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187 episodes
Exploring Tawarruq’s legal challenges and flexibility across jurisdictions
Tawarruq remains a key tool in Islamic finance despite ongoing debates around its structure. In this episode with IFN journalist Radhika Das, Elias Moubarak discusses the legal challenges, regulatory developments and cross-border complexities o...
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24:08
Private credit strategies capturing Islamic interest
Private credit strategies are gathering momentum among Islamic investors. In this episode with IFN Managing Editor Vineeta Tan, Walter Gontarek, CEO of Channel Capital Advisors, explores different Shariah compliant private credit strategies, op...
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24:06
The Roadmap from COP28: Driving Islamic Sustainable Investment
Post-COP28, what continue to be key features and challenges of regional Islamic asset management, and how are crucial ESG considerations being incorporated? How are investors continuing to encourage portfolio companies to manage long-term clima...
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Innovation and Transformation Roundtable: Asset Management in the New Age
What are the key technological integrations and partnerships that are reshaping regional Islamic asset management, and how are regulators responding to innovation? How are AI and machine learning remodeling asset allocation and how is the imple...
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1:10:30
Harnessing the Growing Influence of Shariah Compliant Private Capital
How is private capital influencing regional financial markets? How is private credit transforming GCC corporate financing, and what approach should regulators take? What are opportunities for private equity investment and how can this market be...
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1:11:51
Defining Islamic Investment in a Dynamic Market – Technology, Products and Markets
What represents a holistic and efficient Islamic investment ecosystem, and what is an effective regulatory environment to foster growth for the sector? What are notable recent developments in global Islamic investment management, including thos...
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1:21:27
Presentation: Key Drivers for Regional Shariah Compliant Investment
Ahmed Kareem El Kenzi, Director, BTD International Fund House – Luxembourg
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10:15
Takaful Oman prepares to roll out new products
Takaful Oman’s CEO Neelmani Bhardwaj shares insights into the burgeoning Islamic insurance sector of the Sultanate, as well as Takaful Oman’s expansion plans in the short and medium term, with IFN’s Nessreen Tamano in this podcast episode.
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Investment opportunities in the digital landscape
In this IFN Podcast episode, Munirah Khairuddin, the country head and CEO of Principal Asset Management Malaysia speaks to Nessreen Tamano of IFN about the rising popularity and impact of digital investing, especially in the context of Shariah ...
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The use case of Hibah for Muslim estate planning
Estate planning is a major challenge in Malaysia, with the upper bound of frozen assets estimated at RM90 billion (US$19.36 billion). In this episode of the podcast, Marlena Kareem, the editor of ISFI, speaks to Ariffin Sabirin, the founder of ...
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Digital trends in the Islamic banking sector
The mainstreaming of digital lending has overhauled the risk landscape for banks and financial institutions. How should the finance industry adapt? In this episode, Vineeta Tan speaks to Guru Raghavendran, the senior vice-president of banking p...
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Unlocking carbon credit market potential in a Halal manner
Carbon credits are positioned as a potential avenue to alleviate some of the global climate pressures emanating from carbon emissions. But they are not without critics. Are they a viable asset class and how can we best optimize carbon credits a...
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Air Selangor's SRI Sukuk strategy
Air Selangor issued its largest SRI Sukuk to date in October 2023. In this episode, Marlena Kereem, the editor of Islamic Sustainable Finance and Investment, sits down with Kevin Lee Shih-Min, the head of finance and strategy at Air Selangor, t...
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14:21
The rise of venture debt funds in MENA
There is a noticeable shift from traditional bank financing toward alternative financing across multiple asset classes in the GCC and beyond, which is resulting in the rise of instruments such as venture debt funds. In this episode, brought to ...
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Potential areas of Islamic PE & VC growth
There are areas of opportunities in the Islamic private equity and venture capital space, particularly in the GCC and Southeast Asian regions, where Lim Say Cheong, the CEO of Saudi Venture Capital Investment Company, has focused on in the last...
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The world's first Climate Bonds Initiative-certified Sukuk
reNIKOLA Solar II issued the world's first Climate Bonds Initiative-certified Sukuk in September this year. Marlena Kareem, the editor of ISFI, speaks to Khong Ho Ming, the executive director and COO of reNIKOLA, about this landmark issuance.
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16:43
Takatech in Malaysia
The Islamic insurtech sector in Malaysia is still relatively small, but CEO of Ouch!, Shazy Noorazman, believes that more players will emerge as the digital Takaful opportunity is hard to ignore. Shazy discusses the prospects and pain points of...
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14:45
The role of credit ratings in voluntary carbon markets
Ratings play a significant role in the voluntary carbon market space. Marlena Kareem, the editor of ISFI, speaks to Ronan Carr, the chief research officer at BeZero Carbon, about the role of ratings in the carbon market, its recent issuan...
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Blueprint for Protecting the Future: Islamic Sustainable and Social Investing
What steps are necessary to ensure Islamic sustainable investors are offered a common definition of climate risk standards in ASEAN? What is driving innovation of Islamic sustainable and social finance and investment products, and are we succes...
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Deploying Transition Finance and Sustainability-Linked Products in a Climate Risk-sensitive Environment
What is driving the shift toward transition and sustainability-linked bonds and Sukuk issuance, and how do we maintain this momentum? What options do the deployment of sustainability-linked financing structures offer issuers, and are they prope...
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1:17:52
How Innovation is Driving the Funding of Green and Sustainable Activities
Do currently available taxonomies adequately address sector-specific transition concerns and what are salient additions to later versions?Assessing disclosure requirements and developing an effective climate change curriculum for ...
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Keynote Interview: Moving from Halal to the Ideal of Tayyib
Interviewee: Azman Mokhtar, Chairman, Malaysia International Islamic Finance Centre Leadership CouncilInterviewer: Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin, Former Deputy Chief Executive, Securities Commission ...
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Presentation: Markets and Sectors Driving Growth and Leading Innovation in Islamic Sustainable Finance
Marlena Kareem, Editor, Islamic Sustainable Finance & Investment, REDmoney Group
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14:24
Ensuring an Effective, Innovative and Equitable Transition to Low Carbon: Policy, Regulation and Innovation
What does a successful strategic roadmap for advancing transition look like? Are current policies and actions sufficiently aligned with climate risk? Are the various climate taxonomies conflicting or complementary, and how do we offer a clear a...
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