5-6 December 2007 - Frankfurt: 2nd Islamic Financial Services Forum
The forum, entitled 'The European Challenge' has been organized by the IFSB in Frankfurt and has been hosted by the German Central Bank. It has made the point on the current situation and prospects of Islamic finance in the EU
Rifaat Abdel Karim, “Welcoming Remarks”, IFSB
Opening speech of the secretary general of the Islamic Financial Services Board
Welcoming Remarks.pdf 54.83 kB
Rudolf Böhmler, “Keynote address”, Deutsche Bundesbank
Remarks by the German Central Bank on Islamic finance
Keynote address.pdf 63.95 kB
Zeti Akhtar Aziz, “Islamic Finance: Approaching New Horizons”, Bank Negara Malaysia
The point of view of the governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia on the future of Islamic Finance
Session 1 - Volker Nienhaus, “The Islamic Financial Services Industry”, University of Marburg
General but detailed presentation
Session 2 - Kilian Bälz, "The development of the Islamic Financial Services Industry in Europe: UK, Germany and France", Gleiss Lutz
On Islamic finance in three European countries
Session 2 - Hamid Yunis, “The Development of the Islamic Financial Services Industry in the Middle East”, Taylor Wessing
On developments of Islamic finance in the Middle East
Session 3 - Faisel Hoodbhoy, “DIFX and Islamic Finance”, DIFX
Il ruolo del DIFX nella finanza islamica
Session 3 - Geert Bossuyt, “Recent Developments in Islamic Finance”, Deutsche Bank
On recent developments in Islamic structured finance
Session 3 - Henry Thompson, “Shari’ah Structures: Preliminary Comparison”, ARCAPITA
Presentation on some sharia-compliant financial structures in some EU countries
Session 4 - V. Sundararajan , “Issues and Challenges in the Implementation of Strengthened Supervisory Standards for Islamic Banks”, Centennial Group,
On some issues in supervisory role for Islamic banks
Session 5 - Karl F. Cordewener, “Islamic Finance and Basel II”, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
On Basel 2 and Islamic finance
Capital Adequacy.pdf 112.28 kB
Session 5 - Simon Archer, “IFSB Standards – Comparison to Basel II: Capital Adequacy”,
On the relationship between IFSB standards and Basel 2 guidelines
Capital Adequacy.pdf 80.52 kB
Session 6 - V. Sundararajan, “Transparency and Market Discipline –A Direct Comparison to Basel II”, Centennial Group
On Basel 2 and IFSI transparency and market discipline
Session 6 - Karl-Heinz Hillen, “The IFSB Standards –A Direct Comparison to Basel II”, Deutsche Bundesbank
More on Basel 2 and Islamic finance transparency and market discipline
Session 7 - Elizabeth Robert, “Corporate Governance”, Financial Stability Institute
Presentation by the director of the Financial Stability Institute on corporate governance
Corporate Governance.pdf 281.03 kB
Session 7 - Madzlan Mohamad Husain, “IFSB Standards – A Direct Comparison to Basel II”,
The principles of corporate governance for the banks that offer Islamic finance products
Corporate Governance.pdf 256.91 kB