Islamic Courses
• Islamic Contracts & Governance
Master Class in Islamic Contracts, Concepts and Governance
An interactive course that provides from basic to advance understanding of Islamic financial intermediation and covers:
- Sharia law and building blocks of financial intermediation
- Nature of Sharia Contracts and issues to avoid
- Sharia jurisprudence and basic contractual framework
- Role of Sharia Supervisory Board
- Combination of Sharia contract structures employed to develop products
- Sharia, Governance, Supervision and Compliance
- Balance Sheet and use of Islamic Structures
- Comparison between conventional and Islamic products
Setting up a perfect Islamic Window offeringA detailed course on how to set-up a well integrated Islamic products & services
offering in a conventional bank that covers:
- Business Model and Integration of Islamic Business
- Business Development and Cross Selling initiatives
- Embedding Islamic banking across entire bank
- Championing Islamic Banking Initiative in every functionality of the bank
- Adapting Islamic banking top down and bottom up
- Sharia Supervisory Board and its roles
- Sharia Governance, Compliance and Audit
Structuring Islamic Trade Finance SolutionsIslamic Trade Finance is an specialized filed that is also very close to the concept
of Islamic finance. The course provides comprehensive knowledge of:
- Sharia foundations on trade finance
- Collections and documentary credit
- Islamic concepts of Khafala, Wakala, Murabaha and Musharika
- Import and Export Tools
- Salam and Istishaa
- Forfating and Factoring
- Export Credit Agency
- Guarantees and Bonds
Islamic Syndicated Finance – Principles & Case StudiesA course that provides basic understanding of the nature of Islamic
syndication, how to best meet client’s expectation and covers:
- Origins and evolution of Syndicated Finance
- Types of syndication
- Selection of structures
- Consideration for a successful Syndication Strategy
- Salam and Istishaa
- Structures used in Islamic Syndication
- ECA financing is Islamic transactions
- Islamic Project Finance
- Case Studies
Islamic Contacts Structuring and Legal IssuesThe basic driving forces behind Islamic Finance Intermediaries are the concepts
of different modes of finance, the course covers:
- The Foundation of Islamic Finance
- Nature and Scope of Islamic Law
- Contracts under Islamic Law
- Ijarah (Leasing)
- Wakalah (Agency)
- Musharaka (Partnership)
- Mudarabah (Fiduciary)
- Salam (Advance Sale)
- Istisna (Project Finance)
Advance Practical Knowledge on Structuring SukukSukuk has popularized Islamic finance, yet very few institutions specialize in
arranging Sukuk, this course offers inside and practical knowledge that covers:
- Introduction to Sukuk and concepts
- Creating Value Proposition
- Sukuk Market Trends
- Structuring Sukuk Al Ijara
- Equity Based Sukuk
- Asset Backed Sukuks
- Legal and Sharia Issues
- Sukuk Issuance Process
Islamic Treasury and Risk Management InstrumentsIslamic treasury and tools for liquidity risk management are now able to cater to
the needs of financial institutions as well as the customers. The course cover:
- Traditional Money Markets and Riba
- Islamic deposit mobilization instruments
- Interbank Murabaha and other tools
- Islamic FX Forward
- Islamic FX Option
- Profit Rate and Cross Currency Swap
- Sukuk for Capital purpose
Legal and Documentary Issues in Islamic Structured FinanceDeveloping an understanding of Bonds to better understand Sukuk and look at
the differentiation of both instruments:
- Overview of the Islamic Finance Industry
- Key concepts of Islamic finance
- Bonds compared to Sukuks
- Classification of Sukuk
- Bond documentation
- Principal of Sukuk Structure and Documents
Sharia Compliance and Audit for Islamic BanksRapidly growing Islamic finance industry requires adherence to Sharia principles
and guidelines, the course covers:
- Fundamentals, Framework and Future Direction
- Sharia characteristics and market realties
- Sharia compliance standards
- Governance of Islamic financial intermediaries
- Creating the necessary support system
- Risk Management in Islamic Finance
- Auditing and Achieving Sharia compliance
- Important Contractual Clauses in Islamic documentations
Developing Takaful Products for all walks of lifeEnrich knowledge and understanding for practitioners of Insurance on
Takaful, a hands on practical course covering:
- Overview of Insurance and Islam
- Origins of Insurance and Takaful
- Risk and risk management and Governance
- Takaful operations, products and plans
- Distribution and Bancassurance
- Accounting treatment for Takaful
- Re-Takaful and Re-insurance
Role of Islamic Governance Bodies & DevelopmentsIslamic governance, compliance, audit, products standardization has reached a
higher level of professionalism and the course covers:
- History of development
- Need for Islamic Standard Setting Bodies
- Accounting and Auditing Organization of Islamic Institutions (AAOIFI)
- Islamic Financial Services Board (ISFB)
- International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM)
- International Islamic Liquidity Market (IILM)
- Coordination between Islamic banks and regulators