Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

The growth of Islamic finance in the past decade has been extraordinary. As the industry expands into untapped markets, there is a need to develop new talent that understands the industry and its underlying Shariah principles to support this growth. In response, Malaysia has undertaken initiatives to support the development of a highly skilled Islamic finance human capital workforce.

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

The growth of Islamic finance in the past decade has been extraordinary. As the industry expands into untapped markets, there is a need to develop new talent that understands the industry and its underlying Shariah principles to support this growth. In response, Malaysia has undertaken initiatives to support the development of a highly skilled Islamic finance human capital workforce.

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

Raising funds through sukuk has become an integral part of Islamic finance and a pivotal pillar of overall Islamic finance’s continuous growth. Since 2001, the world has seen steady growth of the global sukuk market attracting great interest from the wider international community. Huge infrastructure development plans globally, especially around the GCC, African and Asian regions, will further fuel sukuk issuances in the infrastructure sector in 2014.

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

While the growth of global sukuk has already achieved double digits over previous years, there are still relatively unexploited openings to accelerate growth, such as with new, innovative structures that help to capitalise banks in a Shariah-compliant way

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom

Elevating Board Effectiveness in a Financial Institution Boardroom