5th Asia Islamic Banking Conference in August covers state of play in 2014

Fleming Gulf is organising the 5th Asia Islamic Banking Conference on 12 to 13 August at the Royale Chulan Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference aims to provide a forum for an exchange of views on recent developments and to identify key issues/challenges underlying the paradigm of Islamic banking.

A honorary keynote will be delivered by Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Irwan Serigar Bin Abdullah, Secretary General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Malaysia and the keynote by H.E. Jaseem Ahmed, Secretary General, Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB).

Key topics discussed include:

• The challenges, outlook and prospects initiated by the govt for year 2014 for the Islamic finance industry-
• Assessing trends in Islamic microfinance
• The case for microtakaful 
• A market analysis of the performance of sukuk in 2013 and early 2014, coupled with an outlook for 2015
• Regulator requirements and opportunities for Islamic private equity