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A new addition to IFN events in 2015, the IFN Investor Forum will focus exclusively on Islamic asset management acknowledging its growing importance in the Islamic financial services globally.
The one-day forum will address the very latest trends in Shariah compliant investing, including global real estate trends, private equity funds, i-ETFs, REITs, wealth management and other asset management products. The event is set to attract Islamic investors seeking new opportunities in emerging and mature Islamic finance markets globally.
Moderator: | Rizwan Kanji – Partner, King & Spalding |
Panelists: | Alex Armstrong – Managing Director, Head of Financial Institutions and Strcutured Finance, QInvest, Qatar Emad Al Monayea – Board Director & Chief Executive Officer, KFH Investment, Kuwait Linar Yakupov – President of the Islamic Business and Finance Development Fund, Republic of Tatarstan Murat Cetinkaya – Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Professor Datuk Dr Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim – Chief Executive Officer, International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation |
Moderator: | Monem Salam – President, Saturna Malaysia |
Panelists: | Alka Banerjee – Managing Director, Strategy and Global Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices, USA Cassim Docrat – Director, DDCap (DIFC), UAE Eric Swats – Head of Asset Management, Rasmala, UAE Ritjana Ceveli – Managing Director, Asset Management, Ridge Capital, UAE Tariq Al-Rifai – Head of Investor Relations, Kuwait Finance House, Author of Islamic Finance and the New Financial System, Kuwait |
Moderator: | Ayman Khaleq – Managing Partner, Morgan Lewis |
Panelists: | Behnam Gurbanzada – Director, Islamic Banking, International Bank of Azerbaijan Giorgio Medda – Chief Executive Officer, Azimut Portfoy Yonetimi, Turkey Mohammad Shoaib – Chief Executive, Al Meezan Investment Management, Pakistan Mohieddine Kronfol – Chief Investment Officer - Global Sukuk and MENA Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Investments Tarek Selim – Chief Operating Officer, Arabesque Asset Management, United Kingdom Saleem Khokhar – Head of Fund Management and Equities, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, UAE |
Moderator: | Bishr Shiblaq – Head, Dubai Representative Office, Arendt & Medernach |
Panelists: | Brian J. Luck – Director, Investment Advisory, Asiya Investments, UAE Jamaluddin Nor Mohamad - Director of Islamic and Alternative Markets, Bursa Malaysia Kamran Butt – Managing Director, Head of Client Advisory & International Sales, Sedco Capital, Saudi Arabia Muneer Khan – Partner, Simmons & Simmons Middle East |
Moderator: | Lauren McAughtry – Group Managing Editor, Islamic Finance news |
Panelists: | Aamir Rehman – Managing Director, Fajr Capital, UAE Craig Moore – Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Beehive Sam Quawasmi – Managing Director & Co-Founder, Eureeca Zoe Van Weenen – Managing Partner, DURISE |
Moderator: | Jawad Ali – Managing Partner, Middle East Offices, King & Spalding |
Panelists: | Henry Thompson – Chief Executive Officer, Gatehouse Bank, United Kingdom Philip Churchill – Founder & Managing Partner, 90 North Real Estate Partners, United Kingdom Robin Williamson – Managing Director - Real Estate Advisory, Middle East, Deloitte, Saudi Arabia Tim Rose – Head of Real Estate, Emirates NBD Asset Management, UAE |