Listen to IFN’s round-up of the top Islamic finance headlines around the world, from the 17th to the 23rd October 2025.

Bilal Parvaiz, CEO, Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad Malaysia

Moderator:Ahsan Ali, MD & Head, Islamic Corporate & Investment Banking, Standard Chartered BankPanelists:Dr Mohamed Ali Elgari, Global Shariah Supervisory Committee Member, S...

Moderator:Dr Mufti Yousuf Sultan, Shariah Board Member, Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad MalaysiaPanelists:Dato’ Prof. Dr Aznan, Global Shariah Supervisory Committee Member, Standard...

YB Senator Dr Zulkifli Bin Hasan, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs)

Sahibus Samahah Ustaz Haji Ahmad Fauwaz bin Dato' Ustaz Haji Fadzil, Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan (Mufti of the Federal Territories)

Khurram Hilal, CEO Group Islamic Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Mustafa Adil, Head of Islamic Finance, Data and Analytics, London Stock Exchange Group

In this episode with IFN journalist Radhika Das, Nasser Baker Al Kahtani, the executive director at AGFUND, discusses the fund’s mission to lift people out of poverty through inclusive financial systems, Islamic finance solutions and technology...

In this episode with IFN journalist Radhika Das, Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, the chairman of the IsDB Group, highlights Sukuk as a financing instrument for development projects, the Sukuk Summit in London this month and the Arab Coordinatio...

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Laura Frigenti, CEO, Global Partnership for Education (GPE), on GPE’s mandate to tackle the growing learning crisis, finance education initiatives and advance its partnership with the IsDB Group

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Nasser Baker Al Kahtani, Executive Director, Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND), on AGFUND’s footprint in inclusive and social development and its use of digital tools to expand access to microf...

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Dr Imed Limam, Director, Operations Department, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, on the Arab Fund’s central role in regional infrastructure development and its presence in the digital and gr...

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, Chairman, IsDB Group, on Sukuk-financed projects, the Sukuk Summit in London this month and the Arab Coordination Group’s efforts to maximize development and impact

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Ismael Nabe, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Government of Guinea, on Guinea’s collaboration with the Arab Coordination Group, its infrastructure goals and the Simandou project

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Fahad Hamad Al-Sulaiti, Director General, Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD), on the role QFFD sees for the private sector in scaling impact through different financing mechanisms and the organization’s Is...

Aminah Farid, IFN Journalist, interviews Shahariah Shaharudin, President of Saturna Sdn Bhd, on the efforts that need to be undertaken to place the Islamic finance industry on the same level-playing field as that of the environmen...

Francis Nantha, IFN Investor Editor, interviews Rex Fong, Chief Investment Officer, VCorp Capital on the firm's first Shariah compliant fund offering to help SMEs bridge financing gaps

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Jessica Tan, Principal, Fixed Income Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices, on Sukuk index methodology and screening criteria, and future trends in integrating ESG factors with Shariah complian...

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Irfan Salim, Co-Founder, The Gulf-ASEAN Exchange, on investor appetite for Shariah compliant products in GCC and ASEAN markets and barriers to deeper cross-border collaboration.

Aminah Farid, IFN Journalist, interviews Faris Lodin, Wahed Global Advisory Board and Member of Wahed Ventures Investment Committee on investor trends among Generation Z.

Francis Nantha, IFN Investor Editor, gets an update from Edward Chin, Vice-President, Asia Vision Capital, on developments at the firm's Quayside JBCC project in Malaysia's southern state of Johor and the Shariah funding plans

Francis Nantha, IFN Investor Editor, interviews Arif Izhan Shuhaimi, Private Wealth Manager, Crewstone International on why the firm plans to offer a Shariah compliant version of its existing conventional fund

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Adam Knight and Nancy Chien from Bedell Cristin, on the Jersey jurisdiction’s Shariah compliant structuring appeal, its role in Sukuk and SPV innovation and rising demand from Islamic privat...

Aminah Farid, IFN Journalist, interviews Sherif Essam Abdul Rahman, Senior Manager in Product Management at International Turnkey Systems (ITS) on ITS' role in Islamic finance and how ITS platform works to protect investors.