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3rd December 2019, InterContinental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

#IFNsustainable2019

Date: 3rd December 2019

Day: Tuesday

ATTENDEES: 300

Venue: InterContinental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

ABOUT THE FORUM

The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) recently estimated that in order to adequately fund the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries, US$5 trillion to US$7 trillion will be required in annual investments by 2030. Fulfilling this ambitious financial requirement presents not only challenges, but also significant opportunities.

The recent introduction of regulatory frameworks and initiatives promoting the development of sustainable finance across Southeast Asia has highlighted the significance and relevance of this important and fast-growing sector. With more corporates, financial institutions, government bodies and regulators becoming aware of Sustainable Development Goals, countries offering environments conducive for the growth of sustainable finance and investment will see tangible and long-term benefits.

Islamic finance plays an important role. Firstly, through the development of effective sell-side capital market products such as Green Sukuk in order to fund sustainable and humanitarian projects and initiatives. Secondly, to provide and channel investment from Shariah compliant asset managers and institutional investors to such initiatives.

This one-day event, developed by REDmoney Events, will focus on the opportunities presented by the growth of ethical, sustainable and responsible finance to the Islamic banking, finance and investment industry in Southeast Asia and beyond. Through a series of engaging keynotes, interviews and panels we shall explore how Islamic and sustainable finance can become more closely interlinked, and how Shariah compliant financial institutions and asset managers can play a greater role towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, including the alleviation of disease and reduction of global displacement. We also examine how the Islamic finance industry can, through effective guidance and funding, help facilitate the development of key, strategic sectors, including education, healthcare, housing and agriculture.

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FORUM PHOTOS

FORUM AGENDA

09:00

Welcome Remarks 

09:15

Keynote Address 

Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin, Deputy Chief Executive, Securities Commission Malaysia

09.30

Developing Sustainable Finance in Southeast Asia through Islamic Finance and Investment

Southeast Asia has the potential to become a global leader in the development and promotion of sustainable finance across a wide range of key sectors, including energy, agribusiness, healthcare and education. However, now is the time to push forward and build on existing achievements. What must governments, regulators and the private sector do to create effective responsible finance ecosystems and build toward the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals such as the alleviation of disease and reduction of global population displacement? What role can the regional Islamic finance industry play?

Moderator:

Prof Dr Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha, Board Member, Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia

Panelists:

Chortip Svetarundra, Director, Bond Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand
Hussam Sultan, Regional Head, Commercial and Transaction Banking (Islamic), CIMB
Niels Knudsen, Deputy Resident Representative, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, United Nations Development Programme
Dr Sutan Emir Hidayat, Director of Islamic Financial Education and Research, Komite Nasional Keuangan Syariah (National Committee of Islamic Finance)

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10.30

Coffee & Networking  

11.00

Financing Renewable, Responsible, Social and Sustainable Projects

What role does Islamic finance play in the funding of green, sustainable, social and responsible initiatives and how available are Islamic facilities for these projects in reality? Through an expert panel, we analyze project uses, product structures, rating and reporting issues and ask how Islamic financial products can provide effective funding for sustainable and environmentally responsible projects and initiatives in Southeast Asia.  What of other important strategic sectors: healthcare, housing, education and agriculture?

Moderator:

Firoz Abdul Hamid, Advisor, Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia

Panelists:

Chairil Nazri Ahmad, Head of Sector – Energy and Facilities Management, UiTM Holdings
Ernest Navaratnam, Group CEO, Cenergi SEA
Juniza Zahari, Director, Debt and Capital Markets, Affin Hwang Investment Bank
Rozani Osman, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, The World Bank
Sid Kusuma, Senior Vice-President – Head of Securitization, Sarana Multigriya Finansial

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12.00

Presentation: Corporations for Good – Democratizing Sustainability in Malaysia

Margie Ong, CEO, Thoughts in Gear
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12.10

Environmental, Socially Responsible Investing and Islamic Investment: Opportunities for Development and Growth 

We examine responsible investment in Asia and ask how ethical and Islamic finance can potentially become closer interlinked. We also discuss how Southeast Asia can grow its existing environmental, social and governance (ESG) niche among asset managers and owners and what role Islamic and ESG asset management can play toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. How can the industry overcome the relative scarcity of credible climate-related and low-carbon investment opportunities and what role do institutional investors play in the shift toward sustainable investments? Lastly, how can ESG risk, reward and impact be effectively measured and evaluated, and what benchmarks and tools are available?

