Storm-7 Consulting CONFERENCE - Islamic Banking and Finance: Regulatory, Risk and Compliance

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10 th 11 th December 2015 London Islamic Banking and Finance: Regulatory, Risk and Compliance Contact: Joe Zepeda, Director, Storm-7 Consulting Tel: +44(0)7984856066 Email: [email protected] www.storm-7.com Your Expert Trainers Rodrigo Zepeda, LLB, LLM, Chartered MCSI Director, Storm-7 Consulting Further Expert Trainers to be Announced The Training Programme This advanced two day training programme has been designed to provide delegates with comprehensive training in the latest regulatory, risk, and compliance issues affecting the Islamic banking and finance industry today. Delegates will be instructed on risks affecting Islamic finance practices and products, on developing integrated risk management frameworks, and on the latest legal, regulatory and Shari'ah compliance issues affecting Islamic banks and financial institutions. Delegates will also gain insights into the latest trends in Islamic finance products (e.g. derivatives) and practices (e.g. microfinance). The unprecedented growth of Islamic banking and finance operations around the world has created a huge demand for expert guidance in the latest Islamic finance regulatory and risk management practices

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10th

– 11th

December 2015 London

Islamic Banking and Finance: Regulatory, Risk and Compliance

Contact: Joe Zepeda, Director, Storm-7 Consulting

Tel: +44(0)7984856066 Email: [email protected]

www.storm-7.com

Your Expert Trainers Rodrigo Zepeda, LLB, LLM, Chartered MCSI

Director, Storm-7 Consulting

Further Expert Trainers to be Announced

The Training Programme

This advanced two day training programme has been designed to provide delegates with comprehensive training in the latest regulatory, risk, and compliance issues affecting the Islamic banking and finance industry today. Delegates will be instructed on risks affecting Islamic finance practices and products, on developing integrated risk management frameworks, and on the latest legal, regulatory and Shari'ah compliance issues affecting Islamic banks and financial institutions. Delegates will also gain insights into the latest trends in Islamic finance products (e.g. derivatives) and practices (e.g. microfinance).

The unprecedented growth of Islamic banking and finance operations around the world has created a huge demand for expert guidance in the latest Islamic finance regulatory and risk management practices

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The Conference Programme

Day 1: Sessions

SESSION 1: Islamic Finance National and International Regulatory Frameworks National regulatory frameworks (UK Financial Conduct Authority; Dubai Financial Services Authority; Securities Commission Malaysia).

International governance frameworks (Islamic Financial Services Board; the IMF; BIS Basel Committee).

Shari'ah Supervisory Boards and Supervisory Councils.

Islamic Finance regulatory convergence and standardisation.

SESSION 2: Risk Management Practices for Islamic Financial Institutions Credit, Market, Operational, and Liquidity Risks in Islamic Finance.

Risk management issues in Islamic Financial Contracts.

Developing an Integrated Risk Management and Shari'ah Audit Framework.

Risk Regulation in Islamic Financial Institutions (Basel II, III).

SESSION 3: Legal and Shari'ah Compliance The law and regulation of Islamic Finance in the United Kingdom.

Developing a robust Shari'ah Compliance Framework.

Effectively addressing Shari'ah Non-Compliance Risk.

Shari'ah Governance Practices in Islamic Financial Institutions.

Compliance challenges to the global development of the Islamic Finance industry. SESSION 4: Contemporary and Future Developments in Islamic Finance

Globally Strengthening the Islamic Finance Industry.

Islamic Finance Structural Adjustments (Participatory, Non-Participatory Financing).

Islamic Microfinance Financial Instruments, Models, and Practices.

Islamic Finance and Behavioural Economics.

Day 2: Workshops

WORKSHOP 1: Developing Islamic Financial Markets and Islamic Banking Strategies for the development of Islamic Capital Markets.

The global development of Islamic Finance Exchange-Traded products and the Islamic Inter-Bank Market.

Capitalising on growth opportunities in new Takaful emerging markets (India, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey).

Islamic Finance Markets, Technology and Innovation.

WORKSHOP 2: Islamic Funds

Structuring Islamic compliant Equity Funds; Commodity Funds; Ijarah Funds; Murabaha Funds; and Mixed Funds.

Shari'ah compliance screening of Islamic funds.

Islamic funds investor and investment risk profiling (aggressive funds, capital gains funds, regular income funds, balanced funds).

Evaluating the capacity and attractiveness of emerging Islamic Finance funds markets (Australia, Europe, China).

WORKSHOP 3: Islamic Sukuk Markets Global Sukuk markets trends and findings.

Evaluating Sukuk markets (Dubai; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore; South Africa; the United Kingdom).

Sukuk Sovereign and Corporate Issuers.

Sukuk collateralization and liquidity management.

Standardising Sukuk documentation.

WORKSHOP 4: Derivatives and Islamic Finance Alternatives to conventional derivatives (Arbun'; Al-shart; Salam; Istijar; Istisna).

Analysing how to structure Murabaha-based cross-currency swaps; Murabaha-based profit rate swaps; Islamic Forwards; and Islamic Finance futures and options.

Analysing the ISDA/IIFM Tahawwut (Hedging) Master Agreement framework and legal enforceability.

Islamic hedging and credit support agreements.

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Register online at: www.storm-7.com or contact Joe Zepeda:

Tel: +44 (0) 7984856066

Email: [email protected]

Course Suitable for

Auditors

Chief Executives

Chief Financial Officers

Chief Risk Officers

Compliance Officers and Staff

Board Directors

General Legal Counsel

General Managers

Investment Fund Managers

Risk Management Officers and Professionals

Islamic Banking and Finance Professionals

Sukuk Issuers

Key Benefits

Advanced knowledge and understanding of Islamic finance risk management practices; effective Shari'ah compliance and governance practices; Islamic financial markets, investment techniques, and the latest Islamic finance instruments

Key insights into the latest Islamic microfinance practices, and Islamic regulatory compliance issues

Pre-course questionnaire to identify delegate's key course objectives

Lenovo 8" Yoga Tablet pre-loaded with course presentations and documentation to take-away

Comprehensive course documentation.

Post-course trainer follow-up to guarantee all key course objectives have been met

Further Expert Trainers to be Announced

Expert Trainer Biographies Rodrigo Zepeda is an independent consultant who specialises in derivatives and financial services law, regulation, and compliance. He holds a LLM Masters degree in International and Comparative Business Law, has been an Associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment since 2004, and has passed the New York Bar Examination. He has also published widely in leading industry journals such as the Capco Institute's Journal of Financial Transformation, the Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, as well as e-books on derivatives law. Noted publications include "Optimizing Risk Allocation for CCPs under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation"; "The ISDA Master Agreement 2012: A Missed Opportunity"; "The ISDA Master Agreement: The Derivatives Risk Management Tool of the 21st Century?"; and "To EU, or not to EU: that is the AIFMD question".