| 09:30 - 10:00 |
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Registration & Breakfast |
| 10:00 - 10:10 |
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Welcome |
10:10 - 10:15
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Opening Address
Kotaro Okamura - Managing Director, Thomson Reuters Japan |
10:15 - 10:30
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Introduction
Ahmad Nazmi Camalxaman- Manager, Product Strategy & Distribution, CIMB Islamic |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
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Session One: What is Islamic finance and where are we now? |
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Examining key industry developments and how local practices measure up against the standards of other regional centers
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Identifying growth areas, market opportunities, potential investors and issuers |
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Recent growth in the market - who are the new players? |
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Will there be issuance of new licenses to increase foreign participation? |
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Challenges faced by local and regional Islamic banking and financial markets |
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The role of Shariah scholars |
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Moderator: |
Qudeer Latif - Head of Islamic Finance, Clifford Chance |
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Panelists: |
Ahmad Nazmi Camalxaman- Manager, Product Strategy & Distribution, CIMB Islamic |
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Etsuaki Yoshida - Director/Head of Middle East & Africa, Japan Bank for International Corporation |
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Mike Grover - Tax Specialist, Labuan IBFC |
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Naoyuki Kabata - Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
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Islamic Finance: Opportunities for Japan
Shariffuddin Khalid - Director, MIFC Promotions Unit, Bank Negara Malaysia |
| 11:30 - 12:15 |
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Session Two: Case Study: Nomura Sukuk |
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Koji Ueda - Vice President of the Infrastructure & Fund Advisory Group, Nomura |
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Mohamed Nazri Omar - Director of Investment Banking & Head of Capital Markets and Advisory, Kuwait Finance House |
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Qudeer Latif - Head of Islamic Finance, Clifford Chance |
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Reiko Sakimura - Partner, Clifford Chance |
| 12:15 - 12:30 |
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Coffee Break |
| 12:30 - 13:15 |
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Session Three: Japan and the Islamic financial markets |
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Discussing local and regional developments in Islamic markets, including taxation, regulatory, risk management and ratings issues.
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Characteristics peculiar to Japan's market |
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Regulatory updates on Islamic finance in Japan |
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Addressing taxation issues and recent developments |
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Working around contractual risks and disputes |
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Where does regulation go from here? |
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Moderator: |
Ariff Sultan - Business Development Director, Dow Jones AER Company |
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Panelists: |
Mikihisa Hirai - President, Atlas Partners Japan |
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Nobuyuki Sato - Director Office of Financial Taxation, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Financial Services agency |
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So Saito - Partner, Nishimura & Asahi |
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Stuart Porter - Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| 13:15 - 14:30 |
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Lunch |
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| 14:30 - 11:45 |
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Islamic Finance via Labuan IBFC
Mike Grover - Tax Specialist, Labuan IBFC |
| 14:45 - 15:30 |
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Session Four: Islamic products: what can and can’t be done? |
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Assessing the development of Islamic financial products locally and in the regional markets
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Shariah compliant versus Shariah based |
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Developments and updates in existing products including; |
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Takaful, re-Takaful & Bancatakaful |
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Private equity |
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Structured products |
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Fund & wealth management |
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REITs |
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The potential for further innovation |
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Standardization of products to increase cross-border acceptability |
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Moderator: |
Etsuaki Yoshida - Director/Head of Middle East & Africa, Japan Bank for International Corporation |
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Panelist: |
Ahmad Nazmi Camalxaman- Manager, Product Strategy & Distribution, CIMB Islamic |
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Serdar A. Basara - President, Japan Islamic Finance |
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Dr. Shinsuke Nagoaka - JSPS Research Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University |
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William Ross - Co-head of Islamic Finance, Global Markets, HSBC |
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| 15:30 - 16:15 |
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Session Five: Issuing & investing in the Islamic financial markets |
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The development of Islamic issuance and investments in the region, and it's potential.
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Identifying growth areas, market opportunities, potential investors and issuers |
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Growth of private equity and sovereign wealth funds in Islamic finance |
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Structuring and financing Islamic investment products to meet Japan's needs |
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Exploring the potential for specialized financing solutions and services |
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Challenges of private issuers |
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Encouraging cross-border collaborations for growth and standardization |
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Moderator: |
Etsuaki Yoshida - Director/Head of Middle East & Africa, Japan Bank for International Corporation |
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Panelist: |
Ariff Sultan- Business Development Director, Dow Jones AER Company |
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Paul Hoff - Director, FTSE Asia Pacific |
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Praveen Jagwani - Chief Executive Officer, UTI International Singapore |
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Naoki Ishikawa - Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
| 16:15 – 17:00 |
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Refreshments and Networking |
Osman Akyüz, who obtained his degree from the faculty of political sciences at Ankara University, began his career as a certified public accountant at the finance ministry in 1978. He worked with the Sezai Türkes - Fevzi Akkaya Group from 1983 till 1985, after which he was appointed the manager of financial and administrative affairs at Albaraka Türk.
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