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IFN Asia Forum 2023

2nd October 2023
Kuala Lumpur

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About The Forum

Now in its 18th year, the IFN Asia Forum is IFN’s flagship event which has become a ‘must attend’ business event for Islamic finance professionals from around the world. It is a confluence of the brightest and most influential personalities of the industry, bringing quality and relevant discussions to the stage and invaluable networking opportunities.

Asia is recognized by the world as the bastion of Islamic finance housing the world’s most populous Muslim nation and largest Islamic finance market. With the support of regulators and multilateral Islamic finance organizations, IFN Asia Forum 2023 will take place at the heart of Islamic finance in the region, Kuala Lumpur.

As the center of Islamic capital-raising activities by volume and its diversity of instruments and issuers, the Forum will embody themes exploring Shariah financing through the banking and capital markets from both the perspectives of issuers and facilitators.

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An Introduction to 2023

We were delighted to be back in the conference rooms in 2022 following a near two-year hiatus, and it seems you were too.

We saw capacity audiences for the UK, Asia and Islamic Sustainable Finance & Investment Forums, and strong numbers everywhere else. We believe 2023 will surpass pre-pandemic numbers in all our core markets.

We have also learned much this past year and will implement the following:

  • The Forum format is essential in certain markets, and will remain in London, Muscat and Kuala Lumpur in 2023.
  • Our exclusive Dialogues have been warmly welcomed by all those participating and attending, and we will increase this offering in 2023, with events in Dubai, Riyadh, Doha, Jakarta, and Manama.
  • Live streaming has not taken off as many expected. However, watching recorded content has skyrocketed — certainly for us anyway. So, all Forums will be recorded and posted online for our global audience within a week of each event.
  • But, as our audiences enjoy recorded content, we will be organizing various country and sector ‘OnAir’ events and posting online for all to view.
  • Islamic sustainable is big. Our ISFI Forum in Kuala Lumpur in 2022 was outstanding and will remain for 2023. And, with COP28 in the UAE in 2023, we are introducing the ISFI Dialogues, which will be held in Dubai.

We are excited for the new year and look forward to welcoming you to our events and assisting in the continued global growth of the Islamic financial markets.

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Forum Agenda

9.00 – 9.10

Welcome Address

9.10 – 9.20

Keynote Address

Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid, Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

9.20 – 10.30

Key Strategic Economic Drivers in Southeast Asia: The Halal Economy and the Islamic Financial Services Industry

Malaysia’s top-down and ‘Islamic first’ strategy have been highly successful as Islamic financial services continue to flourish. What strategies at a governmental, regulatory and institutional level will maintain this success? What do digital transformation strategies mean for the sector, and what is the ongoing influence of value-based intermediation? With nearly 30 service providers, is consolidation among Malaysian financial institutions likely? What does Malaysia currently offer the world in terms of Halal certification, finance, education, and supply chain enablement? What environment is conducive for the continued growth of Halal ecosystems, infrastructure and value chains?  Where does Islamic finance play a role in the development of the Halal economy, and are Islamic financial institutions well positioned to serve the corporate and SME sector? Does Islamic finance need to build appeal and maintain competitiveness in this segment? We ask an expert panel.

Panelists:

Dr Bello Lawal Danbatta, Secretary-General, Islamic Financial Services Board
Mohamed Abida, Head, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Center of Excellence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

10.30 – 11:00

Coffee

11:00 – 12:00

Blueprint for the Future: An Ecosystem for the Successful Development & Distribution of Islamic Financial Services

How will the design, development and distribution of digital Islamic financial services continue to evolve in the near term? How significant is continued transformation among the traditional providers of Islamic financial products? How important are financial regulators in creating an environment for the enhancement of the financial services sector’s digital infrastructure? How is the development of systems and software for Islamic financial institutions driving scale, integrity and efficiency? What are regional, scalable opportunities for digital Islamic financial offerings? How is technology helping provide banking products for underserved and untapped segments such as the young, SMEs, and B2B markets? Is a banking model based on simpler, customer centric services a reality?

