Center of Excellence: Malaysia as a Center for Innovative Islamic Financial Markets and Structured Finance Products

How does Malaysia fully leverage on its reputation as an international center for innovative Shariah compliant transactions and structured finance products? What is the potential for Islamic syndicated finance — distribution and the development of regional secondary markets? Do additional Tier 1 Sukuk still offer Islamic financial institutions the most flexible and efficient way of satisfying regulatory capital requirements? How do we ensure issuances continue to feature Islamic tranches, and that Islamic finance is a mainstream way of funding large projects? How do we capitalize on the rising significance of the Islamic pre-IPO, IPO, ECM and corporate finance markets? Finally, what is the continued importance of Waqf and Tawarruq within Islamic financial market structures, and how influential are alternatives such as Wakalah?Moderator:Elias Moubarak, Partner, Trowers & HamlinsPanelists:Basheer Ahmad, Listing Authority, Markets, Dubai Financial Services AuthorityDr Mohamad Zabidi Ahmad, Regional Chief Representative, DDCAP GroupMohd Ekmal Mohd Zazi, Regional Head, Wholesale Banking, CIMB Islamic BankMushtaq Kapasi, Managing Director, Chief Representative, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association