Session 1: Global Shariah Compliant Asset Management and Islamic Capital-Raising

Inflation, a rising interest rate environment and the implications for potential issuers of Islamic capital market products.What do these factors also mean for the outlook of the global Shariah compliant investment community?Evolving Shariah compliant fund and collective investment schemes; ETFs, Sukuk, leasing and trade finance funds.The outlook for Shariah compliant direct real estate investment and private equity.Beyond listed Sukuk: what are the opportunities presented by the private placement market?What options do hybrid or combination Sukuk offer issuers, particularly in asset-heavy industries such as oil and gas, and aviation?How do Tier 1 and Tier 2 Sukuk offer financial institutions a flexible, efficient and user-friendly way of satisfying regulatory capital requirements, and what do perpetual Sukuk structures offer such issuers?Developing the global Sukuk market: regulation, hedging, risk and liquidity management instruments.Pertinent operational issues for the Islamic capital markets: solutions surrounding the transition to risk-free rates.Latest thinking on the application of the Murabahah structure to capital markets, with relevance to AAOIFI standards.With the demise of LIBOR, is SOFR a good alternative for the Islamic capital market?The potential for regional issuance hubs.