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10 – 12 October 2011
Cairo, Egypt
 

New For Abu Dhabi

  • Inspirational values-led vision from industry leaders
  • Interactive roundtable sessions
  • Up-to-the-minute consumer data and interaction
  • Motivational keynote speaker: Values-Led Management
  • Critical standards updates

Pre-Conference Workshop

Sunday, 10 October 2010
Registration and coffee will be at 08.00. The workshop will run from 08.30 – 14.30 with two breaks for refreshments. Lunch will be served at 14.30 at the close of the workshop.

Generating Alpha with Shariah-
Compliant Funds


This unique workshop has been specifically designed to provide the participants with all the knowledge and tools needed to be able to generate alpha and at the same time to adhere to Shariah. Within this extensive one-day workshop you will explore the fundamentals of Islamic fund management, current trends and requirements, processes as well as case studies based on Shariah-compliant investments listed primarily in the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange. Further on the workshop will cover detailed and advanced concepts, processes, trends as well as tools to support you in managing, screening, purifying and evaluating the performance of your Islamic funds.

This one-day workshop will help the participants to:
• Understand the fundamental principles of Islamic equity management
• Be aware of the different screening and purification practices
• Analyze the compliance and performance of securities listed in the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange
• Gain practical and system-based screening experience

For: Asset and fund managers, fund administrators and lawyers

Workshop leader:
Mohammed Donia, CEO, Ideal Ratings

Mr. Donia is the CEO and co-founder of Ideal Ratings, the market leader in screening Islamic equities. Prior to establishing Ideal Ratings, he was co-founder of Cogency software where he helped to develop the business into a leading IT solution provider for some of the world’s largest hedge funds and funds of funds. Prior to joining Cogency Software, Mr. Donia was Vice President of Applications at Ten Fold Corporation, held several management positions at PepsiCo, and started his career at Proctor and Gamble.