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8th Annual Islamic Finance Summit

Date: 24 February 2009 - 25 February 2009
Venue: The Landmark, London
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Discussions:

  • 22/01/09 10:50 - Islamic Financial Instruments & their applications

    • Bryan Kraty, Chief Investment Officer, Investate Download

  • 23/02/09 09:15 - Introduction

    • Stella Cox, Managing Director, DDCAP Download

  • 23/02/09 09:45 - Shari’ah matters

    • Majid Dawood, Chief Executive, Yasaar Download

  • 23/02/09 11:50 - Asset and fund management

    • Lawrence Oliver, Director, DDCAP Download

  • 23/02/09 13:15 - Islamic derivatives and market risk management

    • Stella Cox, Managing Director, DDCAP Download

  • 23/02/09 15:45 - Market perspectives and challenges Download

    • Stella Cox, Managing Director, DDCAP
    • Lawrence Oliver, Director, DDCAP
    • Majid Dawood, Chief Executive, Yasaar
    • Bryan Kraty, Chief Investment Officer, Investate

  • 24/02/09 14:30 - STREAM A: Selling advice vs. selling products – what is the key to establishing a successful Islamic wealth management business?

    • Moderated by: Rushdi Siddiqui, Independent Download

  • 24/02/09 16:30 - STREAM B: Overcoming challenges structuring Villamar’s sukuk al musharaka without a purchase undertaking

    • Joseph Rodriguez, Head of Specialised Finance, Al Rajhi Bank Download

  • 24/02/09 16:30 - STREAM C: Providing European corporate institutions with Islamic liquidity: The next big driver or wishful thinking?

    • David Testa, Chief Executive Officer, Gatehouse Bank Download

  • 24/02/09 17:00 - STREAM C: Practical assessment of legal and regulatory frameworks across Europe – what needs to change for borrowers to tap Islamic markets? Download

    • Andrew Roberts, Partner, Linklaters
    • Darren Sumich, Managing Associate, Linklaters
    • Thomas Prüm, Managing Associate, Linklaters

  • 24/02/09 17:15 - STREAM A: Islamic equity tracking funds – assessing past performance and future potential as an asset class

    • Charles Peal, Chairman, BLME Umbrella Fund, Bank of London and The Middle East Download

  • 25/02/09 09:00 - THE ANNUAL OPEN FATWA AND SHARI’AH AUDIENCE DISCUSSION:

  • 25/02/09 11:15 - Corporate governance and Islamic finance – what are the challenges?

    • Simon Gray, Director, Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) Download

  • 25/02/09 11:45 - Overcoming challenges standardising Islamic equivalents of interest rate and FX swaps

    • George Handjinicolaou, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Download

  • 25/02/09 14:20 - STREAM D: Chairman’s opening remarks

  • 25/02/09 14:25 - STREAM F: Is the Islamic economic model relevant in this age?

    • Sohail Zubairi, Chief Executive Officer, Dar Al Sharia Download

  • 25/02/09 14:30 - STREAM E: Incorporating Islamic tranches into project finance deals in a meaningful way

    • Elena Palei, Team Leader, Infrastructure, MIGA Download
    • Moderated by: Rahail Ali, Partner, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Lovells Download

  • 25/02/09 15:15 - STREAM E: Overcoming challenges structuring Sorouh’s non-recourse securitisation sukuk

    • Debashis Dey, Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Structured Finance, Middle East, Download

  • 25/02/09 15:30 - STREAM F: Opening up Kuwait to international sukuk markets – assessing the pipeline of deals

    • Emad Al Monayea, Chairman and Managing Director, Liquidity Management House (subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House) Download

  • 25/02/09 16:15 - STREAM D: Overcoming challenges managing a shari’ah compliant treasury – what risk management tools are used to manage asset and liability?