Panelist:

Rafiza Ghazali, Director, Digital Banking, KAF Investment Bank

12:00 – 13:00

Centre of Excellence: Malaysia as a Centre for Innovative Islamic Capital Market and Structured Finance Products

How does Malaysia fully leverage on its reputation for innovative structured financial markets and products, and cement its position as an arranging centre for international Shariah compliant transactions? What is the real potential for applying Waqf features to Islamic capital market structures? Do Tier-1 and Tier-2 Sukuk offer Islamic financial institutions the most flexible and efficient way of satisfying regulatory capital requirements, and do we feel the same about AT1 issuances as we did before? How do we ensure key issuances continue to have Islamic tranches, and that Islamic finance is a mainstream way of funding large projects? Examining further innovation in Shariah compliant structured products and where they might be applied: the example of repo and repo to maturity. Assessing the continued importance of Tawarruq within Islamic capital market structures, and the growing influence of alternatives such as Wakalah. How do we capitalize on the rising significance of the Islamic pre-IPO, IPO, ECM, and corporate finance market?

Panelists:

Basheer Ahmad, Listing Authority, Markets, Dubai Financial Services Authority
Dr Mohamad Zabidi Ahmad, Regional Chief Representative, DDCAP Group

13:00 – 14:15

Luncheon

14:15 – 15:15

Positioning Malaysia as a Leader in Ethical and Shariah Compliant Asset and Investment Management

Does Malaysia still enjoy a competitive advantage in the facilitation of ethically and socially responsible investment management? What strategic steps should be taken to grow Shariah compliant assets under management domestically? How do we assess the growing influence and potential offered by Waqf-featured funds such as REITs and ETFs? What is the continuing role of technology in the development of Shariah compliant investment management solutions, and is the sector successfully democratising access for retail investors? How do systematic tilts in portfolio allocation from Shariah screening affect how ESG integration is approached, and how significant are initiatives such as the FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia Index? Lastly, how do fund and asset managers ensure effective liquidity risk management processes, and do managers require clarity on Shariah governance guidelines?

15:15 – 16:15

Alternative Funding, Digital Marketplace Financing and the Development of Digital Assets

With significant growth being seen in new and alternative funding activities, Malaysia has an opportunity to create a competitive advantage. What does enhanced access for new Shariah compliant P2P and ECF operators and solutions mean for the digital finance marketplace, and what opportunities are available to retail investors? What sectors are prime beneficiaries for such investment and how do we ensure new sources of financing flow to the vital SME sector?
What is on offer from private equity and venture capital, and how effective will new regulatory guidelines designed to increase access to private capital prove to be. Finally, what does the development and evolution of digital assets such as digital currencies, tokens and new forms of crowdfunding mean for the Islamic financial services sector in Southeast Asia?

Panelists:

Elain Lockman, CEO and Co-Founder, Ata Plus
Jun Jie Yoon, Founder and CEO, Capsphere SME Financing

Forum Keynote

Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid

Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid

Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid
Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid
Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Adnan Zaylani is the assistant governor at Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) responsible for the development of the financial insurance sectors, development finance, Islamic finance and oversees the Legal Department. He is a member of BNM’s management committee and financial stability committee and sits on various other policy and development committees within BNM. Adnan represents BNM on the investment panel of Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja, the board of directors of Credit Guarantee Corporation, the executive committee and audit committee of the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, and is an authority member of Labuan FSA and a member of the board executive committee of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation.

Adnan joined BNM in 1994 as a foreign exchange trader and portfolio manager. He has played key roles in managing the international reserves, the National Trust Fund and several other public sector funds. He has also been involved in advising the government on its debt management strategy and participated in its international Sukuk roadshows in 2015 and 2016. He became the assistant governor for financial markets, investment, foreign exchange administration and currency management in 2016 before furthering his studies in 2017.

