Operating from 27 offices across Asia Pacific, EMEA and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice. We provide many of the world’s most important organizations with access to market-leading dispute resolution, transactional and finance (including Islamic finance) legal advice, combined with expertise in a number of global industry sectors, including energy, natural resources, infrastructure, technology and financial services.

Herbert Smith Freehills currently has some 1,500 lawyers in Asia Pacific, advising clients on complex corporate disputes and finance matters from offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta*, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo, and in Australia from Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Our strong relationships with companies, financial buyers, funders and regulators, both regionally and internationally, will help you navigate new markets with ease.

*In Jakarta, Herbert Smith Freehills’s international counsel practice is alongside our affiliate firm, Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung, one of Indonesia’s leading commercial and corporate law firms.

HSBC Amanah

HSBC Amanah Malaysia, a fully-fledged Islamic bank wholly owned by HSBC Bank Malaysia and a member of the HSBC Group, was incorporated in February 2008 and commenced operations in August 2008.

The HSBC Group serves customers through four global businesses: retail banking and wealth management; commercial banking; global banking and markets; and global private banking from 66 countries and territories in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America and the Middle East and North Africa region. With assets of US$2.56 trillion as at the 31st December 2018, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations.

HSBC Amanah Malaysia complements HSBC Bank Malaysia’s comprehensive banking and financing solutions, available to all its customers, by providing a full suite of innovative Islamic products and services to retail and corporate customers.

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.

Macquarie Group is a global diversified financial group. It acts primarily as an investment intermediary for institutional, corporate and retail clients and counterparties around the world.

Macquarie Group has built a uniquely diversified business since its inception in 1969. It has established leading market positions as a global specialist in a wide range of sectors, including resources, agriculture and commodities, green energy, conventional energy and infrastructure, with a deep knowledge of Asia Pacific financial markets.

Macquarie Group’s diverse range of services provides clients with asset management and finance, banking, advisory and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity and commodities.

Founded in 1969, Macquarie employs 14,469 people in over 25 countries. As of the 31st March 2018, Macquarie had assets under management of US$381.8 billion.

MBSB Bank, formerly known as Asian Finance Bank (AFB), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia Building Society (MBSB). It is the second-largest fully-fledged Islamic bank in the country and it aspires to be a financial institution that is committed toward providing innovative financial products and services to its customers as well as being an organization that contributes to societal wellbeing. MBSB Bank is steadfast in being ahead of the curve, as it is progressively enhancing its digital capacity and looking into product differentiation to strengthen its foothold in the ever-challenging financial industry.

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.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)’s banking subsidiary, MUFG Bank (Malaysia), or formerly known as Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Malaysia), has been providing services to Malaysian and Japanese corporations since 1957.

Over the past 60 years, we have strengthened our presence in Malaysia with an increased number of new customers as well as long-term relationships with a large number of Japanese investors. MUFG Bank (Malaysia) enjoys the strong support of MUFG Bank. MUFG has a 125-year tradition in international and domestic banking. Our customers enjoy access to MUFG’s global network and services of 2,000 offices spanning more than 50 countries.

In recognition of the growing significance of Islamic finance in the global market, MUFG established an Islamic banking arm in Malaysia in 2008, making it the first Japanese bank to offer Islamic banking products and services.

In 2014, MUFG launched a US$500 million multicurrency Sukuk program and set a landmark by issuing the world’s first yen-denominated Sukuk. In 2015, MUFG established Islamic banking capabilities at its branch in the Dubai International Financial Centre to better serve customers in the EMEA region.

With the twin hubs in Malaysia and Dubai, MUFG is committed to supporting clients by offering a comprehensive suite of Shariah compliant banking products and services, including financing, deposits, derivatives, securitization as well as advisory services.

About VG

It’s as simple as … partnering with people you trust

We are one of Jersey’s largest independent and privately owned providers of fiduciary and administration services. Our independence allows us to act quickly and decisively to create and administer the right solutions for our clients.

We have significant experience and a deep understanding of Shariah compliant structures and transactions including funds, Sukuk and private trusts, and have particular expertise in the administration of Shariah compliant structures used to purchase and manage multimillion dollar commercial properties in the UK and elsewhere in the world.

Our award-winning Islamic finance team has supported the needs of entrepreneurs, families and institutions for over 35 years. We work with clients and advisors based in the GCC and the wider
Middle East region, as well as in Africa and Asia.

We actively support the Islamic finance community and hold memberships with the Arab Bankers Association and Arab–British Chamber of Commerce.

To find out more and for details of the legal and regulatory status of VG, please visit www.vg.je.

The World Gold Council is the market development organization for the gold industry. Our purpose is to stimulate and sustain demand for gold, provide industry leadership and be the global authority on the gold market.

We develop gold-backed solutions, services and products based on authoritative market insight and we work with a range of partners to put our ideas into action. As a result, we create structural shifts in demand for gold across key market sectors. We provide insights into the international gold markets, helping people to understand the wealth preservation qualities of gold and its role in meeting the social and environmental needs of society.

Based in the UK, with operations in India, the Far East, Europe and the US, the World Gold Council is an association whose members include the world’s leading and most forward-thinking gold mining companies.