| 08:00 – 09:00 |
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Registration & Breakfast |
| 09:00 – 09:05 |
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Welcome |
| 09:05 – 09:15 |
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Opening Address |
| 09:15 – 09:30 |
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Introduction |
| 09:30 – 10:15 |
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Session One: What is Islamic finance and where are we now?
Examining key industry developments in Nigeria and how local practices measure up against the standards of other regional centers |
- Regulatory updates on Islamic finance
- Challenges faced in the local Islamic financial markets and banking
- Recent growth in the market - who are the new players?
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| 10:15 – 11:00 |
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Session Two: Nigeria and the Islamic capital markets
Discussing local and regional developments in Islamic markets, including taxation, regulatory, risk management and ratings issues. |
- Role of governmental bodies and regulators in ensuring compliance in theindustry
- Identifying growth areas, market opportunities, potential investors and issuers
- Issuance of new licenses to increase foreign participation
- Sukuk defaults - how to prevent it?
- Dispute resolutions in Islamic finance
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| 11:00 – 11:30 |
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Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 11:45 |
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Presentation
From an international regulator from Key Islamic finance market |
| 11:45 – 12:30 |
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Session Three: Islamic Products: what can and can’t be done?
Assessing the development of Islamic financial products in Nigeria and regional market, including; |
- Shariah compliant versus Shariah based
- Developments and updates in existing products including;
- Takaful, re-Takaful & Bancatakaful
- Private equity
- Structured products
- Fund & wealth management
- REITs
- The potential for further innovation
- Standardization of products to increase cross-border acceptability
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| 12:30 – 13:45 |
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Lunch |
| 12:45 – 12:50 |
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Luncheon Presentation |
| 14:00 – 14:15 |
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Presentation
Islamic finance: Facts & Figures |
| 14:15 – 15:00 |
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Session Four: Issuing & Investing in the Islamic financial markets
The development of Islamic issuance and investments in Nigeria and the regional market, and its potential. |
- Challenges of private issuers
- Standardizing local regulations to better stability
- Gaining foreign investors' interest and trust
- Growth of private equity and sovereign wealth funds in Islamic finance
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| 15:00 – 15:45 |
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Session Five: Closing round-table
Examining market trends, challenges, and further opportunities for Islamic financial markets |
- Characteristics peculiar to the specified Nigeria’s market
- Exploring the potential for specialized financing solutions and services
- Future listings in Islamic products
- Encouraging cross boundaries collaborations for growth and standardization
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| 15:45 – 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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