Adnan holds a Master’s degree in public policy from the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, a Master of Science degree in global market economics from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Science degree in economics also from the London School of Economics.

Forum Speakers

Basheer Ahmad

Basheer Ahmad

Listing Authority, Markets, Dubai Financial Services Authority
Basheer Ahmad
Basheer Ahmad
Listing Authority, Markets, Dubai Financial Services Authority

An experienced capital market regulator, Basheer Ahmad joined the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in 2008 and is responsible for primary market regulations and for managing the DFSA Listing Authority. He is the Islamic finance subject matter expert at the DFSA and is also responsible for the development of the ESG securities requirements.

Basheer has spent over 20 years working for international regulators with an emphasis on securities rules and regulations, policy formulation, listing rules, operating listing regimes and market disclosures. He holds a Barrister-at-Law degree from Lincoln’s Inn in the UK, and is a Chartered Islamic Finance professional.

Dr Bello Lawal Danbatta

Dr Bello Lawal Danbatta

Secretary-General, Islamic Financial Services Board
Dr Bello Lawal Danbatta
Dr Bello Lawal Danbatta
Secretary-General, Islamic Financial Services Board

Dr Bello Lawal Danbatta was appointed the secretary-general of the IFSB effective the 29th January 2018.

Dr Bello was previously the director of the Centre of Consultancy and Executive Programs at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance and has over 25 years of combined experience in the private, academia as well as financial services regulation and supervision sectors across Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He is a member of AAOIFI, and has chaired various working groups for the issuance of financial accounting standards for Islamic financial institutions. He has also been involved in the development and drafting of standards, guidelines and frameworks for capital adequacy, accounting as well as supervision and regulation of Islamic finance for various countries.

Dr Bello holds a PhD. in Islamic banking and finance from the International Islamic University Malaysia and an MBA in corporate finance. He is a chartered accountant with the Association of Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA-UK), a member of the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals, Nigerian Institute of Management and International Council for Islamic Finance Educators. He has worked with the Securities and Exchange Commission Nigeria and other multinational corporations.

Elain Lockman

Elain Lockman

CEO & Co-Founder, Ata Plus
Elain Lockman
Elain Lockman
CEO & Co-Founder, Ata Plus
Jun Jie Yoon

Jun Jie Yoon

Founder and CEO, Capsphere SME Financing
Jun Jie Yoon
Jun Jie Yoon
Founder and CEO, Capsphere SME Financing

Yoon Jun Jie is CEO and founder of Capsphere, Malaysia’s first asset-based peer-to-peer financing and investment platform registered with Securities Commission Malaysia. He started Capsphere to support local SMEs and to enable communities to take part in their growth. Previously, he was the vice-president in the Southeast Asia Global Corporate Banking team at Bank of America. He has gained experience in facilitating debt financing and advising on cash management and treasury solutions for global corporations and financial institutions.

Yoon has completed the Professional Credit Certification from Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers. His education background includes a Master of Philosophy degree in economics from the University of Cambridge and Bachelor of Science degree in statistics, economics and finance from University College London.

Dr Mohamad Zabidi Ahmad

Dr Mohamad Zabidi Ahmad

Regional Chief Representative, DDCAP Group
Dr Mohamad Zabidi Ahmad
Dr Mohamad Zabidi Ahmad
Regional Chief Representative, DDCAP Group

Dr Mohamad Zabidi Ahmad has worked in the banking industry for 38 years. He has amassed 19 years of experience in group treasury products and functions (conventional and Islamic) including corporate (deposits, investments, client solutions), interbank, fixed income and derivatives, product development, structuring and marketing. He previously served as the senior managing director and regional head of Islamic treasury, treasury and markets in group wholesale banking for CIMB Group. During that time, he was responsible for the development of CIMB Group’s regional Islamic treasury franchises, managing over RM100 billion (US$23.88 billion) of Islamic assets for CIMB Group Islamic Banking. His country-focused treasury remits included Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and Thailand and for five years, he was based in London as a chief dealer. His innovations included the introduction of CIMB’s Islamic repo contract.

