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IFN OnAir
by IFN Islamic Finance news
Islamic Finance News (IFN) OnAir will provide you with the latest insight into the world of Islamic banking & finance from the world's leading industry provider. Visit our website at www.islamicfinancenews.com for more information
Episodes
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Islamic Asset Management: Building Scale, Access, and Performance
Asset managers discuss strategies to grow and diversify Islamic investment offerings. Topics include ESG integration, ETF growth, and digital platforms that broaden institutional and retail participation. Discussion will also explore the role of Shariah-compliant alternative investments…
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Official Launch of the Association of Shariah Asset Management: A New Platform for Industry Collaboration
Introduction: Stéphane Brown, airman and Co-founder, Association of Shariah Asset Management Moderator: Christiane El Habre, Chairperson, Marketing, Research and Publication Committee, Association of Shariah Asset Management Panelists: Dr Areeba Khan, Deputy Chairperson, Association of Shariah...
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Issuance, Innovation and Integration: The Pulse of Islamic Capital Markets
An in-depth look at Sukuk and Islamic capital markets as engines of regional growth. Experts discuss market trends, structural innovation, liquidity enhancement, and the evolving role of multilaterals in diversified funding frameworks. Moderator: Moeen Qayum, Co-Head – Debt Capital Markets…
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Roundtable: Building a Trusted Shariah Compliant Digital Asset Ecosystem – Stablecoins and Digital Currencies
Moderator: Fahad Siddiqui, Founder and CEO, Mabrook Panelists: Anita Wieja-Caruba, Expert – CEO Office, Capital Markets Authority Dr Bhaskar Dasgupta, Principal – Sun Foundation (ADGM – Family Office) and Independent Non-Executive Chairman and Director, Advisory Board Member Eslam Anbar, CEO, Phi...
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The Future of Islamic Finance: Strategy, Stability & Scale
A high-level discussion bringing together industry leaders to explore funding, liquidity, and growth in a shifting global environment. Panellists share insights on managing macroeconomic challenges, evolving regulation, and the strategies driving resilience and expansion across Islamic financial...
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Keynote Address - Innovation with Integrity: Regulating Digital Assets within a Shariah-Compliant Financial Ecosystem
Ruben Bombardi, General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Enablement, Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
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Panel 3: Shariah Integrity and Resilience in Times of Crisis: Governance, Accountability and Decision-Making Under Pressure
Moderator: Mohammed Valli, Shariah Head of Audit - Standard Chartered Bank, UAE Panelists: Dr Sheikh Nizam Yaquby, Chairman Global Shariah Supervisory Committee, Standard Chartered Bank & Chairperson of Shariah Board, Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Dato' Dr Ashraf Md Hashim, Internal Shariah...
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Panel 2: Shariah Oversight in the Age of AI and Digital Banking
Moderator: Dr Alaa Alaabed, Director, Group Islamic FM Products, Standard Chartered Bank Panelists: Professor Dato' Dr Aznan Hasan, Global Shariah Supervisory Committee Member, Standard Chartered Bank Dr Ahcene Lahsasna, Chairman Internal Shariah Supervision Committee, Standard Chartered Bank UAE...
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Panel 1: The Future of Shariah Governance: Building Capacity, Independence and Global Talent
Moderator: Faezah Abdullah, Head of Shariah, Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad Malaysia Panelists: Dr Mohamed Ali Elgari, Global Shariah Supervisory Committee Member, Standard Chartered Bank Dr Irshad Ahmad Aijaz, Shariah Board Member, Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Professor Datin Dr Rusni...
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Public Markets, Real Assets, Digital Assets and Private Capital: Scaling Shariah-Compliant Investments
As Oman’s Islamic investment landscape evolves, public markets, real assets, private capital and emerging digital assets can play a role in mobilising long-term Shariah-compliant investment. We examine how listed markets, funds and Sukuk sit alongside infrastructure, asset-backed strategies,...
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Sukuk, Securitisation & Market Development: Building Depth in Oman’s Capital Market
While Sukuk remain central to Oman’s capital markets, the next stage of development depends on broadening instruments, participation and liquidity. We examine how securitisation, private credit structures and evolving market infrastructure can complement Sukuk issuance and support sustainable...
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Presentation: The Oman Investment Outlook - Vision 2040, Markets & the Future of Islamic Financial Services
Azza Al Habsi, VP – Economic Research, Ominvest, Ominvest
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Roundtable: Islamic Banking for Growth - SMEs, Consumers & Digital Delivery
As Oman’s banking sector evolves, this focused roundtable examines how Islamic finance can better support businesses and consumers while responding to changing expectations. We discuss opportunities across SME, housing and personal finance, and consider how digital delivery, data and efficient...
