Risk Management for Islamic Finance

Kuala Lumpur
11 & 12 November 2008

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Course Highlights:

• Risk management in Islamic banking: the sharia’h appraisal
• The exposure of Islamic Finance products to the sub-prime crisis
• Avoiding a liquidity crisis in Islamic finance by managing efficiently market & funding liquidity
• How can the risk techniques from conventional products apply to Islamic Products?
• Aligning regulations with liquidity risk management for Islamic finance
• Understanding all aspects of legal risk in a typical Islamic financial institution

Course dates & venues

Course tutors

Dr Ioannis Akkizidis,
Senior Analyst of Financial Risk, FRSGlobal

James Chong,
Chief Risk Officer, KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE, MALAYSIA BERHAD

Dr Aznan Hasan,
Assistant Professor, INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

Muzaffar Hisham,
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, CIMB ISLAMIC

Dr John Lee,
Executive Director, Head of Financial Services and Financial Risk Management, KPMG

Dato' Dr Nik Norzrul Thani,
Chairman & Senior Partner, ZAID IBRAHIM & CO

Dr Mohd Ridzwan bin Abdul Razak,
General Manager, Risk Management, LEMBAGA TABUNG HAJI

Learning Outcomes

• Appreciate how to avoid the sub-prime crisis in Islamic finance
• Understand how to manage risk and still comply to Shari'ah law
• Apply risk techniques from conventional products onto Islamic products
• Identify the operational risks within Islamic finance