Benefits of Attending

Islamic finance structures in real estate are becoming popular following the booming Asian real estate and the impact of the global credit crunch. More transparency and less credit risk are also driving factors of Islamic real estate in Asia. The increasing number of Shari’ah compliant structures in real estate have also highlighted the need to focus on the opportunities and challenges for the growth of Shari’ah compliant financing in the industry.

Islamic Real Estate Asia 2008 comes at a timely juncture to explore opportunities and challenges for debt-based, asset-based and equity-based Shari’ah compliant financing in Asian real estate. The conference will focus on Shari’ah compliant investments in the real estate and the housing finance industry.

Amidst this growing demand, there are several conceptual and practical challenges that investors, banks and developers face in Shari’ah Compliant deal structuring. Islamic Real Estate Asia 2008 has been designed to meet your needs.

From this conference, you will be able to:

• Deal with the ambiguity in the interpretations of Shari’ah compliance
• Learn about the latest innovative financing structures and the growing role of Shari’ah compliant private equity funds in real estate
• Review the present Islamic mortgage structures and compare these mortgage structures in different parts of Asia
• Examine the growth of real estate sukuk or estimate any huge possible impact of the sub-prime crisis on this market
• Evaluate the performance of Islamic REITs, redeem assets and analyse case studies of success from Asia
• Demystify the legal and regulatory aspects of Islamic real estate and housing finance
• Develop a clearer Islamic view of repayments, redemptions and repossessions in housing finance
• Understand the developer’s perspective for Islamic finance as a way of diversifying funding given liquidity concerns

Key Distinguished Speakers Include

• Dr. Md. Nurdin Ngadimon, Head-Islamic Capital Markets, Securities Commission of Malaysia
• Dr. Aznan Hasan, Board Member-Shari’ah Advisory Council, Bank Negara Malaysia
• Dr. Mohammed Akram Laldin, Shari’ah Scholar, HSBC Amanah
• Dr. Imran Ashraf Usmani, Shari’ah Scholar, Meezan Bank
• Datuk Mohd Azahari Kamil, Managing Director, AmanahRaya-JMF Asset Management
• Dr. Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku Ali, Head-Private Law, International Islamic University of Malaysia
• Dr. Malik Muhammad M. Al-Awan, Head-Faculty of Shari’ah, INCEIF-Malaysia
• Shamsun Anwar Hussain, Director, Global Market-Middle East, CIMB
• Musa Abdul-Malek, Deputy Managing Director, HSBC Amanah
• Suresh Kumar, General Manager, Emirates Financial Services
• Richard Ellis, Co-founder, Amiri Capital
• Naoto Nomura, Head-Real Estate, NDC Investments
• Dr Alexander Ressos, international finance lawyer, Jersey/Channel Islands
• Ahmad Rizwan, Senior Lawyer, Habib Al Mulla & Company
• Jennifer Chang, Senior Executive Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• Dr. Ong Seow Eng, Dept. of Real Estate, National University of Singapore
• Dr. Muhammad Faishal Bin Ibrahim, Dept. of Real Estate, National University of Singapore
• Megat Hizaini Hizaini, Partner, Zaid Ibrahim & Co.
• Hisham Dafterdar, Head-Awqaf Properties Investment Fund, Islamic Development bank
• Atsuhiko Ayabe, General Manager-Research & Product Development, Hong Leong Tokio Marine Takaful
• Faisal Hijazi, Senior Analyst, Structured Finance-Middle East & Islamic Finance, Moody's Investors

Who else will I meet?

• Leading and Well-respected Shariah scholars
• Major Asian and Middle-Eastern Real Estate Investors
• Investment Banks, Real Estate funds and Retail Banks
• Property Developers
• Advisors, Lawyers, Rating Agencies and other Consultants

Comments from our previous conferences!

“I was pleased to participate in the conference and believe you have delivered value, which is the greatest of accolades.”
Arthur Lipper III, Founder, Royalties Exchange, Islamic Finance Asia 2007

“Thank you for giving us an opportunity to participate in your recent forum which I believe was excellent in terms of presenters and participants”.
Raj Maiden, CEO, Five Pillars, Islamic Real Estate Asia 2006

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time.

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