In April 2015, IFN launched its inaugural IFN Investor Forum in Dubai to great success, allowing participants to focus on exactly the issues that are relevant to them and creating a targeted, effective and efficient platform for discussion, analysis and action on both sides of the industry coin.
Date: 21st September 2016 Venue: Le Meridien, Kuala Lumpur
Going forward, to ensure that the broadest and most effective global coverage is achieved, the annual IFN Investors Forum will alternate between Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. This event will encompass everything related to Islamic investment, attracting a truly global audience and focusing on both the central issues to the area and also on the latest developments, trends and innovations across the sector. The wide-ranging program will include multiple and varied formats and sessions for maximum participation: including a brand new series of issuer case studies.
The IFN Investors Forum 2016 will take place in Kuala Lumpur.
Agenda
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome Remarks and Introduction of Motion
Motion: Will alternative investment platforms become the new normal for the asset management industry?
09:15 – 09:30
Keynote Address
09:30 – 10.30
Investing in Interesting Times
Panelists:Edward Gustely — Managing Director, Penida Capital, Indonesia
Monem Salam — President, Saturna Malaysia
10:30 – 10:50
The Hunt for Yield, Challenge of Liquidity and Preservation of Wealth in a Stressed Economic Environment
Panelist:Professor Dr. Rifaat Ahmed Abdelkarim — CEO, International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation
10:50 – 11:20
Coffee & Networking
11:20 – 12:10
The Challenge of Cross Border Distribution: What’s Holding the Industry Back?
Armin Choksey — Director, Head of Asian Investment Fund Centre, PwC Singapore
12:10 – 12:30
Presentation: Investing in a Negative Interest-Rate Environment
Tariq Al-Rifai — Chief Executive, Quorum Centre for Strategic Studies, the UK
12:30 – 12:50
Presentation: Equity Crowdfunding — Altering the Landscape for Venture Investing
12:50 – 13:50
Networking Luncheon
13:50 – 14:30
Real Asset Investing: What’s Shaping Investments in Oil, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Commodities?
Moderator:Nida Raza — Director, Asset Management & Advisory, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector
Panelist:Ahmad Najib Nazlan — CEO, Maybank Islamic Asset Management
14:30 – 15:10
The Islamic Funds Landscape in the Age of Fintech: Blockchain, Crypto Currencies and Digital Distribution
15:10 – 16:.00
Talking Shop with Fund Managers and Institutional Investors
Panelists:Norashikin Kassim — CEO, CIMB Principal Asset Management
Michael Orzano — Director, Global Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices, USA
16:00 – 16:30
Integration of ESG/SRI funds in the Shariah Funds Marketplace
Moderator:Stuart Hutton — Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical, the UK
Panelist:Maznah Mahbob — CEO, AmInvest
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee & Networking
17.00
End of Forum