Moderator:

Margie Ong, CEO, Thoughts in Gear

Panelists:

Alex Rowe, Portfolio Manager, Nomura Global Sustainable Equity, Nomura Asset Management
Azman Zainuddin, CEO, Quantum Solar Park
Hakan Ozyon, Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Ethical Fund
Simon Chen, Vice-President – Strategy and Business Management, Moody’s Investors Service

13:00

Luncheon

14:00

Finance, Technology, Innovation and Sustainability

What role do technology and innovation play in bringing together corporates, projects, asset owners and investors toward the growth of sustainability, responsible corporate finance and behavior?

Moderator:

Vineeta Tan, Managing Editor, Islamic Finance news

Panelists:

Bikesh Lakhmichand, CEO, 1337 Ventures
Raheel Iqbal, Managing Partner, Codebase Technologies
Shubhomoy Ray, Founding Partner, InfraBlocks Capital

14.45

Keynote Address

Adnan Zaylani, Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

15:00

Keynote Interview: Financing Sustainable Energy in Malaysia and the Region

Interviewee: Dr Wei-Nee Chen, Chief Strategy Officer, The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia
Interviewer: Hatini Mat Husain, Senior Director/Head Debt Markets Advisory, Affin Hwang Investment Bank

15:30

HARD Issues: Making Sustainability Matter

Through a short, concise interview, we step outside the comfort zone and ask the tough questions the industry wants to hear.

Interviewee: Dr Simon Lord, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sime Darby Plantation
Interviewer: Ashraf Gomma Ali, Regional Head, Shariah Advisory and Governance/Positive Impact and Responsible Banking, CIMB Islamic

16:00

End of Forum

FORUM KEYNOTES

Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid, Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Adnan Zaylani
Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Dr Wei-nee Chen, Chief Strategy Officer, Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia

Dr Wei-Nee Chen
Chief Strategy Officer, The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia

Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin, Deputy Chief Executive, Securities Commission Malaysia

Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin
Deputy Chief Executive, Securities Commission Malaysia

FORUM SPEAKERS

Alex Rowe, Portfolio Manager & Equity Analyst, Nomura Asset Management

Alex Rowe
Portfolio Manager, Nomura Global Sustainable Equity, Nomura Asset Management

Ashraf Gomma Ali, Regional Head, Shariah Advisory and Governance/Positive Impact and Responsible Banking, CIMB Islamic

Ashraf Gomma Ali
Regional Head, Shariah Advisory and Governance/Positive Impact and Responsible Banking, CIMB Islamic

Azman Zainuddin, CEO, Quantum Solar Park

Azman Zainuddin
CEO, Quantum Solar Park

Bikesh Lakhmichand, CEO, 1337 Ventures

Bikesh Lakhmichand
CEO, 1337 Ventures

Chairil Nazri Ahmad, Head of Sector – Energy & Facilities Management, UiTM Holdings

Chairil Nazri Ahmad
Head of Sector – Energy and Facilities Management, UiTM Holdings

Chortip Svetarundra Director, Bond Department, The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand

Chortip Svetarundra
Director, Bond Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand

Ernest Navaratnam, Group Chief Executive Officer, Cenergi SEA

Ernest Navaratnam
Group CEO, Cenergi SEA

Firoz Abdul Hamid, Advisor to Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia

Firoz Abdul Hamid
Advisor, Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia

Hakan Ozyon Chief Executive Officer - Hejaz Group

Hakan Ozyon
Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Ethical Fund

Hatini Mat Husain, Senior Director/Head Debt Markets Advisory, Affin Hwang Investment Bank

Hatini Mat Husain
Senior Director/Head Debt Markets Advisory, Affin Hwang Investment Bank

Hussam Sultan, Regional Head, Islamic Commercial Banking, CIMB Islamic Bank

Hussam Sultan
Regional Head, Commercial and Transaction Banking (Islamic), CIMB

Juniza Zahari, Director, Debt & Capital Markets, Affin Hwang Investment Bank

Juniza Zahari
Director, Debt and Capital Markets, Affin Hwang Investment Bank

Margie Ong, CEO, Thoughts in Gear

Margie Ong
CEO, Thoughts in Gear

Niels-Knudsen-N

Niels Knudsen
Deputy Resident Representative, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, United Nations Development Programme

