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IFN Indonesia Forum 2012

16st & 17nd April 2012
Grand Ballroom, Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jakarta

Confirmed Delegates: 747

About The IFN Indonesia Forum

The growth potential for Indonesia's Islamic finance industry is enormous, and coupled with a steadily growing economy, financial reforms and stricter anti-corruption laws, the republic is set to stake its claim as a financial powerhouse in Asia. With support from the Indonesian government, financial regulators and the central bank, Indonesia is poised to become the next hub for Islamic finance in Asia and on a global scale.

In light of these developments, REDmoney Group will host the first Islamic Finance news Indonesia Forum 2012 on the 1617th and 17th April at the Hotel Mulia Senayan in Jakarta. The two-day event will feature an Issuers Day, Investors Day, and Takaful and re-Takaful Day and see the movers and shakers of the Islamic finance industry gather to discuss the most current and relevant issues within the Indonesian Islamic financial markets. Covering all sectors from retail to capital markets, the IFN Indonesia Forum aims to highlight key developments in tax and regulations, investment opportunities in Indonesia, liquidity and corporate governance, as well as the growth potential for Takaful in Indonesia's thriving retail banking sector.

Supported by Bank Indonesia and the Ministry of Finance, the inaugural IFN Indonesia Forum will feature speakers representing all sectors within the Islamic finance industry; from government officials to global heads of banks and financial institutions. Amongst those who will be speaking at the IFN Indonesia 2012 Forum include: Dahlan Siamat - Director Islamic Financing Policy, Ministry of Finance Indonesia, Edy Setiadi - Director of Islamic Banking, Bank Indonesia, Yudha Pratama - President Director, PT Jaya Proteksi Takaful, Albert Wiseman Paterson - President Director, PT Sun Life Financial Indonesia, Neil Miller- Global Head Islamic finance, KPMG Dubai and Riawan Amin- Chairman, Indonesian Islamic Banking Association.

With 747 delegates already confirmed, it is still not too late to be part of this fully-interactive event covering the most pertinent topics in Indonesia's Islamic finance landscape.

Forum Agenda

  • Day 1: Issuers Day
  • Day 2: Investors Day
  • Day 2: Takaful & re-Takaful

Day 1: Issuers Day

Monday, 16th April 2012

08:00 - 09:00
Registration & Breakfast
09:00 - 09:20
Opening Address
Yuslam Fauzi - Chairman, Indonesian Islamic Banking Association
09:20 - 09:30
Chairperson's Welcome
Neil Miller - Global Head Islamic finance, KPMG Dubai
09:30 - 10:15
Session One: Growth of Islamic Financial Markets in Indonesia in 2012 and Beyond
  • Shielding Indonesia's financial markets from the volatilities of international markets: Addressing underperformance of Islamic Issuances
  • Encouraging corporate issuance to provide diversity and depth to the local Islamic bond market
  • Tax holidays on Sukuk: where does the market go from here?
  • Competing with established Islamic financial markets such as Malaysia - identifying Indonesia's competitive advantage?
Panelists: Badlisyah Abdul Ghani - Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Islamic Malaysia
  Eka Danuwirana - Senior Vice President, Bank Syariah Mandiri Indonesia
  Hendro Utomo - Vice President Financial Institutions Ratings, Pefindo Credit Rating
  Michael Steven - President Director, Kresna Securities
10:15 - 10:30
The Role of Regulators in Growing the Islamic Banking Sector
Ahmad Buchori - Head of Policy Review and International Standard Team - Directorate of Islamic Banking, Bank Indonesia

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10:30 - 11:00
Networking Break
11:00 - 11:15
Indonesia Islamic Capital Market Report
Etty Retno Wulandari - Head of Accounting Standard and Disclosure Bureau, Bapepam