Dr Mohamad Zabidi has held various additional executive management positions within the CIMB Group, including the chairman of the Investment Account Oversight Committee and a member of the Group Islamic Management Committee, the Treasury and Market Committee and the Group Islamic Wholesale Banking Committee. He has been widely recognized for his leadership, with CIMB announced as ‘Best Islamic Bank for Treasury Management’ at the IFN Awards in 2019. He previously participated in the Bursa Malaysia/Bank Negara Malaysia Working Group resulting in the formation of the Bursa Suq Al-Sila’ Commodity House and the Working Group resulting in the establishment of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation.

Dr Mohamad Zabidi served as a proactive chairman of AIBIM Treasury & Markets, leading the CMTC Sukuk Index Task Force in the successful launch of the Sovereign & Corporate Bloomberg-AIBIM-Bursa Sukuk Index in September 2012. In 2018, under his leadership, AIBIM also published the practice notes for Qard Hasan and commodity Murabahah for adoption by AIBIM members. He has presented papers on Islamic treasury products to various central banks, including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Bank Indonesia and Bank Negara Malaysia.

Among his academic and professional achievements, Dr Mohamad Zabidi holds a doctorate in business administration from Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia and has a Bachelor in Accountancy degree with honors from Universiti Teknologi MARA.

A qualified chartered accountant, Dr Mohamad Zabidi is a practicing member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a certified senior financial market practitioner by ACI-Financial Market of Malaysia and the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and holds an Associate Qualification in Islamic Finance from the Islamic Banking & Finance Institute Malaysia and that of senior associate from the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance.

Mohamed Abida

Mohamed Abida

Head, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Center of Excellence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mohamed Abida
Mohamed Abida
Head, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Center of Excellence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rafiza Ghazali

Rafiza Ghazali

Director, Digital Banking, KAF Investment Bank
Rafiza Ghazali
Rafiza Ghazali
Director, Digital Banking, KAF Investment Bank

Rafiza Ghazali is with KAF Investment Bank as the director of digital banking. She joined KAF Investment Bank to spearhead the project team for the incorporation and operational readiness process of the Islamic digital bank entity of the consortium being led by KAF Investment Bank.

Prior to joining KAF Investment Bank, Rafiza was group CEO of Cradle Fund, where she collaborated closely with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Ministry of Finance, tasked with supporting and developing Malaysian start-ups and tech entrepreneurs.

Rafiza’s wealth of experience in innovation and the digital economy makes her uniquely positioned to drive the digital bank value proposition at providing a conducive open-banking platform-based ecosystem to customers and partners.

Rafiza’s academic career includes a Bachelor of Science Economics in Accounting and Finance degree from The London School of Economics and Political Science and a graduate diploma in applied finance and investment majoring in corporate finance from the Securities Institute of Australia. She is also a fellow member of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand. She also graduated from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford with a postgraduate diploma in strategy and innovation.

Advisory Board

Dean Gillespie

Dean Gillespie

CEO, Islamic Bank of Australia
Dean Gillespie
Dean Gillespie
CEO, Islamic Bank of Australia

Dean Gillespie is CEO of Islamic Bank Australia and has extensive banking and start-up experience across both Australia and Asia. He has led the creation of Australia’s first Islamic bank since 2018. He was previously in charge of home loan sales at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the head of mortgages at Bankwest where he doubled the business’s size within three years. He also ran the retail bank at Vietnam International Bank in Hanoi across 160 branches nationwide, where he built the bank’s first mobile banking app.

