Key Note Address Devanesan Evanson - Chief Market Operations Officer, Bursa Malaysia
09:35 – 09:45
Chairpersons Introduction Rushdi Siddiqui - Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters
09:45 – 10:45
Session 1:
Global Islamic Equity Markets & Products
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Market and product innovation over the past year
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Performance of Islamic equity funds
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Exchanges, platforms, products and innovations
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The size and scope of the Islamic equity universe
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The development of wholesale funds
Md Noor A Rahman - Chief Investment Officer, Lembaga Tabung Haji Datuk Noripah Kamso - Chief Executive Officer, CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Dato' Steve Ong - Chief Executive Officer, ING Funds Zulkifli Ishak - Director Shariah Investment, Prudential Fund Management
10:45 – 11:00
Session 2:
POWER PRESENTATIONS:
Presentation One
Islamic REITs Asst. Prof. Dr. Nurdianawati Irwani Abdullah - Shariah Consultant, Abdul Raman Saad & Associates & International Islamic University Malaysia
11:00 – 11:30
Break & Networking
11:30 – 12.30
Session 3:
The Development of Islamic Equity-Linked Products in Today’s Market
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The drivers of Islamic ETFs: cost efficiency; transparency; Shariah acceptability
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What else do Islamic ETFs offer the investor compared to other equity products?
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How have Islamic ETFs performed?
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Where the market is and how it compares in size to conventional ETFs
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The potential for actively managed Islamic ETFs
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Assessing Shariah issues for emerging equity-linked products: what can and cannot be done
Saeid Hamedanchi - President & Chief Executive Officer, Florentez Investment Management (ShariahShares ETF) Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin - Chief Executive Officer, i-VCAP Management Nicholas Kaiser - Director & President, Saturna Capital Corporation Bruno Lebeda - Head of Structured, Indexed & Asset Allocation Asia, BNP Paribas Investment Partners
12:30 – 13:00
Session 4:
POWER PRESENTATIONS:
Presentation Two
Developing Islamic Markets Through Indexation: Beyond the Boundaries of Islamic Investors Charlene Low - Regional Head of Business Development, South Asia & Hong Kong, FTSE Group
Presentation Three
Equity Screening Dr. Asyraf Wajdi Dato' Dusuki - Head of Research Affairs, International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance
13:00 – 14.00
Luncheon
14:00 – 14:45
Session 5:
Product Development and Practical issues for Islamic Equity Products
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The use and development of Islamic indices
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Screening methodologies and purification
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Short selling and the development of Islamic hedge funds – what is the reality?
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The special case of real estate funds and REITs: performance and structure
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Listed Islamic convertibles
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Shariah issues and equity products
Moderator
Dr. Zaha Rina Zahari - Independent Non-Executive Director, MAA Takaful
Anthony Chan - Managing Partner, Hammonds China Ariff Sultan - Business Development Director, Dow Jones AER Company Inc John Yip - Senior Vice-President Capital Markets, The Islamic Bank of Asia Dr. Asyraf Wajdi Dato' Dusuki - Head of Research Affairs, International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance
14:45– 15:30
Session 6:
Islamic Real Estate Investment Trusts
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The special case of real estate funds and REITs: performance and structure
Dr. Aznan Hasan - Shariah Advisor, Bursa Malaysia & International Islamic University Malaysia Stewart LaBrooy - Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, Axis REIT Managers Zain Azra'i Abd Samad - Partner, Abdul Raman Saad & Associates Anuar Omar, Director/Head Corporate Finance, AmInvestment Bank Group Hamel Shah - Partner, Amiri Capital