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11:15 - 12:00
Session Two: Islamic Capital Market Products, Structures, Challenges and Opportunities
  • Issuance of a benchmark global Sukuk: Suitable market conditions and pricing
  • Short term versus long term bonds: Meeting demands for short term shariah notes and managing liquidity
  • Asset backed securities: Infrastructure and project financing
  • Indonesia's sovereign issuance: Addressing the need and capacity for more product diversity
  • Diversifying funding sources: Islamic treasury bills, retail Sukuk
  • Tax neutrality in promoting innovation in Islamic securities: Addressing the absence of retroactive clauses in legislative changes
Panelists: Ahmad Najib Nazlan - Head of Treasury, Bank Muamalat Malaysia & Executive Director, Muamalat Invest Malaysia
  Alhami Mohd Abdan - Head International Finance & Capital Market, OCBC Al-Amin Malaysia
  Allan Redimerio - Director and Head of Asia Infrastructure Ratings, Standard & Poor's Singapore
  Andri Aidham Badri - Partner, Kadir Andri & Partners Malaysia
12:00 - 12:45
Issuers Roundtable
  • Cost of issuing Islamically versus conventional
  • Market volatility and issuance success rates
  • Investor base: Selecting where to list and dominating currency
  • Qualifying deal managers and legal counsels
  • Repayment structures and default avaoidance
  • Governance - as important as the deal
Panelists: Fatati Sriwahyuni - Deputy Director Financial Market Analysis, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
  Mohd Izani Ghani - Chief Financial Officer, Khazanah Nasional Malaysia
  Mehmet Fatih Bulac - Vice President & Head International Financial Institutions, Turkiye Finans Participation Bank
12:45 - 14:00
Luncheon
Kresna Securities
12:45 - 13:00
Luncheon Keynote
Michael Steven - President Director, Kresna Securities
14:00 - 14:15
Power Presentation One: Infrastructure Financing
Craig R. Nethercott - Partner Finance Department & Co-Chair Islamic Finance Practice Group, Latham & Watkins

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14:15 - 14:30
Country Presentation: Japan
Naoki Ishikawa - Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

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14:30 - 14:45
Power Presentation Three: Axis Cross- Border Islamic Financing
Indri Pramitaswari Guritno - Partner, Banking, Finance and Major Projects, Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners

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14:45 - 15:00
Power Presentation Four: TH indo Plantation Commodity Murabahah
Leoni Sililtonga - Partner, Roosdiono & Partners Indonesia

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15:00 - 15:30
Networking Break
15:30 - 16:15
Session Three: Increasing Secondary Market Trading and Cross- Border Liquidity Flows
  • Narrowing yield spreads by increasing trading quality
  • Investing in secondary markets as opposed to holding until maturity
  • Axis Cross-Border Shariah Financing: Lessons learned
  • International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) and its role in the Indonesian capital market
  • Addressing investor's demand for higher yield: Compensating for lack of liquid secondary market in Islamic securities
Panelists: Andrew Leamon - Director and Head of Corporate Trust Asia Pacific Sales, Deutsche Bank Hong Kong
  Devie Milayanti - Director, Group Head Capital Markets, Madani Securities
  Hitesh Asarpota - Associate Director, Emirates NBD Capital
  Dr. Kalwant Singh - Vice President, Maybank Investment Malaysia
16:15 - 17:00
Shariah Scholars Roundtable
Karnaen A Perwataatmadja - Shariah Advisor, Bank Danamon Indonesia
M Gunawan Yasni - Shariah Advisor, Bapepam
Dr Muhammad Syafii Antonio - Chairman, Batasa Capital
Dr. Rusni Hassan - Shariah Advisory Council, Bank Negara Malaysia
17:00 - 17:15
Chairperson's closing
Neil Miller - Global Head Islamic finance, KPMG Dubai

