Beyond Public Markets: Shariah Opportunities in Alternatives and Private Markets

This session explores the opportunities and constraints for Shariah-compliant investing across US private markets, including private credit, venture, growth equity, real assets, and real estate. Speakers will consider structuring approaches, liquidity expectations, governance issues, and how managers are adapting Shariah requirements to modern private-market practices. The panel will also examine where genuine deal flow exists, the current presence of US-domiciled Islamic private-market vehicles, and how tokenisation may broaden investor access to alternatives.Moderator:Mushfique Shams Billah, Chair of Private Credit Team & Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLPPanelists:Aamir Rehman, Chair, Innate Capital PartnersDr Amjad Hammad, Founder and Managing Partner, Baraka Prosperity PartnersCharles Stackhouse, Senior Vice President, JA Mitsui Capital CorporationShakeel Adli, Founder and CEO, ZunikhThomas Polson, General Partner, Polson Real Assets