Latest confirmed Ministerial-level keynote speaker!

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi is United Arab Emirates’ Minister for Economy.  In November 2004, she became the first woman in the country’s history to assume a cabinet position, appointed to manage the UAE’s newly merged economy and planning portfolio. Sheikha Lubna was also the Chief Executive Officer of Tejari (www.tejari.com), the Middle East’s premier electronic business-to-business marketplace.   (Now Serving as a board member of Tejari). The world’s ONLY Islamic funds and wealth management conference Focusing on the fast-growing Islamic wealth management industry now worth in excess of US$500 billion in assets under management Educating managers on how to launch and distribute innovative Shari’ah compliant products to a market of hungry investors Learn the keys to successfully manage an Islamic fund from more than 50 experts Enabling meetings with leading fund managers, banks, and more – to construct deals and establish effective global distribution networks Discuss how to develop and bring innovative Shari'ah compliant products to the market  WHY it is important…   ·         The Islamic finance industry is estimated to be worth over US$500 billion in terms of assets ·         The rapidly expanding industry is expected to continue growing at 10-15% annually ·         Given a world Muslim population of around 1.5 billion people, the industry has enormous potential… and there are more & more non-Muslim investors getting interested in Shari’ah compliant investment products!   This is especially important for:   Islamic banks –             You will learn best practices in structuring and launching innovative Shari’ah compliant investment products, and how to distribute them effectively in the global market.   Conventional banks –     You will learn about, and access the tremendous potential of the Islamic funds market. You have the expertise to launch innovative products, so you can explore partnerships with Islamic banks who, in turn, can assist on Shari’ah compliance issues.     There’s a hungry market that wants to learn about innovative investment products – we’re talking about US$500 billion worth of interest!  If you have the product knowledge, teach them… If you have the captive audience but few products available, learn from the global banking giants… Our faculty of expert speakers includes: Mubashar Khokhar, Islamic Banking Division Head Mashreqbank, UAE Salem Balleith, Head of Investments SEDCO, Saudi Arabia Haissam Arabi, Head of Asset Management SHUAA Capital, UAE Gabriel Stein, Chief International Economist Lombard Street Research, UK Baljeet Kaur Grewal, Chief Economist & Head of Fixed Income Research Aseambankers (Maybank Group), Malaysia Fahed Boodai, Managing Director Global Securities House, Kuwait Deon Vernooy, Head of Asset Management Emirates Bank, UAE Hasnain Raza Nensey, Chief Investment Officer UBL Fund Managers Limited, Pakistan Khalid Nazir, Head of Investments Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, UAE Michael Walton, Chief Executive Rynda Property Investors LLP, UK Margrith Lutschg-Emmenegger, President FIM Bank plc., Malta Khalid Yousaf, Director of Islamic Finance DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) Rushdi Siddiqui, Director – Islamic Market Index Dow Jones, USA Dr. Mulya E. Siregar, Head of Islamic Banking and Research and Regulation, Shari'ah Banking Team Central Bank of Indonesia Pre-conference Masterclass A(3 Sept 2006): Analyzing Sukuk transactions from Shari’ah, legal and credit perspectives hosted by Nathif Adam Post-conference Masterclass B(6 Sept 2006): Islamic Capital Markets applied to Real Estate, REITs,and Real Estate Funds hosted by Michael Gassner Click here to register!

Key Speakers Dr. Hussein Hamid Hassan Shari’ah Scholar, UAE Sheikh  Nizam Yaqooby Shari’ah Scholar, Bahrain Dr. Nasser Saidi Chief Economist Dubai International Financial Centre, UAE Ahmed Abbas Chief Executive Officer Liquidity Management Centre, Bahrain Andrew Broadley Division Head –Investment Services National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia Saadat Muzaffar Head, Global Wealth Management Dubai Islamic Bank,UAE Ikbal Daredia Deputy CEO NoRiba Bank,Bahrain Deon Vernooy Head of Asset Management Emirates Bank, UAE Rakesh Patnaik Head - Real Estate Investment Funds Global Investment House, Kuwait

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Esther Wan

Project Manager, Funds Group

Tel : +65 6322 2300

Email : esther.wan@terrapinn.com