Day 2: Investors Day

Tuesday, 17th April 2012

08:00 - 09:00
Registration & Breakfast
09:00 - 09:15
Keynote Address
Dr Mulia P Nasution, DESS - Senior Adviser to Minister of Finance & Chairman Establishment Committee OJK
09:15 - 09:30
Chairperson's Welcome
Riawan Amin - Honorary Chairman, Indonesian Islamic Banking Association
09:30 - 10:15
Session One: Key Islamic Investment Trends and Strategies in 2012
  • Discussing Islamic investment trends and strategies in Indonesia
  • Growing Islamic financial market by capitalizing from Indonesia's economy growth: Capitalizing from positive ratings
  • What does Indonesia have to offer the international investment community?
  • Tapping petrodollars from the Middle East and identifying opportunities in Europe
  • Recent regulatory and taxation changes relevant to Islamic finance in Indonesia, and what they really mean for investors
Guest Moderator: Riawan Amin - Honorary Chairman, Indonesian Islamic Banking Association
Panelists: Fares Mourad - Managing Director, Islamic finance, Sarasin Bank Switzerland
  Ibrahim Hassan - President Director, Maybank Syariah Indonesia
  Issam Z. Al Tawari - Chairman & Managing Director, Rasameel Structured Finance Company Kuwait
  Md Noor Hj A Rahman - Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, OSK - UOB Islamic Fund Management Malaysia
10:15 - 10:30
One-on-One Q&A
Dahlan Siamat - Director Islamic Financing Policy, Ministry of Finance Indonesia
Interviewer
Neil Miller - Global Head Islamic finance, KPMG Dubai
10:30 - 11:00
Networking Break
11:00 - 11:45
Session Two: Identifying Opportunities from Indonesia's Islamic Investment Products
  • Identifying the market for Islamic ETFs and REITs in Indonesia
  • Islamic private equity and venture capital in Indonesia: Where is the market headed now?
  • Tapping potential in growing industries: Real estate, technology and healthcare
  • The growth of private investment funds
  • The market and growth of commodity Murabaha products in Indonesia
Moderator: Ariff Sultan - Director, Idealratings
Panelists: Adrian A Gunadi- Director, Bank Muamalat Indonesia
  Eldred Buck - Managing Director, Eiger Trading Advisors
  Saefuddin Noer - Head Shariah Banking, CIMB Niaga
  Teguh Wirahadikusumah - Director & Head of Structured Finance, Mandiri Sekuritas Indonesia
11:45 - 12:30
Session Three: Liquidity of Indonesia's Islamic Instruments
  • Examining the current state of the Islamic secondary and interbank money markets
  • Islamic money markets instruments, repurchase agreements and the availability of cross-border liquidity
  • Surplus liquid assets: Discussing the effect of underutilized surplus liquidity
  • Addressing the scarcity of liquid instruments which inhibits the growth of Islamic finance: What can we do?
  • The importance of liquidity risk management: Improving investor's confidence
Moderator: Ariff Sultan - Director, Idealratings
Panelists: Lawrence Oliver - Senior Executive Director & Deputy Chief Executive Officer, DDCap
  Rizqullah Thohuri - President Director, BNI Syariah Indonesia
  Sharizad Juma'at - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, AmanahRaya Investment Management
  Yazit Yusuff - Director & Head of Islamic Banking, OSK Investment Bank
12:30 - 14:00
Luncheon
Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners
14:00 - 14:15
Power Presentation: Indonesia Islamic Finance Taxation Update
Astera Primanto Bhakti - Director of Center for State Revenue, Ministry of Finance Indonesia

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14:15 - 14:30
Power Presentation Two: Market for Islamic REITs in Indonesia
Abas B A Jalil - Chief Executive Officer, Amanah Capital Group Malaysia
14:30 - 14:45
Power Presentation Three: Country Presentation: Maldives
Aishath Muneeza - Head of Islamic finance, Capital Market Development Authority, Maldives

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14:45 - 15:00
Power Presentation Four: Islamic Fund Management
Fadlul Imansyah, Head of Investment, CIMB- Principal Asset Management Indonesia

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15:00 - 15:30
Networking Break
15:30 - 16:15
Session Four: Transparency, Reporting and Corporate Governance in Islamic Investments
  • Increasing level of information disclosed to uphold integrity of Islamic financial institutions
  • Corroborating Shariah compliant investing with external parties
  • Role of board of directors in ensuring transparency
  • Audit and Shariah audit requirements: Is it standardized?
  • Whistle-blowers protection: Is it safe to speak out against discrepancies?
Moderator: Ariff Sultan - Director, Idealratings
Panelists: Hanim Hamzah - Partner, Roosdiono & Partners
  Andi Faizal - Senior Manager, PwC Indonesia
  Dr Salah Addeen A Qader Saeed - General Manager, Credit & Risk Management, Bahrain Islamic Bank
16:15 - 17:00
Investors Roundtable
  • Investment opportunities in Indonesia
  • Addressing investors investment concerns
  • Cost of investing in Indonesia as opposed to neighbouring countries
  • Attractive investment assets and location for 2012
Moderator: Ariff Sultan - Director, Idealratings
Panelists: Amran Mohamad - Chief Executive Officer, SBI Islamic Fund Brunei
  Marsangap P Tamba - Vice President and Group Head of Investments, Sun Life Financial Indonesia
  Stephen Grundlingh - Co-CEO & Regional Head, Templeton Asset Management Singapore
17:00 - 17:15
Chairperson's closing
Ariff Sultan- Director, Idealratings

