As part of the Malaysian Islamic Finance Issuers & Investors Forum 2008 to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Mandarin Oriental Hotel, we are pleased to bring you a series of intensive, educational workshops.  These workshops will be conducted by the conference moderator Abdulkader Thomas as well as senior conference speakers and will focus on various Islamic financial products.  This year the workshops will be on the following topics:

Pre Conference Workshop

6-8 August: Takaful: Islamic Insurance

• Introduction to Takaful
• Takaful operations & business models
• Takaful products
• Accounting treatment for Takaful
• Investment of premiums
• ReTakaful, reinsurance and bancaTakaful

Conducted by Dr. Omar Clark Fisher

Price: US$3150 per delegate, to include teaching materials, refreshment and complimentary copy of Takaful Markets & Products: A Training & Reference Manual. 

Post Conference Workshop

Workshop A, 14 August: Sukuk and Islamic Capital Markets

• Review of key Islamic financial principles related to capital markets
• Assess different Sukuk structures and their uses
• Overview of recent Islamic capital markets activity
• Legal and tax issues for Islamic capital markets
• Exchangeables and convertibles, derivatives

 Workshop B, 15 August*: Islamic Wealth and Investment Management

• Key issues in Islamic wealth management& private banking
• Structures and strategies of Islamic funds
• Principles of Islamic investment screening and strategy
• Understanding the Islamic capital market
• New product development including Islamic derivatives and new fund sectors

Conducted by Abdulkader Thomas

Price for post conference workshops: US$750 per delegate, to include teaching materials and refreshment.  Attend both workshops for US$1400.

*Please note: workshop B will start at 8.30am and allow two hours for lunch and prayers