Date: 9th September 2019
Venue: Istanbul
Remaining: 200 Seats
Speakers: 40 Speakers
About The Forum
Turkey is seen as a rising participation finance (Islamic finance) star. Over the years, the strong commitment from the authorities to create a holistic participation finance ecosystem has led the sovereign to introduce new regulations and reform others while pushing for the industry to take on a bigger role in Turkey’s financial system. By 2025, the Turkish participation banking sector is expected to hold a 15% market share from 5.1% at the end of 2015 when total assets of participation banks reached TRY120.3 billion (US$18.82 billion). Turkey still has a long way to go to achieve its goal in terms of modernization, standardization and innovation – taxation issues on participation financial contracts need to be ironed out and the lack of corporate issuances remains unsettled together with Turkey’s stand in terms of fintech.
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Turkey is seen as a rising participation finance (Islamic finance) star. Over the years, the strong commitment from the authorities to create a holistic participation finance ecosystem has led the sovereign to introduce new regulations and reform others while pushing for the industry to take a bigger role in Turkey’s financial system. By 2025, the Turkish participation banking sector is expected to hold a 15% market share from 5.1% at the end of 2015 when total assets of participation banks reached TRY120.3 billion (US$18.2 billion).
Turkey still has a long way to go to achieve its goal in terms of modernization, standardization and innovation – taxation issues on participation financial contracts need to be ironed out and the lack of corporate issuances remains unsettled together with Turkey’s stand in terms of fintech. The project of establishing a national Shariah board will certainly address certain issues that market players are currently facing, but not all of them.
Once again, IFN Turkey Forum will return to Istanbul in September 2018 to shine the spotlight on participation finance’s bright future in Turkey.
Having attended the IFN conference every year for the last five years, I was very pleased to see the interest from various market players both from Turkey and the rest of the world. As discussed in the panel session that I participated in, there are various opportunities in the market to use Sukuk as an alternative financing tool. Yes, we also have some difficulties along the way but we will get there. This year’s event was another strong testimony of it!
Mufit Arapoglu
Partner, Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership
A great event, packed with so much knowledge and great speakers, I am honored once again to be part of the event as a speaker. I had the chance to discuss all the aspects of the fintech industry from regulation to technology.
Dr Cigdem Ayozger Ongun
Founder – Managing Director, SRP Legal
I did enjoy the event and networking during the breaks. Thank you for your kind invitation and support. I found the event very timely given the developments in Turkey and the forum has managed to address those issues not only in the country but also in the geopolitical context.
Leilya Shamel
Associate Director, Business Development, DDCAP
It was a great experience for me. In addition, I had the chance to meet very experienced business partners at the event. Thank you for your great effort and congratulations on your success. I will be glad to participate in the event as a speaker next year and looking forward to hear about your progress.
Dr Menevse Ozdemir Diliduzgun
Vice-President, Debt Capital Markets Advisory, Halk Invest
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