Day 2: Takaful & re-Takaful

Tuesday, 17th April 2012

08:00 - 09:00
Registration & Breakfast
09:00 - 09:15
Chairperson's Welcome
Sohail Jaffer - Partner, FWU Group Luxembourg
09:15 - 10:00
Session One
Growth of Takaful & re-Takaful in Indonesia and the Region
  • Large growth percentage: What does it really mean when translated into contributions
  • Different profit drivers and what does it mean for profits and pricing
  • Investment horizons and approaches available to Takaful and re-Takaful operators
  • Recent regulatory initiatives to further drive the growth of the Takaful industry
  • Moving out of window operations and into independent operations
Panelists: Albert Wiseman Paterson - President Director, PT Sun Life Financial Indonesia
  Saiful Yazan Ahmad - Chief Executive Officer, ING Public Takaful Ehsan
  Yudha Pratama - President Director, PT Jaya Proteksi Takaful
10:00 - 10:15
Takaful Industry Report
Isa Rachmatarwata - Head of Insurance Bureau, Bapepam

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10:15 - 10:45
Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30
Session Two
Risk and Risk Management in Takaful and re-Takaful Sector
  • Identifying risks: Financial, strategy, operational and others
  • Risk mechanism and re-Takaful: Are other risk mechanisms as effective?
  • The relevance and importance of ratings to Takaful & re-Takaful companies
  • Meeting audit and Shariah audit requirements
  • Disclosure and transparency of investments and risk management within fund structures and performances
Panelists: Erwin H. Noekman - Head - Takaful Business Unit, Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Persero)
  Nazrul Hisham Abdul Hamid - Chief Internal Auditor, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia
  Wan Saifulrizal Wan Ismail - Associate Director, Towers Watson
11:30 - 12:15
Session Three
Takaful Success Factors: What Will It Take to Move to the Next Level
  • Awareness and customer education - removing the "luxury" tag from Takaful products
  • Market penetration: Examining the available distribution channels
  • Providing competitive and equitable underwriting standards
  • Micro-Takaful as a method to increase market penetration
  • Meeting customers needs via bancaTakaful and investment-linked products
  • Reaching your customers: Simplified product descriptions, affordable payments, trained agents & brokers and easy claim procedures
Panelists: Kamaruddin Ali - Manager- Takaful, CIMB Islamic
  Nelly Husnayati - Vice President Director & Head of EB & Shariah Business, Ansuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia
  Mike Blakeway- President Director, Chartis Insurance Indonesia
  Saiful Yazan Ahmad - Chief Executive Officer, ING Public Takaful Ehsan
12:15 - 12:30
Chairman's Closing
Sohail Jaffer - Partner, FWU Group Luxembourg
12:30 - 14:00
Luncheon
14:00 - 17:15
Move to Investors Day