Dean has a history of founding start-ups including SparkleVote, an innovative online election company. Outside of work, Dean is the chair of the UK’s aeroplane ambulance service, flies aircraft and studies astrophysics part-time. He holds a Master of Finance degree and a Bachelor of Economics degree. Dean joined Islamic Bank Australia largely as a volunteer in 2018 before transitioning to full-time CEO in 2020. He is passionate about the need to support Muslim Australians in building the first Islamic bank. His knowledge of Australian retail banking and his commitment to ethical banking are key drivers in delivering the Islamic Bank Australia Vision to reality.

Joanne Rodrigues

Joanne Rodrigues

Group Chief Financial Officer, Affin Bank
Joanne Rodrigues
Joanne Rodrigues
Group Chief Financial Officer, Affin Bank
Marcel Omar Papp

Marcel Omar Papp

Head of Retakaful, Swiss Re
Marcel Omar Papp
Marcel Omar Papp
Head of Retakaful, Swiss Re

Marcel Omar Papp is the principal officer of Swiss Re Kuala Lumpur Branch since August 2018, overseeing both the conventional and re-Takaful operations of Swiss Re in Malaysia. He came to Swiss Re Kuala Lumpur Branch in February 2009 with the responsibility to set up and head the re-Takaful operations, and it has since since become the global center for Swiss Re’s Family and General re-Takaful business leading the development of the firm’s Islamic reinsurance business, products and processes worldwide. Under his leadership, Swiss Re Retakaful has become a market leader in Southeast Asia and has won several ‘Best Retakaful operation’ awards.

Prior to moving to Malaysia, Marcel Omar was based in Hong Kong and Singapore for 10 years in various underwriting roles, including head of the Casualty Treaty Desk and product manager of casualty for Asia.

Marcel Omar started his career in insurance more than 25 years ago as a claims broker in the London market working for Willis. He then moved to Union Re (Zurich) working in client market and underwriting functions before joining Swiss Re in 1998.

Marcel Omar holds a Masters of Arts degree in business administration from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and is an associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London.

Michael Orzano

Michael Orzano

Global Head of Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices
Michael Orzano
Michael Orzano
Global Head of Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Michael Orzano (Mike) is the senior director of global equity indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). He is responsible for the product management of S&P DJI’s global equity, real estate and Islamic indices including the S&P/ASX and S&P/TSX series. In this role, Mike leads S&P DJI’s efforts developing new benchmarks for international equity markets and promotes their use among global clients. He also regularly publishes research, analytical reports and market commentary on a variety of international investment topics.

Prior to joining S&P DJI, Mike was a research analyst at Endurance Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, where he was responsible for evaluating investments in banks and other financial institutions. He has also worked as an investment performance analyst at Cambridge Associates.

Mike holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Georgetown University. He is also a CFA charterholder and a member of the New York CFA Society.

Mohamed Shehzad Bin Mohamed Islam

Mohamed Shehzad Bin Mohamed Islam

CEO, Ethis Investment - EthisX
Mohamed Shehzad Bin Mohamed Islam
Mohamed Shehzad Bin Mohamed Islam
CEO, Ethis Investment - EthisX

Mohamed Shehzad (zad) has close to 25 years experience and has assumed roles in corporate planning, management consulting, business development, marketing and sales and investments. He started as a corporate executive, was part of a family office and is still a corporate entrepreneur. His engagements have spanned multi-sectors including the emerging field of fintech.

Zad graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London in 1997. A career within aviation till 2004 saw him in engineering and marketing & sales positions. Continuing his education at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Zad completed an MEng in Mechatronics Engineering in 2008 focused on drones technology.

Returning to Singapore, Zad joined a boutique consultancy as a management consultant and he participated in a number of projects, working on scopes ranging from business planning and market development to project planning, project financing and project implementation.

Between 2012 to 2017, Zad was part of a Qatari multi-business holding and family office and eventually held the position of Strategic Business Development Director. While there, Zad initiated a number of business verticals including hospitality and real estate, education, manufacturing and consulting. Zad left Qatar mid 2017 when his family relocated home and focused on sell side M&A as well select advisory assignments. He also made investments into start-ups.