    • Lilian Le Falher, CFA, Kuwait Finance House Download

  • 25/02/09 16:45 - STREAM D: Overcoming challenges embedding risk mitigation facilities to enhance Islamic project finance structures

    • Rudy Yaksick, Partner, Concord Capital Download

  • 25/02/09 17:00 - STREAM E: Combining corporate and project finance technologies to provide long term shari’ah compliant financing of intangible assets

    • Syed Mustafa, Treasury Manager, Mobily

  • 26/02/09 09:00 - Risk management and innovations in Islamic treasury products Download

    • Lee Sims, Treasurer, Gatehouse Bank
    • Martin Westacott, Treasury Chief Dealer, Gatehouse Bank

  • 27/02/09 14:00 - Structuring sukuk and understanding the AAOIFI rulings Download

    • Rahail Ali, Partner, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Lovells

  • 25/02/20 12:05 - Master agreements for treasury placement and managing liquidity – challenges faced and overcome

    • Ijlal Ahmed Alvi, Chief Executive Officer, International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) Download

  • 25/02/20 16:15 - STREAM F: Australia’s integration into the global Islamic finance market

    • Asad Ansari, Director, Australia, Kuwait Finance House Download

Event agenda

                         
8th Islamic Finance Summit
24th & 25th February 2009 - The Landmark, London


Day One: Tuesday 24th February 2009

08.00    Registration and coffee

08.50    Chairman’s opening remarks
Dr. Mohamad Nedal Al Chaar, Secretary General, AAOIFI

THE ANNUAL GOVERNORS’ ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:

09.00    Responding to the global credit crunch and the future role of Islamic finance
Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Central Bank of Malaysia

09.20    Reflections of the global financial crisis on Islamic finance and reference to growth and development of this industry in the State of Kuwait
Sheikh Salem Abdul Aziz Al-Sabah, Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait

09.40    Islamic banking and finance in Lebanon – regulation and supervision
Dr. Ahmad Jachi, First Vice Governor and Chairman of Islamic Banking, Central Bank of Lebanon

10.00    On-stage interview: Sheikh Hussain Hamed Hassan
Nadim Khan, Partner, Head of Islamic Finance, Herbert Smith

10.45    Coffee and networking

11.30    THE ANNUAL HEADS OF ISLAMIC FINANCE PANEL DISCUSSION:
Salah Jaidah, Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Islamic Bank
Emad Al Monayea, Chairman and Managing Director, Liquidity Management House (subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House)
Saad Zaman, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, DIB Capital (subsidiary of Dubai Islamic Bank)
Mukhtar Hussain, Global Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Amanah and, Chief Executive Officer, Global Banking and Markets, Middle East and North Africa, HSBC
Marcus Andrade, General Manager, Head of Corporate Banking, Al Rajhi Bank
Dr. Hussein A. Hassan, Head of Structuring MENA and Head of Islamic Finance, Deutsche Bank
Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Islamic Bank
Moderated by: Qudeer Latif, Partner, Head of Islamic Finance, Clifford Chance

13.00    Lunch hosted by CIMB Islamic


STREAM A

14.20    Chairman’s opening remarks
Muneer Khan, Partner, Head of Islamic Finance, Simmons & Simmons

14.30    Selling advice vs. selling products – what is the key to establishing a successful Islamic wealth management business?
Abdulmoshin Al Omran, Chief Executive Officer, The Family Office Company
Mark Watts, Head of Asset Management, European Finance House
Raul Biancardi, Chief Operating Officer, NCB Capital
Rushdi Siddiqui, Independent

15.15    Structuring shari’ah compliant tranches to existing conventional funds – overcoming legal, ethical and performance challenges
Moyn Uddin, Senior Vice President, Macquarie Capital Advisors
Moinuddin Malim, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Badr Al Islami
Moderated by: Muneer Khan, Partner, Head of Islamic Finance, Simmons & Simmons

16.00    Coffee and networking

16.30    Winning mandates – what are funding strategies of GCC private equity houses and how has the criteria changed since the credit crunch?
Neill Gibson, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Aamir Khan, Head of Global Private Equity, Unicorn Investment Bank

17.15    Islamic equity tracking funds – assessing past performance and future potential as an asset class
Charles Peal, Chairman, BLME Umbrella Fund, Bank of London and The Middle East