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IFN Oman Forum 2026: Presentation - Epic Cash: Truly Halal Money
Max Freeman, Founder, Epicenter Labs
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Presentation: Risk Mitigation for Islamic Capital Market Investments
Issa Khalfan Al Suqri, Head, Shariah Compliance and Audit, Meethaq Islamic Banking
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The Big Picture: Leadership Outlook for Islamic Financial Services in Oman
We offer focus on the strategic future of Islamic financial services across Oman, from banking and retail finance to capital markets and asset management. Industry leaders examine how the sector can support the objectives of Oman Vision 2040, including economic diversification, private sector...
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IFN Oman Forum 2026: Forum Chairman’s Remarks
Oliver Agha, Managing Partner, Agha & Co and Columnist, IFN (The Islamic Legal Opinion)
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IFN Oman Forum 2026: Keynote Address
Haitham Al Salmi, CEO, Muscat Stock Exchange
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IFN Oman Forum 2026: Keynote Address
Asia Al Raisi, Deputy Chief of Economist for Investment and Market Operations, Central Bank of Oman
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GCC Islamic banking and Sukuk outlook
In this episode, IFN journalist Radhika Das speaks with Abdulla Al Hammadi, AVP - Ratings, Financial Institutions Group at Moody’s Ratings, about the performance of GCC Islamic banks in the first half of 2026 compared with their conventional peers. They discuss the impact of geopolitical and...
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Tech, Trust & Shariah Governance: Oversight for a Digital Era
As Islamic finance accelerates digital adoption, we ask whether Shariah governance frameworks are robust enough to preserve trust and accountability. We examine how market-led oversight models are responding to AI-driven decision-making, automated product flows, tokenisation and cross-border...
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Asset-Backed & Institutional Real Estate Finance in Islamic Markets: Structuring the Next Generation of Transactions
We examine how Shariah-compliant structured real estate and vehicle finance is evolving to support increasingly sophisticated institutional and cross-border transactions. We discuss private capital, development finance, refinancing structures, risk-sharing approaches and the growing importance of...
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Presentation: The London Opportunity - Building a Global Centre for Takaful & ReTakaful
Andrew Selous, Former UK Government Minister and Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy
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Beyond Sukuk: Building a Diverse Islamic Capital Markets Ecosystem
A strong listing franchise for Sukuk and Islamic funds remains central to the UK and Ireland’s Islamic markets offering, but is not the only route to Shariah-compliant financing. We examine how structured real-asset finance, private credit, securitisation, infrastructure and transition-finance...
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Presentation by Eldorbek Umirkulov, Open Bank
Eldorbek Umirkulov, Head of Treasury Department, Open Bank
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Introducing the Association of Shariah Asset Management: A New Platform for Industry Collaboration
Stéphane Brown, Chairman and Co-founder, Association of Shariah Asset Management
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Presentation: Investment Characteristics of US Dollar-Denominated Sukuk Originating from the GCC
Patrick Drum, Fixed Income Lead and Portfolio Manager, Saturna Capital
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Shariah-Compliant Pensions: Closing the Gaps in a Growing Market
Shariah-compliant pensions remain limited, particularly within workplace schemes and default fund options, despite strong unmet demand. We examine how providers can close gaps in access, scale and pricing through digital platforms, Shariah-screened investment strategies and Takaful-based…
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Presentation - Epic Cash: Truly Halal Money
Max Freeman, Founder, Epicenter Labs
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Presentation by Abdulwahhab Abed, SEDCO Capital
Abdulwahhab Abed, Chief Executive Officer, SEDCO Capital
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Authenticity, Alpha & Algorithms: The Next Era of Shariah-Compliant Investments
Islamic asset management faces product scarcity, pushing managers toward alternatives and real assets, now increasingly supported by data analytics, digital custody and tokenisation. How is technology reshaping portfolio construction, screening methodologies, reporting and access to private…
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Presentation: Unlocking Islamic Finance for UK Growth and Global Opportunity
Stella Cox CBE, FCSI(Hon), DDCAP Group™, Chair of IFMAG, TheCityUK
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UK Islamic Finance 2026: Vision, Velocity & Credibility
We review the UK’s evolving position as a global centre for Islamic finance and whether market growth, regulatory clarity and innovation are keeping pace with expectations. We assess the sector’s strengths, such as legal certainty and international connectivity, alongside pressures around Shariah...