Prof Dr Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha, Board Member of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia

Prof Dr Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha
Board Member of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia

Raheel Iqbal, Managing Partner, Codebase Technologies

Raheel Iqbal
Managing Partner, Codebase Technologies

Rozani Osman, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, The World Bank

Rozani Osman
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, The World Bank

Sid Kusuma, Senior Vice President – Head of Securitization, Sarana Multigriya Finansial

Sid Kusuma
Senior Vice-President – Head of Securitization, Sarana Multigriya Finansial

Shubhomoy Ray, Founding Partner, InfraBlocks Capital

Shubhomoy Ray
Founding Partner, InfraBlocks Capital

Simon Chen, Vice President – Strategy & Business Management, Moody's Investors Service

Simon Chen
Vice-President – Strategy and Business Management, Moody’s Investors Service

Dr Simon Lord, Independent Sustainability Adviser 

Dr Simon Lord
Chief Sustainability Officer, Sime Darby Plantations

Dr Sutan Emir Hidayat , Director of the Islamic Economy Supporting Ecosystem at the National Committee for Islamic Economy and Finance (KNEKS)

Dr Sutan Emir Hidayat
Director of Islamic Financial Education and Research, Komite Nasional Keuangan Syariah (National Committee of Islamic Finance)

Vineeta Tan, Managing Editor, Islamic Finance News

Vineeta Tan
Managing Editor, Islamic Finance news

ADVISORY BOARD

Ashraf Gomma Ali, Regional Head, Shariah Advisory and Governance/Positive Impact and Responsible Banking, CIMB Islamic

Ashraf Gomma Ali
Regional Head, Shariah Advisory and Governance, CIMB Islamic Bank 

Director, Corporate Services, PayNet

Azleena Idris
Grand Council Member, Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals 

Bilal Parvaiz, Director, Islamic Business & Head Product Management, Standard Chartered Saadiq

Bilal Parvaiz
Director, Islamic Business and Product Management, Standard Chartered Saadiq

Cedric Rimaud, Climate Finance Specialist

Cedric Rimaud
ASEAN Program Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative

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Daud Vicary Abdullah
Managing Director, DVA Consulting

Hatini Mat Husain, Senior Director/Head Debt Markets Advisory, Affin Hwang Investment Bank

Hatini Mat Husin
Senior Director/Head Debt Markets and Advisory, Affin Hwang Capital

LEE-JOO_WEE

Lee Joo Wee
Head of Debt Markets, OCBC Malaysia

Margie Ong, CEO, Thoughts in Gear

Margie Ong
CEO, Thoughts in Gear

MasumiHamahira

Masumi Hamahira
Executive Advisor, Islamic Banking Window, MUFG Bank (Malaysia)

Dr Simon Lord, Independent Sustainability Adviser 

Dr Simon Lord
Chief Sustainability Officer, Sime Darby Plantations

Surendran-Chelliah

Surendran Chelliah
Head, Group Risk Research, Maybank

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Umar Munshi
Co-Founder, Ethis Ventures Malaysia

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Forum Sponsors

MULTILATERAL STRATEGIC PARTNERS

The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)

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The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) is a multilateral development financial institution and is part of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group.

The ICD was established in November 1999 to support the economic development of its member countries through the provision of finance for private sector projects, promoting competition and entrepreneurship, providing advisory services to governments and private companies and encouraging cross-border investments.

The ICD has an authorized capital of US$4 billion. Currently, the shareholders of the ICD are the IDB (50%), 53 Islamic countries (30%) and five public financial institutions (20%).

ICD mandate and objectives

The ICD fosters sustainable economic growth in its 53 member countries by:

  • Financing private sector investment
  • Mobilizing capital in the international financial markets, and
  • Providing advisory services to business and governments.

The ICD selects the financing projects based on their contribution to economic development considering factors such as job creation, Islamic finance development, contribution to exports, etc. The ICD also provides advisory services to governments and private sector groups on policies designed to encourage the establishment, expansion and modernization of private enterprises, the development of capital markets, best management practices and to enhance the role of the market economy. The ICD operates to complement the activities of the IDB in member countries.