STREAM B

14.20    Chairman’s opening remarks

14.30    Making sense of sukuk – a practical assessment of deal structures and fatwas following the AAOIFI ruling
Rafe Haneef, Managing Director, Fajr Capital
Nadeem Lodhi, Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets and Syndications, DIB Capital (subsidiary of Dubai Islamic Bank)
Qudeer Latif, Partner, Head of Islamic Finance, Clifford Chance
Moderated by: Dr. Hussein A. Hassan, Head of Structuring MENA and Head of Islamic Finance, Deutsche Bank

15.15    Innovations in equity financing – lower cost funding and diversifying the investor base issuing exchangeable sukuk
Luma Saqqaf, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Linklaters

16.00    Coffee and networking

16.30    Overcoming challenges structuring Villamar’s sukuk al musharaka without a purchase undertaking
Joseph Rodriguez, Head of Specialised Finance, Al Rajhi Bank
Nadim Khan, Partner, Head of Islamic Finance, Herbert Smith

17.00    What are investors’ criteria when looking at Islamic finance deals?
Mohieddine Kronfol, Managing Director, Asset Management, Algebra Capital
Aref Al Khouri, General Manager, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Moderated by: Lee Sims, Treasurer, Gatehouse Bank


STREAM C

14.20    Chairman’s opening remarks

14.30    Credit crunch or what credit crunch? Is there an appetite for Islamic finance amongst conventional corporate institutions?
Richard Bryant, Managing Director, Dar Capital
James Hume, Chief Financial Officer, Energymixx
Tariq Aslam, Chief Financial Officer, Blue Ocean Wireless
Charles Yeterian, Vice President, Leasing and Finance, Novus Aviation Services
Moderated by: Michael Clark, Chief Executive Officer, European Finance House

15.30    Providing European corporate institutions with Islamic liquidity: The next big driver or wishful thinking?
David Testa, Chief Executive Officer, Gatehouse Bank

16.00    Coffee and networking

16.30    Financing European acquisitions with Islamic funding – a short-term phenomenon or a long term structural shift?
David Richards, Chairman, Aston Martin
Jean-Marc Riegel, General Manager, Investment Banking and Development Group, Qatar Islamic Bank
Mohammed Dawood, Director, Global Capital Markets, HSBC Amanah
Andrew Jameson, Head of Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance, Royal Bank of Scotland
Moderated by: Rustum Shah, Partner, Islamic Finance, Lovells

17.15    Practical assessment of legal and regulatory frameworks across Europe – what needs to change for borrowers to tap Islamic markets?
Andrew Roberts, Partner, Linklaters
Darren Sumich, Managing Associate, Linklaters
Thomas Prum, Managing Associate, Linklaters

17.45    Chairman’s closing remarks followed by non-alcoholic drinks reception

19.30    Charity Gala Dinner and Islamic Finance Awards 2009




Day Two: Wednesday 25th February 2009


08.15    Registration and coffee

08.45    Chairman’s opening remarks

09.00    THE ANNUAL OPEN FATWA AND SHARI’AH AUDIENCE DISCUSSION:

This year we are proud to announce the presence of:
Sheikh Hussain Hamed Hassan
Dr. Mohamed A. Elgari
Sheikh Nizam Yaquby
Dr. Muhammad Imran Ashraf Usmani
Sheikh Esam M. Ishaq
Dr. Mohammed Daud Bakar
Mufti Abdul Kadir Barkatulla
Dr. Aznan Bin Hasan, Shari’ah Scholar, Maybank Investment Bank
Dr. Mohamad Akram Laldin, Executive Director, ISRA and Shari'ah Advisor, HSBC Amanah
Muhammad Nurullah Shikder, Head of Shari’ah Advisory and Shari’ah Compliance, Gatehouse Bank
Moderated by: Rahail Ali, Partner, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Lovells

10.45    Coffee and networking

THE ANNUAL REGULATORS’ ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:

Chairman: Simon Gray, Director, Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)

11.15    Corporate governance and Islamic finance – what are the challenges?
Simon Gray, Director, Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)