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IFN UK Forum 2025: Chairman’s Remarks
Dr Abdulkader Thomas, Fellow in Islamic Financial Markets, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
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IFN Oman Forum 2026 - Keynote Address
The Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury
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IFN UK Forum 2026: Welcome Address
Alderman and Sheriff Robert Hughes-Penney, Representative of The Lady Mayor’s Office
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Tokenization and the future of Sukuk
Nick Edmondes, managing partner at Trowers & Hamlins Kuala Lumpur, discusses the trends in the Islamic finance industry, including tokenization widening access to Sukuk and the legal and regulatory hurdles facing the digital space, with IFN’s Nessreen Tamano.
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Managing Indonesia’s growing Hajj fund
In this episode, IFN journalist Radhika Das speaks with Fadlul Imansyah, the CEO of Badan Pengelola Keuangan Haji (BPKH), or the Hajj Financial Management Agency, about the management and investment of Indonesia’s Hajj funds, including BPKH’s Sukuk strategy, portfolio diversification, investment...
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Hejaz takes ecosystem approach
Hejaz Group’s co-founder and executive director Muzzammil Dhedhy discusses with IFN’s Nessreen Tamano the mindset behind the group’s evolution, its new investment offerings, and its ambitious Wahda superapp as it looks beyond financial products.
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Widening Saudi Sukuk access
Hamed Afzal, partner and regional head of capital markets at Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East), talks to IFN’s Nessreen Tamano about the growing opportunities in the Saudi Sukuk market for mid-sized issuers and the potential for asset-backed and securitization structures to drive its next phase...
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Islamic capital markets in H1 2026
In this episode, IFN journalist Radhika Das speaks with Sue Lee, the APAC head of index investment strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices, about the performance of Islamic capital markets during the first half of 2026, including the role of technology in Islamic equity returns, emerging market...
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Bursa Malaysia eyes deeper Islamic capital market
Bursa Malaysia’s CFO and Director of the Islamic Capital Market, Azizan Abdul Aziz, talks to IFN Editor Nessreen Tamano about how partnerships, digitalization and efforts to deepen liquidity are shaping the next phase of Malaysia’s Islamic capital market.
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Structuring Uzbekistan's first commodity Murabahah facility, risk mitigation in frontier markets and the future of Islamic trade finance
Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Desislava Radeva, Executive Director, Structured Export Finance at Standard Chartered, on structuring Uzbekistan's first commodity Murabahah facility, the role of risk mitigation in frontier markets, collaboration between commercial banks and multilateral...
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Tokenization won't move the needle unless it becomes a trend, Fitch says
In this episode, Aminah Farid speaks with Bashar Al Natoor, global head of Islamic finance at Fitch Ratings, on the geopolitical resilience of the Sukuk market, the significance of tokenization, genuine ESG impact versus greenwashing, the challenges of cross-border Shariah standardization and the...
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Inside Ghana's non-interest banking rollout
In this episode, IFN journalist Radhika Das speaks with John Gartchie Gatsi, adviser to the governor on non-interest banking at the Bank of Ghana, about the implementation of Ghana's non-interest banking guidelines, prospects for Sukuk and Takaful and the progress toward licensing the country's...
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Intra-OIC trade, SME participation, digitalization and trade development as a driver of regional integration
Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Aymen Kasem, Division Manager of Trade Development at the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, on intra-OIC trade, SME participation, digitalization and trade development as a driver of regional integration
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The award-winning commodity Murabahah facility for Agrobank, Islamic finance development in Uzbekistan, Shariah compliant liquid
Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Ahmed Jan, General Manager of Treasury at the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, on trade finance priorities, resource mobilization, strategic partnerships and advancing regional integration across OIC markets
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Building Islamic Wealth in North America: Products, Access & the Next Opportunity
A concise assessment of the Shariah-compliant investment and wealth management solutions available to North American investors: ETFs, mutual funds, REITs, SMAs and model portfolios. The panel will evaluate where products meet investor needs on performance, diversification and cost, and where...
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Tech-Powered Shariah Investing: Platforms, Tokens & Beyond
We examine how fintech, digital RIAs, and wealth-tech apps are reshaping access to Shariah-compliant investments in North America. Panellists will address the practical state of tokenisation in real estate, private credit, and fund structures, as well as the evolving role of P2P and crowdfunding...
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Panel Discussion: Launch of IFTANA
Moderator: Irshad Rasheed, President, Stearns Salaam Bank Panelists: Aamir Rehman, Chair, Innate Capital Partners Aijaz Hussain, Executive Vice President of Sales & Director, UIF Corporation Ahmad Quqa, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Private Wealth Monem Salam, Executive Vice...
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