In late 2019, Zad became the founding CEO (Designate)of the first Shariah compliant equity crowdfunding platform, Ethis Malaysia which is regulated by Securities Commission Malaysia.

He is currently the COO of Ethis Global and concurrently the CEO of Ethis Investment comprising EthisX, a global ethical alternative investment platform regulated by Oman Capital Market Authority, Ethis Fund, a fund management company licensed under Labuan Financial Services Authority and EthisX Advisory.

Mohammed Alim

Mohammed Alim

CEO and Cofounder, IBF Net Group
Mohammed Alim
Mohammed Alim
CEO and Cofounder, IBF Net Group
Mustafa Aydemir

Mustafa Aydemir

Senior Investment Analyst, Saturna Malaysia
Mustafa Aydemir
Mustafa Aydemir
Senior Investment Analyst, Saturna Malaysia

Mustafa Aydemir is currently working as a Senior Investment Analyst with Saturna Shd Bhd, a subsidiary of Bellingham, Washington-based investment firm Saturna Capital. He is an investment advisor for HNW clients and head of the retail strategy in the ASEAN region. His research work covers ESG and the banking sector. Mustafa is a Ph.D. candidate at the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance. Mustafa studied at the Investment banking institute in New York City in 2009, has a master’s degree in Islamic finance from INCEIF in 2013, and is a CFA Level 2 candidate. Further, he is a registered Shariah financial planner.

Mustafa is a subject matter expert on sustainability, ESG, and the SDGs. He is a regular speaker and panelist on the topic in Malaysia, organized by industry players and regulators such as the Securities Commission of Malaysia, FIMM, and MFPC.

Mustafa’s illustrious career started his career with Arthur Andersen in Stuttgart as a business consultant in 1999. He then worked for the world’s leading business software house, SAP AG, in Walldorf, Germany. He gained experience in system integration, internal audit, business, technical consulting, change management, enterprise risk management, and strategic planning. Before asset management, Mustafa worked in international project teams and advised the executive management of various German DAX companies, including Siemens AG, Daimler AG, and BMW AG.

Mustafa lived, studied, and worked in Europe, the US, and Asia. He was instrumental in starting and heading the consulting practice of Al-Othman Group, Saudi Arabia, in 2006. During that period, he was the program manager for major projects, including Aramco, Sabic, and Amiantit. After completing his assignments successfully, Mustafa moved to Bahrain and worked as a senior advisor at Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) until April 2011. Mr. Aydemir has been working and living in Malaysia since 2011.

Nicholas Edmondes

Nicholas Edmondes

Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Nicholas Edmondes
Nicholas Edmondes
Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Raja Teh Maimunah

Raja Teh Maimunah

CEO, Aeon Digital Bank
Raja Teh Maimunah
Raja Teh Maimunah
CEO, Aeon Digital Bank
Suhazi Reza Selamat

Suhazi Reza Selamat

CEO, UOB Islamic Asset Management
Suhazi Reza Selamat
Suhazi Reza Selamat
CEO, UOB Islamic Asset Management

Reza has more than 20 years of investment-related experience in the financial services industry. Starting his career in the Treasury Division of a Malaysian Bank, Reza dealt in multiple financial instruments, including foreign exchange and derivatives for both proprietary trading and corporate desks. He moved into Asset Management in 2002, covering sales, marketing, distribution, training and product development.

He was based in the Middle East in 2008 & 2009 to develop the middle eastern market for a Malaysian Asset Management outfit and specialized in Islamic Asset Management since 2010.

Reza obtained his MBA, specializing in Islamic Finance from University Malaya, and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is a holder of the Security Commission of Malaysia’s (SC) Capital Markets and Services Representative’s License (CMSRL) for fund management in 2011 and is a Shariah Registered Financial Planner by Malaysia Financial Planning Council (MFPC) since 2019.