Forum Speakers

  • Abas B A Jalil - Chief Executive Officer, Amanah Capital Group Malaysia
  • Adrian A Gunadi - Director, Bank Muamalat Indonesia
  • Ahmad Buchori - Head of Policy Review and International Standard Team – Directorate of Islamic Banking, Bank Indonesia
  • Ahmad Najib Nazlan - Head of Treasury, Bank Muamalat Malaysia & Executive Director, Muamalat Invest Malaysia
  • Aishath Muneeza - Head of Islamic finance, Capital Market Development Authority, Maldives
  • Albert Wiseman Paterson - President Director, PT Sun Life Financial Indonesia
  • Alhami Mohd Abdan - Head International Finance & Capital Market, OCBC Al-Amin Malaysia
  • Allan Redimerio - Director and Head of Asia Infrastructure Ratings, Standard & Poor's Singapore
  • Amran Mohamad - Chief Executive Officer, SBI Islamic Fund Brunei
  • Andi Faizal - Senior Manager, PwC Indonesia
  • Andrew Leamon - Director and Head of Corporate Trust Asia Pacific Sales, Deutsche Bank Hong Kong
  • Andri Aidham Badri - Partner, Kadir Andri & Partners Malaysia
  • Ariff Sultan - Regional Director, Asia Pacific, Russell Investments
  • Astera Primanto Bhakti - Director of Center for State Revenue, Ministry of Finance Indonesia
  • Badlisyah Abdul Ghani - Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Islamic Malaysia
  • Craig R. Nethercott - Partner Finance Department & Co-Chair Islamic Finance Practice Group, Latham & Watkins
  • Dahlan Siamat - Director Islamic Financing Policy, Ministry of Finance Indonesia
  • Devie Milayanti - Director, Group Head Capital Markets, Madani Securities
  • Eka Danuwirana - Senior Vice President, Bank Syariah Mandiri Indonesia
  • Eldred Buck - Managing Director, Eiger Trading Advisors
  • Erwin H. Noekman - Head- Takaful Business Unit, Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Persero)
  • Etty Retno Wulandari - Head of Accounting Standard and Disclosure Bureau, Bapepam
  • Fadlul Imansyah, Vice President - Investment, CIMB - Principal Asset Management Indonesia
  • Fares Mourad - Managing Director, Islamic finance, Sarasin Bank Switzerland
  • Fatati Sriwahyuni - Deputy Director Financial Market Analysis, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
  • Hanim Hamzah - Partner, Roosdiono & Partners
  • Hendro Utomo - Vice President Financial Institutions Ratings, Pefindo Credit Rating
  • Hitesh Asarpota - Associate Director, Emirates NBD Capital
  • Ibrahim Hassan - President Director, Maybank Syariah Indonesia
  • Indri Pramitaswari Guritno - Partner, Banking, Finance and Major Projects, Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners
  • Isa Rachmatarwata - Head of Insurance Bureau, Bapepam
  • Issam Z. Al Tawari - Chairman & Managing Director, Rasameel Structured Finance Company Kuwait
  • Dr. Kalwant Singh - Vice President, Maybank Investment Malaysia
  • Kamaruddin Ali - Manager- Takaful, CIMB Islamic
  • Karnaen A Perwataatmadja - Shariah Advisor, Bank Danamon Indonesia
  • Lawrence Oliver - Senior Executive Director & Deputy Chief Executive Officer, DDCap
  • Leoni Sililtonga - Partner, Roosdiono & Partners Indonesia
  • M Gunawan Yasni - Shariah Advisor, Bapepam
  • Margie Margaret - Executive Director Financial Services, PwC Indonesia
  • Marsangap P Tamba - Vice President and Group Head of Investments, Sun Life Financial Indonesia
  • Mehmet Fatih Bulac - Vice President & Head International Financial Institutions, Turkiye Finans Participation Bank
  • Md Noor Hj A Rahman - Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, OSK - UOB Islamic Fund Management Malaysia
  • Michael Stevens - President Director, Kresna Securities
  • Mohd Izani Ghani - Chief Financial Officer, Khazanah Nasional Malaysia
  • Dr Muhammad Syafii Antonio - Chairman, Batasa Capital
  • Dr Mulia P Nasution, DESS - Senior Adviser to Minister of Finance & Chairman Establishment Committee OJK
  • Naoki Ishikawa - Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
  • Nazrul Hisham Abdul Hamid - Chief Internal Auditor, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia
  • Neil Miller - Global Head Islamic finance, KPMG Dubai
  • Nelly Husnayati - Vice President Director & Head of EB & Shariah Business, Ansuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia
  • Nor Rejina Abdul Rahim - Managing Director, Nomura Asset Management
  • Tony Hidayat - Researcher, BRI Syariah
  • Riawan Amin - Honorary Chairman, Indonesian Islamic Banking Association
  • Rizqullah Thohuri - President Director, BNI Syariah Indonesia
  • Dr Rusni Hassan - Shariah Advisory Council, Bank Negara Malaysia
  • Saefuddin Noer - Head Shariah Banking, CIMB Niaga
  • Saiful Yazan Ahmad - Chief Executive Officer, ING Public Takaful Ehsan
  • Dr Salah Addeen A Qader Saeed - General Manager, Credit & Risk Management, Bahrain Islamic Bank
  • Sharizad Juma'at - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, AmanahRaya Investment Management
  • Sohail Jaffer - Partner, FWU Group Luxembourg
  • Stephen Grundlingh - Co-CEO & Regional Head, Templeton Asset Management Singapore
  • Teguh Wirahadikusumah - Director & Head of Structured Finance, Mandiri Sekuritas Indonesia
  • Wan Saifulrizal Wan Ismail - Associate Director, Towers Watson
  • Yazit Yusuff - Director & Head of Islamic Banking, OSK Investment Bank
  • Yudha Pratama - President Director, PT Jaya Proteksi Takaful
  • Yuslam Fauzi - President Director, Bank Syariah Mandiri Indonesia

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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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