• Advisory Board

  • Ahmad Najib Nazlan — CEO, Maybank Islamic Asset Management

    Akber Khan — Senior Director, Asset Management, Al Rayan Investment

    Azizi Ali — Senior Vice-President, Islamic Business, Cagamas

    Hanifah Hashim — Executive Director and Head of Malaysia Fixed Income and Sukuk, Franklin Templeton Investments

    Dr Hasnita Hashim — CEO, Guidance Investments

    Michael Orzano — Director, Global Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices, the US

    Mohammad Shoaib — CEO, Al Meezan Investment Management, Pakistan

    Monem Salam — President, Saturna Malaysia

    Norashikin Kassim — CEO, CIMB Principal Asset Management

    Stella Cox — Managing Director, DDCAP, the UK

    Stuart Hutton — Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical

    Tariq Al Rifai — CEO, Quorum Center for Strategic Studies, the UK

• Agenda
• Speakers
• Sponsors & Partners
• Floor Plan
• Accommodation
• Press Release
• Post Event Report
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Agenda

09:20 – 09:30

Welcome Remarks
Motion: Will alternative investment platforms become the new normal for the asset management industry?

 

09:30 – 10:30

Investing in Interesting Times

Moderator:	Khalid Howladar — Global Head of Islamic Finance, Moody’s Investor Services, the UAE
Panelists:	Edward Gustely — Managing Director, Penida Capital, Indonesia Michael Orzano — Director, Global Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices, the US Mohamad Safri Shahul Hamid — Senior Managing Director and Deputy CEO, CIMB Islamic Bank Monem Salam — President, Saturna Malaysia

 

10:30 – 10:45

Presentation: Asia Pacific Asset Management 2020: Get Ready for the Asian Decade
Armin Choksey — Director, Head of Asian Investment Fund Center, PwC Singapore

 

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee & Networking

 

11:15 – 11:55

Integration of ESG/SRI funds in the Shariah funds Marketplace

Moderator:	Lawrence Oliver — Deputy CEO, DDCAP, the UK
Panelists:	Gerald Ambrose — CEO, Aberdeen Islamic Asset Management Maznah Mahbob — CEO, AmInvest Ruslena Ramli — Head of Islamic Finance, RAM Ratings

 

11:55 – 12:25

Real Asset Investing: What trends will we see shaping investments in oil, infrastructure, real estate and commodities?

Moderator:	Vineeta Tan — Editor, Islamic Finance news
Panelists:	Elias Moubarak — Partner, Trowers & Hamlins, Bahrain Lim Say Cheong — Head of Islamic Banking, Maybank Singapore Richard Thomas — Institutional, Governmental and Multilateral Relationships, Gatehouse Bank, the UK

 

12:25 – 12:35

Luncheon Address
Lawrence Oliver — Deputy CEO, DDCAP, the UK

 

12:35 – 13:45

Luncheon

 

13:45 – 14:15

The Challenge of Cross Border Distribution: What’s Holding the Industry Back?

Moderator:	Dinesh Virik — Managing Director, Novagni Analytics & Advisory
Panelists:	Armin Choksey — Director, Head of Asian Investment Fund Center, PwC Singapore Roslina Abdul Rahman — Managing Director, Amundi Malaysia Sandeep Singh — Country Head, Malaysia, and Head of Islamic Business, Franklin Templeton Investments

 

13:50 – 16:30

RFI Roundtable (See below)

 

 

14:15 – 15:05

Talking Shop with Fund Managers and Institutional Investors 

Moderator:	Stuart Hutton — Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical, the UK
Panelists:	Jamaluddin Nor Mohamad — Director, Islamic Capital Market, Bursa Malaysia Mahdzir Othman — CEO, i-VCAP   Norashikin Kassim — CEO, CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Saliegh Salaam — Portfolio Manager, Old Mutual Investment Group, South Africa Sohail Jaffer — Deputy CEO, FWU Group, the UAE

 

15:05 – 15:20

In Conversation: The Hunt for Yield, Challenge of Liquidity and Preservation of Wealth in a Stressed Economic Environment

Intervieweer:	Stella Cox — Managing Director, DDCap, the UK
Interviewee:	Professor Dr Rifaat Ahmed Abdelkarim — CEO, International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation

 

15:20 – 16:20

The Islamic Funds Landscape in the Age of Fintech: Blockchain, Crypto Currencies and Digital Distribution

Moderator:	Mohd Atasha Alias — Head of Scale Up Excellence, MDec and Founder of DigitalEconomist.co
Panelists:	Daniel Goettfert — Country Manager, FundedbyMe Malaysia Kyri Andreou — Director and Co-Founder, ATA Plus Mark Smalley — Co-founder and CEO, Neuroware Mohamed Izam Mohamed Yusof — CEO, IAP Integrated Naysan Munusamy — COO, pitchIN

 

16:10 – 16:40

Coffee and Networking

 

16:40

End of Forum

 

RFI Roundtable

13:50 – 14:05

Introductory Remarks:
Daud Vicary Abdullah — President and CEO, International Center for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)

 

14:05 – 15:00

Does ESG improve Islamic finance?

• How can Sukuk work for social impact in a unique way?
• Is 'following the law' and 'being Shariah compliant' the extent of Islamic finance's social responsibility?
• How do banks approach ESG?

Moderator:	Daud Vicary Abdullah — President and CEO, International Center for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)
Panelists:	Blake Goud — CEO, RFI Foundation Khalid Howladar — Global Head, Islamic Finance, Moody's Investor Service

 

15:00 – 15:30

Break

 

15:30 – 16:30

Does Islamic finance create positive social impact that ESG cannot?

• Will Islamic finance broaden the reach of responsible finance in emerging markets?
• Can unlocking the creativity of Muslim Millennials expand the social impact of Islamic finance
• Where has Islamic finance succeeded and struggled to connect with other approaches to responsible finance?

Moderator:	Stuart Hutton — Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical
Panelists:	Abdulla Al Awar — CEO, Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre Professor Dr Rifaat Ahmed Abdelkarim — Chairperson, The RFI Foundation Stella Cox — Managing Director, DDCAP, the UK