The ICD is rated ‘AA/FQ’ by Fitch Ratings, ‘Aa3/P-1’ by Moody’s Investors Service and ‘A+’ by Standard & Poor’s.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Tel: (966-12) 6361400; (966-12) 6441644

Fax: (966-12) 644 4427

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.icd-ps.org

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The Islamic Corporation for The Insurance Of Investment And Export Credit (ICIEC)

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Established 26 years ago in 1994 as a multilateral institution and a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) was tasked to promote cross-border trade and foreign direct investments in its member countries.

The ICIEC’s mission is to make trade and investment between member countries and the world more secure through the Shariah compliant risk mitigation tool. Its vision is to be recognized as the preferred enabler of trade and investment for sustainable economic development in member countries.

The ICIEC is the only multilateral export credit and investment insurance corporation in the world that provides Shariah-compliant insurance and reinsurance solutions.

Today, the ICIEC supports trade and investment flows in 47 member countries spanning across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Its target clients are corporates (both exporters and investors), banks and financial institutions as well as export credit agencies and insurers.

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International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation

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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) is a member of the IDB Group. It was established with the purpose of advancing trade among OIC member countries, which would ultimately contribute to the overarching goal of improving the socioeconomic conditions of the people across the world. The ITFC commenced operations in January 2008 and has since consolidated all trade finance businesses that used to be handled by various windows within the IDB Group. Earning an ‘A1’ rating from Moody’s Investors Service reflects the ITFC’s efficiency in service delivery by responding swiftly to customer needs in a market-driven business environment.

Since 2008, the ITFC has provided more than US$40.2 billion of trade financing to OIC member countries, making it the leading provider of trade solutions for the needs of OIC member countries. With a mission of being a catalyst for trade development among OIC member countries and beyond, the ITFC helps entities in member countries gain better access to trade finance and provides them with the necessary trade-related capacity-building tools, which would enable them to successfully compete in the global market.

 

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Linkedin: International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)

Tel: +966 12 646 8337
Fax: +966 12 637 1064
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.itfc-idb.org/en

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PARTNERS

Affin Hwang Capital

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Affin Hwang Capital is a leading investment banking, securities, asset management and trustee group in Malaysia.

Founded in 1970, our business has a wide domestic coverage and strategic network throughout Malaysia, as well as strategic partnerships across Asia; providing greater reach in the Asian and global markets for institutional equities trading.

From both the primary offices in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, our one-stop offering of all advisory and capital markets services serves a full client spectrum of corporates, investment institutions, retail clients, high-net-worth individuals and capital markets counterparties.

We value long-term relationships with clients, emphasizing trust, flexibility, collaboration and independent thinking. As one of Malaysia’s leading independent bank-backed investment banking groups, we utilize our expertise to continually tackle the most compelling financial challenges and deliver pioneering solutions to our clients. We commit people and ideas to help clients grow.

Affin Hwang Capital is part of the Affin Banking Group. To learn more, visit www.affinhwang.com.

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Bank Rakyat

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BANK RAKYAT

Bank Rakyat was established on the 28th September 1954 under the Cooperative Ordinance and has now established a reputation as the biggest Islamic cooperative bank in Malaysia. The transformation in 2002 of the bank from a conventional banking system to a banking system based on Shariah has enabled the bank to record encouraging profits year after year.

We continue to expand our product range and customer facilities that are varied and innovative. The products and facilities include consumer banking, commercial financing, savings and investments as well as financial planning products to satisfy the many demands of a wide spectrum of modern-day customers.

We have received various accolades as an industry player and an outstanding cooperative organization in Malaysia as well as internationally.

To date, we have 147 branches with more than 1,000 automated teller machines and cash deposit machines and 184 Ar-Rahnu X’Change outlets nationwide. Bank Rakyat also operates a contact centre, tele-Rakyat, that can be reached at 1-300-80-5454 (toll-free) and the iRakyat internet banking service at www.irakyat.com.my. We can also be reached via Facebook at www.facebook.com/myBANKRAKYAT and Instagram at instagram.com/myBANKRAKYAT.

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CIMB Islamic

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CIMB Islamic Bank, licensed under Malaysia’s Islamic Financial Services Act 2013, is the main operating entity of the CIMB Group’s global Islamic banking and finance franchise. It operates in parallel with the group’s universal banking platform where it offers Shariah compliant products and services to the group’s wholesale banking, consumer banking, commercial banking and asset management businesses.

