2010 | Beirut, Lebanon

  1. Seminar on Regulatory, Legal and Sharī`ah Issues of Islamic Capital Market Products

          16 January 2011 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  1. Seminar on Contingent Capital: Mitigating Risk and Enhancing Financial Stability

          17 January 2011 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  1. Seminar on Enhancing Sharī`ah Structure and Compliance in Promoting Financial Stability

          Monday, 24 January 2011 | Lanai Kijang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  1. Seminar on Managing Liquidity of Islamic Financial Services in Emerging Markets

          Thursday, 10th February 2011 | Male,Maldives

    1. 4th Public Lecture on Financial Policy and Stability

Theme: 1975 – 2010: 35 Years of Growth – Why the Islamic financial services industry remains relatively small

Tuesday, 29 March 2011 | Amman, Jordan

For further enquiries on the above events, please email the IFSB Secretariat at [email protected]. Online registration is also available on the website.