11.25    Standardising documentation for sukuk issuance and trading – how will defining primary and secondary market instruments benefit Islamic finance?
Robert B. Gray, Vice Chairman, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

11.45    Overcoming challenges standardising Islamic equivalents of interest rate and FX swaps
George Handjinicolaou, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)

12.05    Master agreements for treasury placement and managing liquidity – challenges faced and overcome
Ijlal Alvi, Chief Executive Officer, International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM)

12.25    On-stage interview: Sheikh Nizam Yaquby
Debashis Dey, Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Structured Finance, Middle East, Clifford Chance        

13.00    Lunch

STREAM D

14.20    Chairman’s opening remarks

14.30    Liquidifying Islamic money markets and finding viable alternatives to commodity murabaha
Mohammed Lawal, MENA Structuring, Deutsche Bank
Tariq Hameed, Associate, Islamic Finance, Simmons & Simmons
Moderated by: Stella Cox, Managing Director, DDCap

15.15    Demystifying Islamic derivatives – a practical comparison of cash flows in conventional swaps and shari’ah compliant structures
Senior Executive, HSBC Amanah

15.45    Coffee and networking

16.00    Overcoming challenges managing a shari’ah compliant treasury – what risk management tools are used to manage asset and liability?
Mohammed Saleem, Head of Treasury, Dubai Islamic Bank

16.30    Overcoming challenges embedding risk mitigation facilities to enhance Islamic project finance structures
Rudy Yaksick, Partner, Concord Capital

STREAM E

14.20    Chairman’s opening remarks
Nicholas Edmondes, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins

14.30    Incorporating Islamic tranches into project finance deals in a meaningful way
Rajit Nanda, Chief Financial Officer, ACWA
Joseph Rodriguez, Head of Specialised Finance, Al Rajhi Bank
Simon Monk, Head of Infrastructure Investment, Instrata Capital
Elena Palei, Team Leader, Infrastructure, MIGA
Mouhamadou Niang, Deputy Head, Structured Finance Unit, Islamic Development Bank
Moderated by: Rahail Ali, Partner, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Lovells

15.15    Overcoming challenges structuring Sorouh’s non-recourse securitisation sukuk
Robin Ward, Independent
Debashis Dey, Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Structured Finance, Middle East,
Clifford Chance

15.45    Coffee and networking

16.00    Opening a gateway channelling liquidity between Asia and the Middle East:
Challenges placing Malaysian sukuk in the GCC
Mohammad Izani Ghani, Senior Vice President, Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Kevin Wong, Managing Partner, Singapore, Linklaters
Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Islamic Bank


16.45    Combining corporate and project finance technologies to provide long term shari’ah compliant financing of intangible assets
Syed Mustafa, Treasury Manager, Mobily
Irfan Said, Head of Project Finance, Samba


STREAM F

14.20    Chairman’s opening remarks
Khairul Nizam, Assistant Secretary General, AAOIFI

14.30    Making sense of the financial mess – and what next for Islamic finance?
Sheikh Esam M. Ishaq
Dr. Mohammed Daud Bakar
Baljeet Kaur Grewal, Managing Director, KFH Research Limited
Asim Khan, Chief Executive Officer, Khalij Islamic
Moderated by: Khairul Nizam, Assistant Secretary General, AAOIFI

15.15    Opening up Kuwait to international sukuk markets – assessing the pipeline of deals
Emad Al Monayea, Chairman and Managing Director, Liquidity Management House (subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House)

15.45    Coffee and networking

16.00    Australia’s integration into the global Islamic finance market
Asad Ansari, Director, Australia, Kuwait Finance House

16.30    Issuing sukuk to finance Saudi Arabian real estate – opportunities and challenges
Ayman Sejiny, Managing Director and Board Member, Unicorn Investment Bank
Phillip Thigpen, Treasurer and Head of Capital Markets, Saudi Home Loans
Neale Downes, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Moderated by: Kamal Mian, Head of Islamic Banking, Saudi Hollandi Bank



 
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