2008 LONDON SUKUK SUMMIT
ISLAMIC CAPITAL, SYNDICATION & SECURITISATION MARKETS
     
    Session Five
09:15 - 11:30   ISSUERS AND ORIGINATORS - ROUNDTABLE
09:15 - 09:20   Chairman
09:20 - 09:40   Special CEO Keynote Address
The Development Of Shariah Compliant Structured Investment Product - The Malaysian Experience
09:40 - 10:00   Special Keynote Address
The Global Sukuk Market - Faith And Finance
10:00 - 11:15  

Issuers And Originators - Roundtable

Moderator

Discussion Topics
  • Rationale and motives for Sukuk issuance
  • Sukuk as a diversification tool for source of financing
  • Factors governing pricing and yields
  • Asset identification and allocation
  • Tax treatment for sukuk issuance
  • Primary regulatory and legal environment
  • Pros and cons of sukuk as a corporate and debt finance tool
  • Risks associated with sukuk issuances - minimizing long term costs & lack of secondary market
  • Sukuk and securitization product innovation - designing value-added structures
  • Minimizing transaction costs

11:15 - 11:30   Tea & Coffee Break
   

    Session Six
11:30 - 12:50   SHARIAH PANEL DISCUSSION
11:30 - 12:50  

Shariah Panel Discussion - Roundtable

Moderator

Discussion Topics
  • Are 80% of current Sukuk Issuances Islamic
  • Risk & Profit sharing Issues in Sukuk Structures
  • Ownership of underlying Assets
  • Issuer Guarantees of Repayments at face value on Maturity
  • Use of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV's);
  • Role of Agents & Trustees;
  • Identifying Rental Income Streams;
  • Distinguishing between Sukuk Issuance and Securitization
  • Bottlenecks in the Shariah compliance process
  • Minimizing transaction costs
  • Revisiting the Musharaka Sukuk - defining the role and status of equity participants
  • Exchangeable versus convertible Sukuk
  • Leakage of Sukuk proceeds for non-Islamic investment

12:50 - 13:15   Coach to UKTI
13:30 - 15:00   UKTI SPECIAL RECEPTION
13:30 - 13:50   Keynote Reception Address
The Rt. Hon. Kitty Ussher MP, UK
13:50 - 15:00   Reception Lunch
Hosted by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) at:
Lancaster House
Stable Yard, St James's, London, SW1A 1BB


   

 

    End of conference
 

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