| 08:00 – 09:00 |
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Registration & Breakfast |
| 09:00 – 09:05 |
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Welcome |
| 09:05 – 09:15 |
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Opening Address
Edmond Lau - Executive Director of Monetary Management, Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
09:15 – 09:30
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Introduction
Alex Lau - Director, Head of Corporate Finance, CIMB Securities Hong Kong |
| 09:30 – 10:15 |
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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 China in relation to Islamic finance? What can we expect in the next 12 months? |
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Sukuk defaults and dispute resolutions in Islamic finance |
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Moderator:
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Winnie Wong - Vice President, Global Corporate Trust, BNY Mellon |
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Panelist: |
Peggy Yang - Director Investment Products, Securities and Futures Commission
Dominique Gribot-Carroz - Vice President, Moody’s Investor Services
Frank Morisano - Managing Director, Ma Lee Advisory
Devan Selvanathan - Director, Debt Capital Markets & Syndication, CIMB Bank Singapore
Davide Barzilai - Banking Partner, Norton rose LLP
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| 10:15 – 11:00 |
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Session Two: Examining Market Trends, Challenges and Further Opportunities for Islamic Finance Markets in Hong Kong |
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Recognizing Islamic finance trends in Hong Kong, and capitalizing on available opportunities
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Characteristics unique to the Hong Kong market |
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Exploring potential for specialized financing solutions and services |
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Future listing in Islamic products |
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Encouraging cross-boundary collaborations for growth and standardization |
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Increasing Islamic finance interest in China to accelerate its’ growth |
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Addressing imbalances between rapid growth and bank capability – are Hong Kong’s financial institutions prepared for the future growth of Islamic finance |
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Moderator:
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Devan Selvanathan - Director, Debt Capital Markets & Syndication, CIMB Bank Singapore |
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Panelist: |
Anthony Chan - Managing Partner, Hammonds China
Jeffrey Kirk - Partner Corporate and Commercial, Appleby
Ayman Khaleq - Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
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| 11:00 – 11:30 |
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Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 11:45 |
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Presentation
Regulating Islamic Capital Markets
Wan Rizaidy Bin Wan Mamat Saufi - Assistant Vice President Islamic Markets, Bursa Malaysia |
| 11:45 – 12:30 |
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Session Three: Islamic Products: What Can and Can’t be Done? |
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Assessing the development of Islamic financial products in Hong Kong and the regional markets, including;
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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 Poducts |
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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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Standardization of products to increase cross-border acceptability |
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Moderator:
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Amirali Nasir - Partner, Nasirs |
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Panelist: |
Shahril Simon - Manager of Asset Management, CIMB Islamic
Wan Rizaidy Bin Wan Mamat Saufi - Assistant Vice President Islamic Markets,
Bursa Malaysia
Kevin Chan - Investment Specialist, Structured, Indexed & Asset Allocation, BNP Paribas Investment Partners
Barry Cosgrave - Senior Associate, Vinson & Elkins LLP |
| 12:30 – 12:40 |
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Luncheon Presentation
Hong Kong - The Islamic Gateway to China
Devan Selvanathan - Director, Debt Capital Markets & Syndication, CIMB Bank Singapore |
| 12:40 – 14:00 |
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Lunch |
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| 14:00 – 14:45 |
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Session Four: Issuing & investing in the Islamic financial markets |
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The development of Islamic issuance and investments in Hong Kong and Asia, and its potential.
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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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Discovering and adapting to changes in the issuing and investing market place |
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Structuring and financing Islamic investment products to meet China’s needs |
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Increasing foreign participation in Hong Kong’s Islamic financial market |
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Moderator:
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Frank Morisano - Managing Director, Ma Lee Advisory |
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Panelist: |
Christina Tung - Managing Director, Mayfair Pacific Financial Group
Anthony Yeung - Regional Director, Dow Jones
Charlene Low - Regional Head of Business Development, FTSE Group
David Kan - Director, Tax Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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| 14:45 – 15:30 |
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Session Five: Establishing and Accelerating Hong Kong’s Growth as an Islamic Finance Hub |
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Hong Kong’s credentials to become an international financial center |
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Identifying Hong Kong’s competitive advantage to compete in the Islamic finance market |
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Creating a level playing field for Islamic finance vis-a-vis conventional financing |
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Identifying challenges and opportunities for local Islamic financial markets and banking to compete with conventional financial systems |
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Increasing financial cooperation with emerging markets to consolidate its’ position as an international financial center |
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Moderator:
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Sundeep Bhandari - Managing Director, Regional Head, Global Markets North East Asia Wholesale Bank, Standard Chartered |
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Panelist: |
Arun Nigam - Managing Partner, Arun Nigam Associate Solicitors
T.C. Chan - Consultant, Bank of East Asia
Amirali B. Nasir - Partner, Nasirs
Gerald Pasquier - Lecturer, University of Strasbourg
Charles Ng - Associate Director-General, Invest Hong Kong
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| 15:30 – 17:00 |
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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.