CIMB Islamic’s products and operations are managed in strict compliance with Shariah principles under the guidance of the CIMB Islamic Board Shariah Committee, which comprises some of the world’s leading Shariah experts or scholars. CIMB Islamic provides comprehensive and innovative Shariah compliant financial products and services to meet the needs of individuals, small and medium-scale enterprises as well as large institutional customers.

CIMB Group’s Islamic banking and finance business is supported by the group’s network of over 39,000 staff in 16 countries comprising an experienced senior management team and a global team of Islamic banking and financial services professionals in all core components of the Islamic banking and financial services market. CIMB Group also has the most extensive retail branch network in ASEAN, with more than 900 branches as at the 31st December 2016. Outside of Malaysia, CIMB Islamic operates a universal offering in Indonesia and Singapore with a focus in wholesale banking in the other 14 countries.

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Codebase Technologies

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Codebase Technologies builds modern digital banks, developing application programming interface-driven technologies to deliver new customer experiences. Supporting institutions with cloud-agnostic digital-ready solutions, it operates as a research and development think tank that enables any business to pursue their ambitions for a seamlessly integrated, lifestyle-enhancing digital financial experience at a fraction of the time and cost.

Its highly robust and scalable open architecture framework and flagship platform ensemble, Digibanc™, the most comprehensive one-stop shop ‘bank in a box’, gives Codebase Technologies the key to unlock the true potential of the new-era digital financial ecosystem.

With solutions encompassing customer onboarding, middleware, payments, asset management and channel deployments, Codebase Technologies provides the expertise that allows your business to focus on what’s important — the customer.

Codebase Technologies operates across ASEAN, the GCC and Australia, providing proprietary technology products and advisory services to institutions looking to challenge the next digital frontier.

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Eternal Asset Management

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Eternal Asset Management (EAM) is an Australia-based investment manager that specializes in ultra ethical and socially responsible investments, particularly Shariah compliant investments. It prides itself in being an ethical investment manager that establishes and grows world-class investment funds.
EAM’s goal is to build long-term wealth by investing in an ethical manner, without compromising the values and beliefs of its clients who are invested in a broad range of active strategies across equities, compliant income, multi-assets, alternatives and real estate.
Providing ethical and Shariah compliant investment opportunities enable EAM to not only capture financial returns for clients but also to realize intrinsic returns not replicated elsewhere.

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IdealRatings

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IdealRatings was incorporated in 2006 in San Francisco with a corporate objective to provide SRI/ESG and Shariah compliant solutions to ethical investors and enable them to identify such instruments across different asset classes in the global market. IdealRatings serves clients in over 30 countries with a range of capital market solutions including:

  • Equities – A web-based platform covering over 40,000 stocks, where fund managers can screen equities using different, custom-built ESG/SRI/Responsible Investments and Shariah rulebooks or guidelines. This solution caters to different purification calculation methodologies with a comprehensive set of reports for fund managers to manage their portfolio.
  • REITs – Global coverage of all listed REITs that could be screened in accordance with different standard Shariah rulebooks or guidelines.
  • Indexes – Co-branded and jointly marketed by FTSE-Russell Indexes and a separate series with Thomson Reuters for the global markets, designed for fund management and investment benchmarking. In addition, IdealRatings is able to provide custom-built indexes for the fund management industry.
  • Sukuk – A unique solution which includes the global Sukuk and a pioneering Sukuk-screening solution that enables fund managers to customize their Sukuk selection in accordance to their Shariah rulebook, guidelines or investment preference, and
  • Brokerage – The solution provides broking houses the ability to screen global equity markets, a technical analysis of the markets and equities, buy/sell/hold recommendations and purification amounts.
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NOMURA ISLAMIC ASSET MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD.

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Nomura Islamic Asset Management (NIAM) was established in November 2008 to serve as the global Islamic hub for the Nomura Asset Management (NAM) Group internationally, to provide Shariah compliant investment solutions to our clients worldwide. In the short period since our inception, we have successfully built ourselves as one of the largest Islamic fund management boutiques in the world by assets under management size, and have been ranked among the world’s top 25 largest for the past four consecutive years by Asian Investor.

