IFSB-INCEIF Executive Forum: Islamic Capital Market: New Horizons, New Frontiers

This IFSB-INCEIF Executive Forum on Islamic Capital Market: New Horizons, New Frontiers offers a platform for high level deliberations and exchanges of views among participants – global leaders from among practitioners, regulators and academics – on the dynamics of Islamic Capital Market (ICM). Among others, the two-day Executive Forum will see the sharing of experiences and discussions of specic issues facilitated by experienced speakers from among regulators, industry leaders and academics. The participants will benefit from delivering views of counterparts and peers of different backgrounds and geographical locations.

For more information on the Executive Forum, please email Mrs. Ida Shafinaz Ab. Malek at [email protected] Programme – Event Session(s)

Date	Time	Topics
Day 1 09/06/2014	08:30 – 09:30	Morning Coffee and Registration
	09:30 – 09:45	Opening and Welcoming Remarks
	09:45 – 11:00	Session 1: Creating Dynamic Islamic Capital Markets: Challenges and opportunities Enhancing the financial infrastructure supporting Islamic Capital Markets (ICM) Identifying pockets of opportunities in ICM Ensuring the stability of ICM: The role of markets, risk paradigm and institutions Prioritising issues: Cross-border products, distribution, regulatory harmonisation, Shari`ah differences, depth of products/markets and trained practitioners
	11:00 – 11:30	Group Photo and Coffee Break
	11:30 – 13:00	Session 2: Sukuk: Trends and market sentiments Current trends of global Sukuk issuance and potential headwinds Investment in Sukuk: Still the “issuers” market in relation to pricing, yields and liquidity Providing a Sukuk friendly environment: Case studies from selective jurisdictions New opportunities for Sukuk in key regions e.g. the GCC, Africa and Europe
	13:00 – 14:00	Lunch and Prayers
	14:00 – 15:30	Session 3: Strengthening Islamic Asset Management: Adding value to Islamic Finance The case for Islamic Asset Management and its evolving role Performance is Key: Ways to boost current performance Methodologies and techniques in managing Islamic Assets Opportunities in Islamic Asset Management: New products, markets and prospects
	15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
	16:00 – 17:30	Session 4: Islamic Hedging: Leveraging IIFS or transferring risk Building the case for Shari`ah-compliant hedging The approach to risk, risk management and hedging from the perspective of IIFS Hedging strategies by IIFS: Room for further innovation Identifying solutions to issues related to Islamic Hedging: The role of standards and harmonisation towards providing clarity
Day 2 10/06/2014	08:30 – 09:30	Morning Cofee
	09:30 – 11:00	Session 5: Islamic Real Estate Investment Trusts (I-REITs): Avenues for growth of Islamic Capital Market Analysing the frameworks for understanding I-REITs Comparing the growth of I-REITs and other ICM areas: Lessons to be learnt The I-REITs experience: Discussions and observations on the performance of global I-REITs, including case studies across countries Opportunities and challenges facing I-REITs
	11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
	11:30 – 13:00	Session 6: Islamic Venture Capital and the Screening Process: Strategies and policies The foundations of Islamic Venture Capital The current state of the Islamic Venture Capital Market vis-a-vis the conventional Venture Capital Market Islamic Venture Capital: The paradigm of screening and selecting entrepreneurs, products and models Enhancing the prospects and removing the impediments of growing Islamic Venture Capital
	13:00 – 14:00	Lunch and Prayers
	14:00 – 15:30	Session 7: Enhancing the Supervisory Role in ICM Structure The current ICM environment: Development post-crisis and post-Quantitative Easing (QE) Supervision of ICM: Developments and experiences across the globe Identifying and overcoming the risks of ICM from the perspective of supervision and enhancing the disclosure Case Study and Discussions: New rules, regulations and guidelines
	15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
	16:00 – 17:30	Session 8: Strategies and Policies for Developing ICM: Sharing success stories The role of private-public partnership in developing ICM Evolution of ICM globally: Legal rules, accounting and taxation Basel III and the potential impact of compliance on the development of ICM ICM development across jurisdictions: Case studies of Malaysia and the GCC
	17:30 – 18:00	Closing Ceremony

Downloadable Document(s)

1.)		Event Session(s) – PDF Format
2.)		IFSB-INCEIF Executive Forum
3.)		List of Confirmed Speakers