Tan Pheng Leong

Tan Pheng Leong

CFO, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam
Tan Pheng Leong
Tan Pheng Leong
CFO, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam

Forum Partners

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DDCAP Group

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Founded in 1998 and headquartered in London, with an office in Dubai and a presence in both Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, DDCAP is a leading provider of asset facilitation services and financial technology and system solutions across a diverse range of Shariah compliant products, asset classes and instruments in both the primary and secondary markets. DDCAP’s wholly-owned subsidiaries include DD&Co and DDGI. DDCAP has an extensive track record within the Islamic finance industry, employing over 35 professionals with broad and complementary skill sets drawn from diverse financial industry backgrounds, focused principally on providing service to Islamic financial market participants around the world. DDCAP has its own Shariah supervisory board comprising esteemed Shariah scholars from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Kuwait. DDCAP’s multi-award-winning Shariah compliant ETHOS Asset Facilitation Platform is a bespoke, real-time trade and post-trade services platform providing 24-hour coverage, enabling clients worldwide to purchase from a diverse asset inventory, including commodities, via a secure, web-based portal.

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Eiger

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Eiger Trading Advisors (Eiger) is a UK-based asset-trading and technology company founded in 2008, which specializes as an intermediary in Islamic financial products.

As a leading intermediary and technology provider within the commodity Murabahah space, Eiger has the unique capabilities to deliver Shariah compliant commodity trading solutions through the Eiger Trading Platform (ETP), a web-based trading system, that we tailor to our bank clients’ exact operational requirements.

The ETP automates the structuring and execution of Islamic banking products for wholesale and retail commodity-backed transactions, including two new enhanced modules:

  • ETP Retail – A 24/7 STP platform designed to automate the end-to-end commodity Murabahah transactions underpinning retail banking products such as deposits, loans, CASA, credit cards
  • ETP Client Reach – A bespoke middle and back office module designed to streamline Islamic treasury and derivative transactions, including execution and documentation with our clients’ clients.

Eiger is authorized and regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, and is both a member of the London Metal Exchange and an associate of the London Platinum and Palladium Market.

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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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Moody’s Investors Service

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Moody’s is a global risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions. Its data, analytical solutions and insights help decision-makers identify opportunities and manage the risks of doing business with others. We believe that greater transparency, more informed decisions and fair access to information open the door to shared progress.

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S&P Dow Jones Indices

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S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has become home to over one million indices across the spectrum of asset classes that have helped define the way investors measure and trade the markets.

S&P DJI has the longest history of providing Islamic market indices since the launch of DJIM World Index, the world’s first Shariah compliant benchmark in 1999. In 2006, the Dow Jones Sukuk Index was launched, which became the first index to track the performance of global Islamic fixed income securities.

Nowadays, S&P DJI offers two highly visible and widely used index families for Shariah compliant investors: The DJ Islamic Market (DJIM) Indices and S&P Shariah Indices. The two index families include thousands of broad-market, blue-chip, fixed-income and strategy and thematic indices that have passed rules-based screens for Shariah compliance and are the most visible and widely-used set of Shariah compliant benchmarks in the world. A majority of the largest asset managers in the Middle East, Southeast Asia as well as major banks/asset managers in Europe and the US that serve a Shariah clientele utilize S&P DJI to construct Shariah compliant investment strategies.

S&P DJI 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/spdji/.

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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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Trowers & Hamlins

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Trowers & Hamlins is an international law firm with over 150 partners and more than 900 people located across the UK, the Middle East and the Far East providing a full-service integrated offering to clients with local knowledge and expertise at its core.

Our distinguishing feature is that with 25 years of experience in the UK and the Middle East, we have a depth of knowledge of the Islamic finance industry that covers the entire spectrum from regulatory and corporate governance to capital market issuances and real estate investment. Our international team of multidisciplinary specialists will guide you on structuring your Shariah compliant activities to help you achieve a successful outcome.