NIAM is a full-suite investment management office, with capabilities developed for portfolio management, research, and Shariah compliance monitoring for the Islamic equity and Sukuk asset classes, with regional and global coverage. We tailor our Shariah investment solutions to meet the needs of our diverse clientele, including prominent institutions globally, such as central banks, pension funds, financial institutions and corporations. Our investments are in strict adherence and accordance with Shariah principles under the guidance of our panel of Shariah advisors who are among the industry’s preeminent and most experienced Shariah experts or scholars.

In partnership with local and international industry players, we are avid participants in focused initiatives to promote Shariah investing across various markets. We have been involved in various consultations and dialogues with regulators and government bodies to promote a better understanding and support of Islamic investment solutions, not just in Malaysia, but also notably, in Brunei, Indonesia and the Middle East.

Even prior to the establishment of NIAM, we have been in the Islamic asset management space via our local conventional sister company, Nomura Asset Management Malaysia, which has been managing Shariah mandates since 2007. In addition to our adherence to Shariah standards, the NAM Group as a whole is also a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investing, and as such we incorporate responsible investment principles into our investment approach.

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The RFI Foundation

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The RFI Foundation – the industry body for the responsible finance sector

The RFI Foundation has been established with the aim of bringing together various forms of responsible finance practices, encouraging consensus as the basis for convergence between standards, practices and regulations. To do so in an effective manner, financial services must find and share a guiding principle for financial services which is most beneficial when the best ideas are incorporated from various forms of responsible finance, including Islamic finance.

After the financial crisis, it was apparent that the link between risk and reward had been broken and needed to be rebuilt with ethics and morals at its heart. The financial crisis illustrated in stark fashion that ethics and business are not adversaries and that ultimately they need each other.

It is within this context that responsible finance practices can play a powerful role in shaping the future of the global economy. There are various definitions and practices encapsulating the responsible finance sector. These include sustainable, responsible and impact investing (SRI), environmental, social and governance and Islamic finance, which is a form of financial intermediation in which funds are raised and applied using asset-based methods or partnerships in accordance with Islamic law instead of lending and borrowing.

The guiding principle that is shared among all forms of responsible finance is an appreciation that financial services can be a force, and indeed are necessary for sustainable development.

A major opportunity for the RFI is to expand responsible finance by incorporating the positive screening strengths of the SRI industry with the governance and regulatory advances of Islamic finance, and thereby engage asset owners and institutional investors who drive financial services development in a more coherent and unified approach.

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S&P Global Ratings

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S&P Global Ratings is the world’s leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than one million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.

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BADGE & LANYARD SPONSOR

Adnan, Sundra & Low

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ADNAN SUNDRA & LOW was established in August 1975 and has operated under its present name since 1982. We celebrated our 40 th anniversary in 2015 and have been consistently ranked as a premier law firm in Malaysia with capabilities spanning multiple practice areas, including banking and finance, Islamic and conventional capital markets, civil aviation, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, Islamic finance and real estate.

We have a traditionally strong track record in advising on finance and corporate matters and are experienced in negotiating, structuring and documenting complex and innovative financial and corporate structures, both Islamic and conventional. We have advised on many market-leading capital markets transactions, such as the first stapled securities issuance in Malaysia and the world’s first perpetual Sukuk and are privileged to have received the following awards in recognition of our practice :-

Malaysian Law Firm Of The Year
ALB Malaysia Law Awards 2016

Islamic Finance Law Firm Of The Year
ALB Malaysia Law Awards 2016

Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
ALB Malaysia Law Awards 2014, 2015 and 2016

Ijarah, Wakalah, Real Estate, Perpetual Sukuk , Equity & IPO,
Project & Infrastructure and Turkey Deals Of The Year
IFN Deals Of The Year 2015

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Tamweel Aloula, a digital financing company in Sau Tamweel Aloula, a digital financing company in Saudi Arabia, has completed its issuance of an Additional Tier 1 Capital Sukuk under its inaugural Sukuk program worth SAR500 million (US$133.05 million).

The issuance marks the first time such a program has been implemented by a non-banking financial institution in the Kingdom. Facilitating the transaction was Impact46, a Saudi investment and advisory firm which acted as the financial adviser and arranger, while legal counsel was provided by Norton Rose Fulbright.

https://www.islamicfinancenews.com/daily-cover-story-financing-company-issues-landmark-sukuk-for-non-banking-finance-sector-in-saudi-arabia.html

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