April 2, 2010

Bank Negara to host Islamic finance forum

BANK Negara Malaysia will host the Second Global Islamic Finance Forum (GIFF 2010) from October 25 to 28 with the theme “Islamic Finance: Opportunities for Tomorrow”.

GIFF 2010 is a key international event in the calendar of Islamic finance following the success of the inaugural GIFF in March 2007, the central bank said in a statement yesterday.

The forum is a high-level multi-track event that brings together regulators, scholars and financial industry players who are key drivers in shaping Islamic finance globally, Bank Negara said.

It is organised in collaboration with the Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia, Malaysian Takaful Association, the International Syariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, and the REDmoney Group. The GIFF 2010 events include Global Business Leaders Dialogue, Public Lecture, Regulators Forum and, Global Islamic Liquidity Management Workshop and Takaful Rendezvous — Bernama