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Advance Registration Required
Take part in the full range of interactive round table discussions and influence the debates! Each round table discussion will be open to a maximum of 20 people to ensure a fully interactive experience. The session will be led by an expert moderator and feature a key contributor who will draw on vast industry expertise to kick off the session with informal opening remarks and provoke a lively and interactive debate!!
The discussion will be guided by the interests of the group. Suggested topics for discussion include but are not limited to: |
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Sukuk
Investing In Abu Dhabi Sukuk: International Appetite And The Impact Of Ongoing Industry Challenges |
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Updates on emerging trends in sukuk |
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Opportunities for Abu Dhabi entities to raise Islamic funds from the global sukuk market (for example, the recent NBAD sukuk issue in Malaysia) |
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Overseas appetite for investing in sukuk in Abu Dhabi |
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Sukuk default (for example, the most recent updates on Blom Bank vs Investment Dar) |
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Sukuk tenors and whether longer tenors are on the horizon, following the Saudi Electricity Company’s seven year sukuk |
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Islamic Private Equity
Back To Basics And The Role Of Private Equity Houses InPromoting The Spirit Of Islamic Finance |
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The role that private equity houses can play in promoting the growth of Islamic finance in the spirit of the shariah |
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Refinancing debt with equity: bringing Islamic finance back to its roots |
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What makes an Islamic private equity fund – claim on the underlying assets, structures, portfolio diversity, legal and tax considerations? |
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Is there a trend among conventional private equity houses in the region to move into shariah compliant investments? |
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Identifying and overcoming the top barriers to growth of Islamic private equity and venture capital |
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Takaful
The Takaful Supply Chain: From Bancatakaful To Successful Operating Partnerships |
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The emerging role of bancatakaful in establishing a direct distribution channel to the consumer and reducing supply chain costs of takaful |
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Understanding the key tenets of successful operating relationships between takaful companies and distributors |
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Developing a consumer driven partnership for the best results |
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How best to educate the GCC market on the merits and features of takaful |
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Recent UAE insurance legislation and the impact it will have on the local takaful sector |
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Islamic Asset Management
Developing A Successful Fund Management Partnership: From Asset Management To Effective Distribution |
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Developing successful fund management partnerships to allow you to expand the distribution of your shariah compliant funds in an effective way |
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Establishing a shariah compliant fund to complement your existing range of conventional products |
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Critical insights on what wealth management clients are looking for |
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Identifying the most effective distribution mechanisms for shariah compliant funds to help you tap into your target market and achieve the growth you are committed to deliver |
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Islamic Retail Banking: Online Consumer Focus Group
Live Insights On What Retail Banking Consumers Expect From Their Bank
Run by YouGov Siraj, this session will be a live online consumer focus group session. A selection of genuine consumers will join the group online, and will be led through a series of questions by the session moderator. An ideal opportunit |
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Islamic Home Finance
Is Bank Financing The Only Viable Option For The Islamic Mortgage Market? |
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Understanding emerging trends in the Islamic mortgage market to facilitate better business planning |
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Creating, pricing and selling competitive shariah compliant mortgage products in the GCC |
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Unbundling UAE law as it pertains to foreclosure, for a full understanding of the risks and rewards inherent in operating in the UAE home finance market |
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Understanding enforceability of the shariah in regard to defaults |
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Updates on the topical Saudi Arabian mortgage market |
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Islamic Hedging
Opening Up Risk Management Options Through New Developments In Frameworks For Islamic Hedging |
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The implications of the Tahawwut Master Agreement for the growth of the Islamic finance industry |
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Developing standardised Islamic hedging products for better management of risk |
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Overcoming remaining challenges to developing standardised Islamic hedging products |
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Marketing For Islamic Bankers
The Real Psychology Of The Muslim Customer |
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Examining behavioral traits of Muslim markets in the GCC |
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Understanding the purchasing power of the Muslim consumer |
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Implications for marketing and branding strategies targeted at the Muslim consumer |
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Marketing messages that work with the Muslim consumer – moral salvation vs. convenient service and value for money? |
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Talent In Islamic Finance
Showcasing The Key Knowledge Skills And Behaviours Of The Very Best Islamic Finance Professionals |
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Identifying the key knowledge, skills and behaviours of the best Islamic bankers |
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Evaluating available Islamic finance certification programmes |
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Bringing together nationalisation initiatives and the development of Islamic finance talent to support the delivery of both commercial and nationalisation targets |
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Successful hiring strategies for Islamic banks |
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The Islamic Credit Card
Premium Branding Credit Cards To Make Your Customer The Envy Of Friends And Colleagues |
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Innovative new products and strategies in shariah compliant credit cards |
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How shariah-based is the concept of the credit card? |
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Replicating the success of lifestyle credit cards for the Muslim consumer |
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Shariah perspectives on current credit card structures – is there room for improvement? |
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