Sunday, 23 August 2015

IFSB, BIBF set second joint Islamic Finance Executive Programme series for October

The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and BIBF are organising the second joint IFSB-BIBF Islamic Finance Executive Programme (IFEP) series, themed Towards a Vibrant Islamic Capital Market: Opportunities and Challenges, on 5 to 6 October 2015 in Manama, Bahrain.

This second edition of the IFSB-BIBF Islamic Finance Executive Programme will focus on expected catalysts of Islamic capital markets into the next phase of growth and development from the perspectives of market practitioners, regulators and academia. It also aims to promote an informed analysis and understanding of Islamic capital markets through discussions of topical and contemporary issues as well as of prospects and challenges relating to Islamic capital market products and services.

The sessions will include analysis and deliberations on the current trends and developments of the Islamic capital markets, innovations in sukuk structures such as perpetual sukuk, and prospects for cross-border sukuk. Furthermore, the participants will be exposed to issues related to development of new markets, Islamic collective investment schemes (ICIS), shari'ah-compliant hedging, as well as the role of the regulatory and supervisory authorities in ensuring market integrity, transparency and protection of investors.

The panel session, as a key feature of this Islamic Finance Executive Programme will highlight key issues and challenges in Islamic capital markets relating to the shari'ah framework, the resilience of its infrastructures as well as develop policy recommendations drawing on the views and experiences of both supervisors and market practitioners.

The agenda includes:
  • Development of the Islamic capital market (ICM): Progress and trends
  • Innovative sukuk structures: A new path for the growth of ICM
  • Islamic collective investment schemes (ICIS): Promoting strong foundations
  • Islamic real estate investment trusts (I-REITs): An emerging Asset Class for wealth management
  • Shari'ah-compliant hedging instruments: Addressing the market risk management needs of the industry
  • Sound development of the ICM: the supervisory role
  • Panel discussion on building a vibrant ICM: key issues and challenges
The IFEP is ideal for regulators and supervisors of ICMs, Chief Executive Officers and board members of investment companies, originators and issuers as well as arrangers/bookrunners of ICM products, senior management at credit rating agencies, senior management of ICM Associations, Senior Managers in risk management, shari'ah governance and compliance functions, auditors, lawyers, academicians and researchers in ICM.

Interested?

Contact Hamizi Hamzah at hamizi at ifsb.org with enquiries.