Geoff Howie
Market Strategist, SGX
A NEW, LIVE, DIFFERENT & EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE
28th & 29th September 2020, Online
A NEW, LIVE, DIFFERENT & EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE
28th & 29th September 2020, Online
Date: 28th & 29th September
Online Singapore
Attendees: 159
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ABOUT THE FORUM
Boasting one of the world’s most sophisticated financial markets rooted in transparency and a sound legal framework, and bolstered by a stable and open economy, Singapore has all the characteristics of a potentially successful global Islamic financial market. Although it still has to face tough competition with neighboring Malaysia if it aspires to be the Shariah finance stronghold of the region, the Lion City has the advantage as an international financial center, acting as the gateway to China and the wider east. Captivated by its world-class financial infrastructure, over 200 international banks have made Singapore their home and springboard into the region, and an increasing number of these banks are recognizing the growing demand for dollar Shariah compliant services leading them to set up Islamic finance desks as a strategic move to capture international Shariah dollars from clients across Asia and the Middle East looking to access the global markets.
Forum Agenda
Singapore and Islamic Finance: Driving Financial Inclusion, Sustainable Finance, Capital Markets and the Halal Economy
The listing in Singapore of SPV Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III (PPSI-III)’s dollar Sukuk program, including a green Sukuk facility, highlights and showcases the Republic’s potential regional role in Islamic finance. What more can the country offer Islamic finance in terms of listings, advisory, investment management and other important financial services? What do green Sukuk and green bonds offer issuers, what important factors drive green issuance and what competitive advantages does Singapore offer? With Singapore already playing a notable role in the provision of Halal goods and services, how can the Republic leverage its position in the Halal supply and value chain to become a hub in the regional and global Halal economy? Where and how can Singapore play a meaningful role in key Islamic social financial activities such as Takaful, Zakat and Waqf? We ask a respected panel for a new roadmap to success for Islamic finance in Singapore.
Moderator:
Panelists:
Ahmad Shahriman Mohd Shariff
CEO, CIMB Islamic
Farmida Bi
Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia, Norton Rose Fulbright
Oliver Warner
Managing Director, IBIS
Wolfgang Holzem
CEO, eHalal Group
Land of Opportunity: Responsible and Shariah Compliant Investment Management in Singapore
What influences the deployment of Shariah compliant capital and what do private equity, Sukuk funds and trade finance funds offer? Where can Singapore play a role in such activities and is this role changing? What is a realistic assessment of Islamic investment management initiatives in Singapore including the performance of the FTSE ST Singapore Shariah Index? Where are the touch points between responsible finance and Islamic finance in Singapore and what opportunities are on offer for closer collaboration and alignment between these activities? From the viewpoint of Singaporean investors, what constitutes a green, responsible, ethical or sustainable investment? What can technology, particularly tools such as blockchain and artificial intelligence offer asset and wealth management innovation in Singapore? What of other important activities such as crowdfunding, wealthtech, insurtech and regtech and how can Singapore become a leading player in all?
Moderator:
Vineeta Tan
Managing Editor, Islamic Finance News
Panelists:
Adrian Gunadi
Co-Founder and CEO, Investree
Ariff Sultan
Regional Director (APAC), IdealRatings
Margie Ong
CEO, Thoughts in Gear
Zulkarnien Mohamad
Head, Islamic Banking, Malayan Banking
ADVISORY BOARD
Ariff Sultan
Regional Director (APAC), IdealRatings
Ahmad Shahriman Mohd Shariff
CEO, CIMB Islamic
Oliver Warner
Managing Director, IBIS
Shubhomoy Ray
Managing Partner and CEO, InfraBlocks Capital
Zulkarnien Mohamad
Head, Islamic Banking, Malayan Banking
FORUM PARTNERS
LEAD PARTNER
CIMB Islamic
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.
MULTILATERAL STRATEGIC PARTNERS
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)
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
The Islamic Corporation for The Insurance Of Investment And Export Credit (ICIEC)
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.
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
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.
Contact us at:
Twitter: @ITFCCORP
Facebook: @ITFCCORP
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
STRATEGIC PARTNER
Capital Markets Malaysia
As part of its mandate to develop the capital market, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) set up the Capital Markets Promotion Council in 2012 to strengthen its internationalization agenda for Malaysia’s capital market. In 2014, the SC launched Capital Markets Malaysia (CMM) to spearhead both the local and international positioning and profiling of the Malaysian capital market with its wide range of conventional and Islamic products, supported by a strong governance infrastructure. CMM profiles the competitiveness and attractiveness of the various segments of the capital market via a comprehensive and integrated approach to increase international participation and enhance opportunities for Malaysian capital market intermediaries.
PARTNERS
Carrera Learning
Carrera Learning is an innovative e-learning platform enabling users and companies to build their Islamic finance capabilities. We have extensive experience working with world-class financial institutions and organizations as well as professionals.
The Carrera Learning platform is part of Islamic Finance Navigator.
IdealRatings
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.
Moody’s Investors Service
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.
TECHNOLOGY PARTNER
Codebase Technologies
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.
Last Visit to Singapore
Date: 29th August 2019
Venue: SGX Centre, Singapore
Attendees: 238
Speakers: 20 Speakers
Boasting one of the world’s most sophisticated financial markets rooted in transparency and a sound legal framework, and bolstered by a stable and open economy, Singapore has all the characteristics of a potentially successful global Islamic financial market. Although it still has to face tough competition with neighboring Malaysia if it aspires to be the Shariah finance stronghold of the region, the Lion City has the advantage as an international financial center, acting as the gateway to China and the wider east. Captivated by its world-class financial infrastructure, over 200 international banks have made Singapore their home and springboard into the region, and an increasing number of these banks are recognizing the growing demand for dollar Shariah compliant services leading them to set up Islamic finance desks as a strategic move to capture international Shariah dollars from clients across Asia and the Middle East looking to access the global markets.
Shamsun Anwar Hussain-singapore18
Indeed, it was a great event after a long period that I have not engaged with IFN programs when I covered consumer and later commercial banking portfolios. A lot of changes in the industry as well.
Shamsun Anwar Hussain
Managing Director, CIMB Islamic Bank
Chan Kum Kong-singapore18
A well-run event!
Chan Kum Kong
Head of Research and Products, Equities and Fixed Income, SGX
Sazali Baharom-singapore18
Well done on the well-planned event, very good panel topics and private dialogue.
Sazali Baharom
Country Manager, CIMB
Ralph Dixon-singapore18
A pleasure and honor to be part of your successful event. It was well organized and very professionally executed.
Ralph Dixon
Director of Environmental Investments, YTL Corporation and CEO, YTL-SV Carbon
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