Episode 06 (part 1): Securities Commission Malaysia outlines plans for green Islamic finance

Part one of our series The Asset's Daniel Yu talks to Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin of Securities Commission Malaysia about the country's strategy for socially responsible and sharia-compliant investing. Zainal, who was appointed the deputy chief executive in April 2018, says the combination of green and shariah compliance enables issuers to achieve finer pricing when issuing a sukuk. As Malaysia is the leading global centre for sukuks, it has a natural advantage to lead global activity for green sukuks. Zainal also believes that when combining socially responsible investing and Islamic finance, it is important to make the economic arguments. More from The Asset: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/theassetvideo LinkedIn: https://hk.linkedin.com/company/the-asset Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAssetMag