| 09:00 – 10:00 |
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Registration & Breakfast |
| 10:00 – 10:05 |
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Welcome |
| 10:05 – 10:15 |
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Keynote Address
Arnaud de BRESSON - Chief Executive, Paris EUROPLACE |
| 10:15 – 10:25 |
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Opening Address
Elyes Jouini - Vice- President, Universite Paris Dauphine |
| 10:25 – 10:30 |
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Introduction
Nazmi Camalxaman - Manager, Product Strategy & Distribution, CIMB Islamic |
| 10:30 – 11:15 |
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Session One: Examining Islamic Finance in a Post-Crisis Environment & Lessons Learnt |
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Discussing key industry developments and lessons learnt in both local and international Islamic markets in a post-crisis environment
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Identifying challenges and opportunities for the local Islamic financial markets and banks to compete with the conventional financial system |
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Discussing local and regional developments in Islamic markets, including taxation, regulatory, and ratings issues |
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Increasing transparency and governance to increase confidence in Islamic finance |
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Where does regulation go from here? |
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Where is France in relation to Islamic finance? What can we expect in the next 12 months? |
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Moderator:
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Dr. Amr Abou- Zeid - Lecturer of Islamic finance Strategies Egypt |
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Panelist: |
Thierry Dissaux - Former Special Adviser for Financial Affairs; French Treasury - CEO, the French Deposit Guarantee Fund
Jal Othman - Partner, Shook Lin & Bok
Gerald Pasquier - Of Counsel, Jurisconsul
Marc Theisen - Managing Partner, Theisen Law
Raja Teh Maimunah - Global Head Islamic Markets, Bursa Malaysia |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
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Presentation: Challenges in Islamic Liquidity Management
Raja Teh Maimunah - Global Head Islamic Markets, Bursa Malaysia |
| 11:30 - 12:15 |
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Session Two: France and the Islamic financial markets: Bilateral Cooperation between France and Malaysia |
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Discussing local and regional developments in Islamic markets, including taxation, regulatory, risk management and ratings issues
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The importance of a liquidity management house |
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Role of governmental bodies and regulators in ensuring compliance in the industry |
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Addressing imbalances between rapid growth and bank capability- are France's financial institutions prepared for the growth of Islamic finance |
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Creating and Facilitating co-operation between the NYSE Euronext and Bursa Malaysia; Bank Negara and French Central Bank? |
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Paris financial place: Key features to become a hub of islamic finance? |
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Moderator:
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Boubkeur Ajdir - Director, IFAAS |
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Panelist: |
Carole d'Armaillé - Director, Paris Europlace
Laurence Toxé - Partner, Norton Rose
Nazmi Camalxaman- Manager, Product Strategy & Distribution, CIMB Islamic |
| 12:15 – 14:00 |
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Lunch |
| 14:00 – 14:45 |
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Session Three: Innovations in Structuring Islamic Products |
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Assessing the development of Islamic financial products in the France and the regional markets, including;
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Increasing acceptability of shariah based products by non-Muslims in France |
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Where does opportunity lie for Islamic investment products in France? |
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Shariah compliant versus Shariah based |
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Developments and updates in existing products including; |
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- Takaful, re-Takaful & Bancatakaful |
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- Private equity |
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- Structured products |
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- Fund & wealth management |
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- REITs |
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The potential for further innovation |
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Structuring shariah based products in France- Learning from the Malaysian model |
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Moderator:
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Moussa Hannoucene - Former Director, Leveraged and Acquisition Finance, Lloyds Banking Group |
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Panelist: |
Abderrazak Louati - Adviser to CEO, Islamic Corporation of the Development of the Private Sector (IDB); Saudi Arabia
Michael Rainey - Partner, King & Spalding
Alberto Brugnoni - President, ASSAIF
Hisham Bouhouita Guermech - Partner, Scotto & Associates Law Firm |
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| 14:45 - 15:30 |
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Session Four: Issuing and Investing in the Islamic Financial Markets |
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The development of Islamic issuance and investments in France and Europe, and its potential.
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Challenges of private issuers |
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Structuring Sukuk in France- Learning from the Malaysian model |
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Issuing Shariah compliant securities to ensure more effective liquidity management |
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Growth of private equity and sovereign wealth funds in Islamic finance |
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Identifying growth areas, market opportunities, potential investors and issuers |
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Structuring and financing Islamic investment products to meet France's needs |
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Moderator:
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Prof. Moncef Cheikh Rouhou- founder and fomer CEO, BEST (Al Baraka Group) |
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Panelist: |
Anouar Hassoune - Vice President & Senior Credit Officer, Moody's
Dr. Amr Abou- Zeid- Lecturer of Islamic finance Strategies Egypt
Michael Rainey - Partner, King & Spalding
Samir Kouradine – Director of Islamic Finance, Akuo Investment Management
Eldred Buck - Managing Director, Eiger Trading Advisors |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
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Refreshments and Networking |
Osman Akyüz, who obtained his degree from the faculty of political sciences at Ankara University, began his career as a certified public accountant at the finance ministry in 1978. He worked with the Sezai Türkes - Fevzi Akkaya Group from 1983 till 1985, after which he was appointed the manager of financial and administrative affairs at Albaraka Türk.
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