| 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 |
09:15 – 09:30
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Introduction
CIMB |
| 09:30 – 10:15 |
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Session One: What is Islamic finance and where are we now? |
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Examining key industry developments and how local practices measure up against the standards of other regional centers
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Identifying growth areas, market opportunities, potential investors and issuers |
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Recent growth in the market - who are the new players? |
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Will there be issuance of new licenses to increase foreign participation? |
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Challenges faced by local and regional Islamic banking and financial markets |
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The role of Sharia scholars |
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Panelists: |
CIMB |
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Labuan IBFC |
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Etsuaki Yoshida - Director/Head of Middle East & Africa, Japan Bank for International Cooperration |
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| 10:15 – 11:00 |
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Session Two: Korea and the Islamic financial markets |
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Discussing local and regional developments in Islamic markets, including taxation, regulatory, risk management and ratings issues.
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Characteristics peculiar to Korea's market |
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Regulatory updates on Islamic finance in Korea |
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Addressing taxation issues and recent developments |
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Working around contractual risks and disputes |
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Where does regulation go from here? |
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Panelists: |
Yong-Jae Chang - Partner, Lee & Ko |
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Robert JS Ryu - Director, Shariah Finance Co. |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
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Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 11:45 |
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Presentation
Labuan IBFC |
| 11:45 – 12:45 |
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Session Three: Islamic products, investments and issuance |
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Assessing the development of Islamic financial products locally and the regional markets
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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 and financing Islamic investment products to meet Korea's needs |
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Growth of private equity and sovereign wealth funds in Islamic finance |
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Challenges of private issuers |
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Panelists:
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CIMB |
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Sang-Jin Ahn - Partner, Kim & Chang |
| 12:45 – 14:00 |
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Lunch |
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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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