REDmoney events
TURKEY
Istanbul Stock Exchange
6th December 2012

Confirmed Speakers

Abdulkadir Kahraman - Partner, KPMG
Ahmet Albayrak - Executive Vice President, Corporate and International Banking, Kuveyt Turk
Avsar R Sungurlu - Assistant Managing Director, BMD Securities
Cassim Docrat - Director, DDCAP (DIFC) Ltd
Erkan Tercan, Senior Associate, Paksoy
Faisal Alshowaikh - Head of Islamic Financial Services, ABC International Bank
Hersham Youssef- Head of Corporate Banking & Financial Institution Group, Libyan Qatari Bank
Hitesh Asarpota - Director, Capital Markets and Structured Finance, Emirates NBD Capital, UAE
Dr Ibrahim Turhan - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, IMKB Istanbul Borsasi
Jamie Durham - Partner, Allen & Overy
M Fatih Bulac - Head of Financial Institutions, Turkiye Finans
Mohammad Wajid Kamran - Chief Executive Officer, Emirates NBD Capital
Murat Haholu - Head of Surveillance Group, Department of Corporate Finance, Capital Markets Board of Turkey
Mustafa Begun - Head of Investment Banking, Kuveyt Turk
Mustafa Kemal Yılmaz - Executive Vice Chairman, IMKB Istanbul Borsasi
Qudeer Latif - Partner (Global Head of Islamic Finance), Clifford Chance
Rizwan Kanji - Partner, King & Spalding
Savas Saymaz - Financial Consultant, SHAPE ™ Financial
Sera Somay - Partner, Somay Hukuk Burosu
Sohail Jaffer - Deputy CEO, FWU Global Takaful Solutions
Tanweer Bukhari - Vice-President & Head of Investment Banking & Advisory, CIMB Middle East

Agenda

08:00 - 09:00
Registration and refreshments
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome remarks
09:15 - 09:30
Keynote Address: Dr Ibrahim Turhan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, IMKB Istanbul Borsasi
09:30 - 10:30
Session One: Turkey and the Development of Local and Regional Participation Capital Markets
  • Turkey's place in the Asian and European participation finance and investment landscape
  • What does Sovereign Sukuk mean for participation finance in Turkey?
  • What are the opportunities local and regional investment managers can look forward to?
  • What more do aspiring participation financial markets such as Turkey need to do to attract issuers? Considerations: rule of law, regulation, investor base, financial infrastructure
  • Examining notable issues in 2012 and why they succeeded: Sovereign Sukuk, KT Sukuk Varlik Kiralama
  • Using participation finance structures and products to match issuers' needs and investors' yield expectations
Moderator: Mustafa Kemal Yılmaz, Executive Vice Chairman, IMKB Istanbul Borsasi
Panelists: Ahmet Albayrak, Executive Vice President, Corporate and International Banking, Kuveyt Turk
M Fatih Bulac, Head of Financial Institutions, Turkiye Finans
Mohammad Wajid Kamran, Chief Executive Officer, Emirates NBD Capital
10:30 - 11:00
Break and networking
11:00 - 11:45
Session Two: Product Structure, Innovation and Development for Participation Finance in Turkey
  • Potential sectors for Sukuk issuance in Turkey in the coming year: transport and telecoms
  • Project and Infrastructure finance and the opportunities offered in Turkey
  • Examining deal size versus product structure and innovation
  • Regulatory, taxation and accounting standards updates in Turkey
  • Differing and opposing views on Shariah compliance - what have we learned from recent high profile capital markets cases?
  • What does the absence of a Trust Law mean in reality for issuers in the Turkish market?
Moderator: Rizwan Kanji, Partner, King & Spalding
Panelist: Hersham Youssef, Head of Corporate Banking & Financial Institution Group, Libyan Qatari Bank
Jamie Durham, Partner, Allen & Overy
Tanweer Bukhari, Vice-President & Head of Investment Banking & Advisory, CIMB Middle East
11:45 - 12:00
Presentation: Sukuk Regulation in Turkey
Murat Haholu, Head of Surveillance Group, Department of Corporate Finance, Capital Markets Board of Turkey
12:00 - 12:30
Case Study: Republic of Turkey US$1.5 billion Lease Certificates
  • Issue more than five times oversubscribed
  • Yield of 2.8%, maturing in 2019
  • Backed by state-owned properties and land
  • Based on a Sukuk Ijarah structure
  Qudeer Latif, Partner (Global Head of Islamic Finance), Clifford Chance
Sera Somay, Partner, Somay Hukuk Burosu
12:30 - 12:40
Luncheon Address
Avsar R Sungurlu, Assistant Managing Director, BMD Securities
12:30 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 - 14:30
Session Three: Facilitating Shariah Compliant Investment Flows Through Innovative Products, Structures and Channels in Turkey
  • Challenges facing the participation asset management industry: developing attractive product propositions and effective distribution strategies
  • Developing suitable and attractive wealth management products for high net worth customers in Turkey
  • Structuring effective Takaful products for the Turkey market
  • The potential of participation private equity growth in Turkey and Europe: key sectors and opportunities
  • Examining the crucial issue of Shariah compliance for today's participation investment structures and products
  • Investment and product trends in Turkey: hedging instruments, ETFs, iREITs
Moderator: Qudeer Latif, Partner (Global Head of Islamic Finance), Clifford Chance
Panelists: Abdulkadir Kahraman, Partner, KPMG
Cassim Docrat, Director, DDCAP (DIFC) Ltd
Faisal Alshowaikh, Head of Islamic Financial Services, ABC International Bank
14:30 - 15:15
Deal Roundtable: KT Sukuk Varlik Kiralama US$350 million certificates
  • Based on Wakalah/Ijarah Structure; on-shore SPV established
  • 69% of the deal distributed to investors in the Gulf
  • In the absence of a Trust Law in Turkey, transaction used a Declaration of Agency facility
  • Backed by real estate Ijarah, Ijarah receivables and Murabahah receivables
  Erkan Tercan, Senior Associate, Paksoy
Jamie Durham, Partner, Allen & Overy
Mustafa Begun, Head of Investment Banking, Kuveyt Turk
Rizwan Kanji, Partner, King & Spalding
15:15 - 16:00
Investors Roundtable: The Role of Institutional Investors and Takaful Funds in the Participation Investment landscape and Where Turkey can play a role
  • Sovereign wealth funds and their reach and scope in Turkey, Asia and the Gulf
  • Discussing the investment strategies of sovereign wealth funds in the coming year
  • Assessing the role of the Takaful industry in the mobilization of funds
  • Takaful companies and the long-term investment mandates and strategies available to them
  • Investment mandates for pension funds and institutional funds in Turkey and beyond: what can participation finance offer?
Moderator: Sohail Jaffer, Deputy CEO, FWU Global Takaful Solutions
Panelists: Hitesh Asarpota, Director, Capital Markets and Structured Finance, Emirates NBD Capital, UAE
Savas Saymaz, Financial Consultant, SHAPE ™ Financial
Tanweer Bukhari, Vice-President & Head of Investment Banking & Advisory, CIMB Middle East
16:15 - 16:30
Closing Remarks and Refreshments

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