Contrary to common beliefs the financial world is not fully disconnected of religion or faith.

In fact, the rise of Islam oriented societies in the Middle or the Far East has led to the development of approaches that differ from the traditional ways of finance. For instance, the development of six income securities: the Islamic Sukuk.

Due to the constant revenues by oil, this asset class is growing at a very fast base. On the other hand, as the development of the system is relatively recent, capital raises in a shariah-compliant nation can be structured in many complex ways. Consequently, new ways of structuring Islamic securities are constantly developed and introduced in the market. Increasingly new corporate or sovereign sukuk are to be available.

The rules of efficient Islamic finance will be fully understood. Learning about them is the principal purpose of this conference. Among its main topics are:

 

• Understanding the main words of Islamic finance: Riba, Gharar, Maysir, Mudarabah, Musharakah, Murabahah, Istinah, Salam, Ijarah, Sanduq.

• Legal and tax considerations for the Islamic capital market

• Step by step comparison between sukuk and traditional securities including conventional bonds and asset-backed securities.

• How to choose the most suitable mode of Islamic housing finance

• How to convert conventional real estate into Shariah-compliant transactions

• How to assess risk and enhance credit in real estate sukuk

• How to differentiate Islamic REIT's from ordinary real estate funds and sukuk

• What are the basic principles of international contracts in shariah (aptitude, consent, alliance, word commitment, permissivity and variability/reality)

• Understanding the shariah named financing contract (musharakah, murabahah, muzakha, salam, leasing)

• How to share and exchange loan international contracts

• Understanding structured hybrid Islamic financial contracts

• Assessing the kind of risk Islamic banks are exposed to

• How to look to shariah in extrinsic technique of risk management

• Understanding the relationship between Basel II, its three pillars andthe Islamic banking corporations

• Understanding the shariah and fiqh

• How to develop new financial products in order to obtain shariah compliances

• What are the different principles governing Islamic finance

Many other topics will also be approached during this conference to get a full and accurate picture of the Islamic finance.

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With the best Islamic Banking experts...

 

Dr. Sabahuddin Azmi

(Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies Sharjah) United Arab Emirates

 

Mr. Gaffar Abdalla Ahmed

(Professor, University of Durham) United Kingdom

 

Mr. Tarek El Diwany

(Partner, Zest Advisory LLP) United Kingdom

 

Mr. Mohamed Bakkar

(Attorney at Law, Bakkar Advocates and legal) Lebanon

 

Mr. Elwaleed M Ahmed

(Attorney at Law, Kuwaiti Lawyer Law Firm) Kuwait

 

Mr. Ahmed Fazel Ebrahim

(Specialist research Scholar on Islamic Law) South Africa

 

Mr. Renat Bekkin

(Senior Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences) Russia

 

Mrs. Imane Karich

(Finalyse, Senior Consultant, Cercle d'Etudes et de Recherches en Economie Islamique) Belgium

 

Mr. Brian Kettell

(Islamic Banking Courses) United Kingdom, Prior:Adviser to the Bahrain Monetary Agency, Barhain

 

Mr. Keith Leach

(Head of alburaq, ABCIB Islamic Asset Management) United Kingdom

 

Mr. Umer Majid

(Director of Halal Investments) United Kingdom

 

Mr. Ramy Torbey

(Associate ; Torbey Touma Al-Jarbou LLP) Lebanon