With our growing office in Kuala Lumpur, our team now advises on Islamic investments, financings and products across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

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Launched in April 2021, Redmoney Consulting is a new and highly focused advisory firm focusing on global Islamic, Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Finance. Redmoney Consulting is a logical extension of REDmoney Group, the Islamic finance industry’s leading media house with a truly global audience. In addition to Islamic finance, the Group has steadily increased its coverage of the green and sustainable finance sector as the two markets continue to converge. Redmoney Consulting provides an expansive service allowing its consultants to provide advisory and consulting services at the highest level for the most discerning of clients.

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IFN Asia Forum 2022

The IFN Asia Forum remains the region’s largest Islamic finance gathering. An annual ‘must attend’ business event for Islamic finance professionals from around the world, IFN Asia is a confluence of the brightest and most influential personalities of the industry, bringing quality and relevant discussions to the stage and invaluable networking opportunities.

Asia is recognized by the world as the bastion of Islamic finance housing the world’s most populous Muslim nation and largest Islamic finance market. With the support of regulators and multilateral Islamic finance organizations, the 17th IFN Asia Forum took place at the heart of Islamic finance in the region, Kuala Lumpur.

As the center of Islamic capital-raising activities by volume and its diversity of instruments and issuers, the Forum embodied themes exploring Shariah financing through the banking and capital markets from both the perspectives of issuers and facilitators.

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REDmoney events designs, organizes and hosts industry-leading conferences, forums, roadshows, seminars and dialogues focusing on the Islamic financial markets across a global, regional and national level. Leveraging an exceptional network of the industry’s elite and supported by the expertise of the REDmoney publishing and seminars divisions, REDmoney Events are able to provide access to a unique array of influential speakers, panelists and participants from a cross-section of the global industry to debate the most significant issues affecting the Shariah compliant financial markets.

REDmoney events are differentiated by their complimentary yet qualified attendance structure, ensuring the highest quality of both delegates and contributors. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, attendance ensures exclusive access to the leaders in their field across all sectors and markets.

TThe annual IFN Asia and IFN UK Forums are categorically recognized as their continent’s leading industry events since their inception in 2006 and 2007 respectively. The Dialogues series has also become an integral element of the REDmoney events series and have cemented their position as leading, must-attend, events. In 2022, we introduced the Islamic Sustainable Finance & Investment Forum, which was an enormous success, and will become a mainstay.

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We are proud to announce Professor Ahmet Faruk Ays We are proud to announce Professor Ahmet Faruk Aysan, Associate Dean for Research, College of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University as a speaker for IFN Qatar Dialogues 2023.

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We are proud to announce Munaf Usmani, Senior Vice We are proud to announce Munaf Usmani, Senior Vice-President, Treasury and Markets of QInvest LLC as a speaker for IFN Qatar Dialogues 2023.

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Don't miss out on this exciting discussion on the Don't miss out on this exciting discussion on the future of Qatar's Islamic capital markets. Learn about the role of Shariah compliant financial institutions in a post-FIFA environment, funding routes for Qatari corporates and how privatization and the private sector can continue to play a role in infrastructure and public services provision. 
 
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The prestigious IFN Awards Ceremony Kuala Lumpur t The prestigious IFN Awards Ceremony Kuala Lumpur took place on the 17th May 2023 to honor the outstanding achievements in the field of Islamic finance. Following the IFN Awards Ceremony Dubai held on the 16th March 2023, which celebrated the most impactful Islamic finance transactions in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, the Kuala Lumpur event recognized exceptional contributions from leaders in Southeast Asia.

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Congratulations to JSCB Agrobank for winning the I Congratulations to JSCB Agrobank for winning the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) PSF Awards of Outstanding Contribution to Intra-OIC Trade Development 2023.

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