AGENDA

ISSUERS DAY

MONDAY 13th AUGUST 2007
08:00 Registration Opens
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:15 Opening Address
09:15 – 09:30

Key Note Address

 Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz
Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
09:40 – 09:45 Event Chairperson:
Abdulkader Thomas
CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
09:45 – 10:30 1st Session Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre: Perspectives from within and from afar (Issuers’ Perspective)
   
  • Outlook for the Malaysian Islamic sector / industry
  • Looking at what MIFC offers issuers in Malaysia: issues and challenges
  • The regulatory framework and market liberalization in Malaysia
  • Developing links with GCC markets: the next step
  • Malaysia’s place in the region and globally as a centre for Islamic finance
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:  
   
  • Salman Younis
    Managing Director, Kuwait Finance House
  • Badlisyah Abdul Ghani
    Head, CIMB Islamic
  • Mohd Effendi Abdullah
    Director & Head, Islamic Markets and Public Sector, AmInvestment Bank
  • Dato’ Vaseehar Hassan Abdul Razack
    Chairman, RHB Islamic
10:30 – 11:15
 2nd Session Islamic Finance: Now a Mainstream Financing Alternative
   
  • The background – a need for ratings, benchmarks, secondary markets and the role of sovereigns
  • Real life facts: long-term costs and applicability of issuing Islamically
  • Spreading the word: bringing quality new issuers to market
  • Choices for issuers: Sukuk vs. Syndication
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:
   
  • Rasheed Khan
    Barrister-at-Law & Senior Associate Azmi & Associates
  • Agil Natt
    Chief Executive Officer, INCEIF
  • Rafe Haneef
    Head of Islamic Banking. Citigroup Asia
  • Asim Basharullah
    Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Al Rajhi Bank, Malaysia
  • Yakub Y Bobat
    Managing Director, HSBC Amanah
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:00
 Country Presentation: Dubai
Michael Zamorski
Managing Director, Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority
12.00 – 12.45
 3rd Session Product & Market Development and Raising Capital Islamically
   
  • Assessing parameters of product development within Islamic finance
  • Convergence issues - Malaysian Vs GCC models and how they fit
  • New products: the development of Islamic securitization
  • Landmark transactions: Islamic hybrid products
  • Options for issuers
  • Managing legal risk: Is this product debt or equity?
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:  
   
  • Kavilash Chawla
    Principal, Nur Advisors LLC
  • Mahmoud Abushamma
    Head of Shariah Division, HSBC Amanah, Indonesia
  • Jal Othman
    Partner, Shook Lin and Bok Malaysia
  • Rahail Ali
    Partner, Islamic Finance, Lovells
  • Salman Ashraf
    Global Head - Islamic Distribution, Deutsche Bank
13:00 Lunch
13:30 – 13:45
 Luncheon Address
14:30 – 15:15
4th Session Successfully Complying with Regulatory Requirements: the Issuer’s Perspective
   
  • Managing regulatory risk in Islamic capital raising
  • The significance of cross-border issues
  • Role and development of Shariah advisory
  • Taxation issues
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:
   
  • Mohamed Ridza Abdullah
    Managing Partner, Mohamed Ridza & Co
  • Jennifer Chang
    Senior Executive Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar
    President/CEO of International Institute of Islamic Finance
  • Mashitah Hj Osman
    Director, Bank Islam
  • Michael Zamorski
    Managing Director, Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:30
 5th Session Hearing from Successful Islamic Issuers
   
  • Assessing success factors: advisors, structure, ratings, distribution, tenors
  • Choosing product structure and where to list
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:
   
  • Steven Choy
    Chief Executive Officer, Cagamas
  • Hazimi Kassim
    Head - Corporate and Strategic Planning, Maybank
  • Mohd Izani Ghani
     Senior Vice President - Finance, Khazanah Nasional Berhad
  • Wan Asmadi Wan Ahmed
    Executive Vice President, Head of Islamic Capital Markets, Aseambankers
16:30 – 17:30
6th Session Issuers and Investors Roundtable
   
  • What are investors looking for from Islamic issues
  • Views from the international investment community
    Moderator:
   
  • Dr Zaha Rina Zahari
    Board Member, MAA
    Panelists:
   
  • Mihir J Marfatia
    Financial Analyst, Global Investment House
  • Mohd Razlan Bin Mohamed
    CEO, Malaysian Rating Corporation
  • Tadashi Maeda
    Director General, Planning & Coordination Division, Energy & Natural Finances Department, Japan Bank for International Coopertion
  • Datin Maznah Mahbob
    Chief Executive Officer - Funds Management Division, AmInvestment Bank Group
17:30 – 17:45
 Finale

Conclusions of the Day:

    Abdulkader Thomas
CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
18:00

Day Ends

 
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INVESTORS DAY
TUESDAY 14th AUGUST 2007
08:00 Registration Opens
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:15 Opening Address
09:15 – 09:30 Key Note Address

Dr. Nik Ramlah
Senior Executive Director, Securities Commission

09:40 – 09:45 Event Chairperson Abdulkader Thomas
CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
09:35 – 10:30 1st Session The Investor’s Perspective: The Malaysian Islamic Investment Environment
   
  • The growth of Islamic capital markets in Malaysia
  • Investment opportunities in Malaysia
  • The role of Labuan IOFC within the MIFC
  • Growth of Takaful in Malaysia and SE Asia
  • The investment outlook for Islamic investing in Malaysia
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:  
   
  • Daud Abdullah (David Vicary)
    Chief Operating Officer, Asian Finance Bank
  • Sohail Jaffer
    Managing Director, FWU Group
  • Danial Mah Abdullah
    Deputy Director-General, LOFSA
  • Keith Driver
    Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Amanah Takaful
10:30 – 11:15 2nd Session Emerging Islamic Markets: SE Asia and GCC
   
  • Where is the liquidity and what can Asian markets do to attract it?
  • Indonesia: The Next Big Thing?
  • The role played by Singapore in regional and international Islamic financing
  • Dubai and why it changes everything
  • Establishing links between SE Asia and GCC markets
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:  
   
  • Isaac Fokuo
    Nur Advisors LLC
  • Dr. Mabid Ali Al-Jarhi
    Financial Expert, Emirates Islamic Bank
  • Ahmed Hariri
    Director Regional Office Malaysia, Islamic Development Bank
  • Faisal Hasan
    Head of Research, Global Investment House
  • Vince Cook
    CEO Islamic Bank of Asia
11:15 – 11:40 Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:30 3rd Session Growth of Islamic Funds and Asset Management
   
  • Size and growth of the industry today
  • Self assessment: how has the Islamic asset management industry performed?
  • Structuring Islamic funds: practical issues
  • Development of Unit Trusts and Exchange Traded Funds
  • The Role of Offshore Centers in Islamic Finance
  • Development of Islamic private banking and wealth management
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:  
   
  • Mohd Ridzal Sheriff
    Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Trustees Malaysia
  • Roslan Abdul Razak
    Director Business Advisor, IBFIM
  • Dr Mohamad Akram Laldin
     Head of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Department, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Heritage at International Islamic University, Malaysia
  • Taher Badshah
    Investment Advisor, Kotak Mahindra Investments Ltd.
12:45 Lunch
13:15 – 13:30 Luncheon Address

Dato’ Yusli Mohamed Yusoff
Chief Executive Officer, Bursa Malaysia
14:15 – 15:00 4th Session Assessing Important Developing Forms of Islamic Investment
   
  • Project financing and infrastructure development
  • Private equity and venture capital
  • Alternative structures: Hedge Funds
  • Future asset classes?
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:  
   
  • Baljeet Kaur Grewal
    Director/Chief Economist & Head of Research, Kuwait Finance House
  • Megat Hizaini Hassan
    Partner, Zaid Ibrahim & Co
  • Mohammed Rashdan Yusof
    Managing Director, BinaFikir
  • Humayon Dar
    Chief Executive Officer, BMB Islamic
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15 5th Session Managing Liquidity & Risk with Islamic Treasury Products
   
  • Islamic derivatives: the final frontier, and why do we need them?
  • Currency and profit rate swaps as hedging products
  • Scope for product development
    Moderator:
   
  • M. Faiz Azmi
    Partner & Global Islamic Finance Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers
    Panelists: 
   
  • Ahmad Nazir Che Yen
    Vice President Islamic Treasury, CIMB     Islamic
  • Mohd Nasiruddin bin Mohd Kamaruddin
    Deputy Head - Islamic Banking, Standard Chartered Saadiq
  • Imran Mufti
    Senior Associate, Lovells, UAE
  • Amit Chatterjee
    Joint General Manager & Head - Treasury Sales, ICICI Bank
16:15 – 17:00 6th Session Structuring Islamic Real Estate Finance Transactions
   
  • Practical issues of structuring Islamic real estate finance transactions
  • Assessing the success of the first i-REITs in Malaysia and abroad
  • Where are the investors?
  • Regulatory, tax and Shariah issues of Islamic real estate
    Moderator:
   
  • Abdulkader Thomas
    CEO, Shape Financial Corporation
    Panelists:  
   
  • Dr Veerinderjeet Singh
    Managing Director, TAXAND Malaysia
  • Kamal Quadir
    Head of Structure Finance, Capital Management House, Bahrain
  • Christina Maynes
    Representative Director, Moodys
17:00 – 17:15 Closing Keynote Dato' Mohd Razif Abdul Kadir
Deputy Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
17:15 – 17:20 Finale

Abdulkader Thomas
CEO, Shape Financial Corporation

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