Opportunity Knocks Malaysia as an International Centre for Islamic Capital Markets

How can the performance and impact of Malaysian Islamic capital markets and Sukuk be further enhanced? How significant is the re-emergence of the regulatory capital Sukuk market for the region’s Islamic financial institutions? Can more be done to supply the market with high-quality liquid assets, and to what extent would this contribute to building a yield curve unique to Islamic issuers? How do we deploy Sukuk to further support banking and non-banking financial businesses? What are the potential opportunities offered by tokenization in Islamic capital markets? Finally, how can green and sustainability linked Sukuk and other innovations flourish?Moderator:Nitish Bhojnagarwala, Senior Vice-President, Financial Institutions Group, Moody’s RatingsPanelists:Ahmet Tacer, Capital Markets and Investment Banking Director, Golden Global Investment BankFrederik Wijsenbeek, Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Vemi CapitalDr Muhammad Issyam Ismail, Assistant Vice-President, Islamic Wholesale Banking, CIMB Islamic BankYasir Gorpe, Senior Investment Specialist – Fund Manager, Islamic Development Bank