EVENTS - Turkey Showcases the Role of Islamic Money and Capital Markets at the 9th Annual IFSB Summit in Istanbul in May

www.ifsb.org - Turkey Showcases the Role of Islamic Money and Capital Markets at the 9th Annual IFSB Summit in Istanbul in May Kuala Lumpur, 25 April 2012 - Turkey, the host country of the upcoming 9th Annual Summit of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) which is scheduled to be held at the Swissotel, The Bosphorus in Istanbul on 16 - 17 May 2012, is positioning itself as an important Islamic capital and money market.

The Central Bank of Turkey, which is hosting this year’s IFSB Summit, is organising as a pre-Summit event, a landmark Country Showcase in association with the Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul on the pertinent theme “The Role of Interest-free Financial Instruments in the Money and Capital Markets”.

 The theme of the Turkey Showcase has important synergies with the Summit theme, ‘Global Financial Reforms: The Changing Regulatory Model and Islamic Finance’ which aims to evaluate whether reforms in financial regulation structure and prudential standards equally equip the Islamic financial services industry in addressing its future challenges as well as identifying the priority areas in the prudential regulation of Islamic finance that may need focus and attention by regulators and market players alike. (source)

EVENTS - Summit on scalable business model for Islamic Microfinance (Jan 31-Feb 1, 2012 - Istanbul)

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the organizer of the event hansonwade.com did post a survey that might be of interest to you - the link to that survey is here

EVENTS - Summit on scalable business model for Islamic Microfinance (Jan 31-Feb 1, 2012 - Istanbul)

MicrofinanceFocus.com, October 18, 2011: Hansonwade’s Summit on scalable business models for Islamic Microfinance will be held from January 30 to February 1, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Summit will focus on identifying the potential business models available and their challenges.

During the three day Summit, MFIs, investors, policy makers and Sharia specialists will come together to explore Islamic Microfinance business models in practice. Tijara, USAID, Akhuwat, Al-Amal Microfinance Bank, Tanzania eco-Volunteerism and CWCD will share their projects.

The conference will further assess the role of the Islamic Development Bank and state banks across the globe in advancing Islamic Microfinance.

Mohammed Khaled, Regional Representative, Middle East and North Africa CGAP, Zubair Mughal, Chief Executive Officer, AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics, Ranya Abdel Baki, Chief Executive Officer, Sanabel and H.E Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President, Islamic Development Bank are some of the distinguished speakers in the conference. (website Hanson Wade)

MICRO FINANCE - PAWNBROKING - Malaysian YaPEIM Plans To Expand Ar-Rahnu Scheme Abroad (Turkey)

LENGGONG, March 23 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Islamic Economic Development Foundation (YaPEIM) plans to expand its Islamic pawnbroking or Ar-Rahnu micro-credit system abroad, especially in member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).

Its director-general, Dr Abdul Malek Awang Kechil said a preliminary study was being carried out in five countries on the situation, structure, readiness and requirement, and legal framework. (full story)

PUBLICATION - REPORT - BASEL releases final report on Microfinance Activities and Effective Supervision

BIS - The Bank for International Settlements issued a new report -

Microfinance activities and the Core Principles - Basel Committee issues final paper

The report can be of interest for anyone involved in Islamic microfinance. 

The report can be downloaded here http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs175.pdf?noframes=1 - Aug 31, 2010

PUBLICATION - REPORT - BASEL releases final report on Microfinance Activities and Effective Supervision

Aug 31, 2010: The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued the final version of its paper entitled Microfinance activities and the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision that contains supervisory guidance for the application of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (BCP) to microfinance activities, and the range of practices on regulating and supervising microfinance activities.