INDONESIA - BANKING - Product development biggest challenge

www.bisnis.com - MAKASSAR-limited products of Islamic banks today become one of the challenges in efforts to develop Islamic banking industry in capturing the opportunities that exist.
 Chairman of the Association of Islamic Economist (IAEI) Bambang PS Brodjonegoro said the lack of Islamic banking products is one of three factors challenge the growth of Islamic finance is not significant.
 According to him, two other external factor is the absence of Islamic or Shariah compliance standards compliance standard that allows the distinction of compliance, tailored to the relevant bank or central banks concerned. Another factor is a matter of international Islamic institutional infrastructure that is still not united in substance.
 "Islamic products is relatively limited, so that consumers are still thinkers-thinkers to switch to the Shariah, it is also faced by the countries of the Islamic financial development," he said as a keynote speaker in the Islamic Banking Research Forum-5 that was held at the Muslim University of Indonesia ( UMI) Makassar today, Tuesday (26/06/2012).  (source)

BRUNEI - EVENTS - 3-day Islamic finance forum from May 15

www.bt.com.bn -AN INTERNATIONAL conference on Islamic finance that aims to further the country's knowledge on the sector is set to be held this month.

In a press conference yesterday at the Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University, Dr Fadzliwati Mohiddin, the dean of the Faculty of Business and Management Science said that the International Conference on Islamic Finance 2012 (ICiF 2012) and 6th Regional Shari'ah Scholars Dialogue (MCSN 6) aim to contribute to the devleopment of Islamic banking and finance as well as increase public awareness of its importance.

He also said that other objectives of the conference, to be held from May 15 to 17, were to form partnerships and combine knowledge in the field, to develop the syariah perimetres for application and investment issue in takaful, and to refine aspects of syariah in Islamic banking. (go to website)  (source)

WORLD - BANKING - Islamic finance industry grew by 24.4% & global Sukuk issuance increased by more than 60% in 2011

www.zawya.com - NCB Sponsors and Partakes in Harvard's Islamic Finance ForumThe National Commercial Bank has recently participated in the Islamic Finance Forum organized by Harvard University in the United States of America. The forum is a renowned annual event that brings together top scholars, researchers and analysts, with economists and industry leaders in Islamic Finance from around the world.
Held in its tenth session this year, the forum's agenda was focused on discussing the role of Islamic finance in the global economic development, shedding light on the latest challenges facing the growth of the industry and defining the competitiveness and opportunities inherent in Islamic finance as a potential alternative for the conventional financial system.  (source)

INDONESIA - EVENTS - The Implementation of Islamic Banking Research Forum - June 26-27, 2012 Makassar

umi.ac.id - Islamic Banking Research Forum with the theme ‘Improving the Competitiveness of Islamic Banking in order to support Indonesia’s Economic Development and Financial Stability (Meningkatkan Daya Saing Perbankan Syariah Guna Mendukung Stabilitas Keuangan Dan Pembangunan Ekonomi Indonesia ) ‘ will take place from Tuesday to Wednesday dated on June 26-27^th , 2012 (6-7 Shaban 1433 H) in Faculty of Economics, Muslim University of Indonesia (UMI), Makassar, Indonesia (12/3). (source)

INDONESIA - EVENTS - IFN FORUM JAKARTA - April 16-17, 2012

Issuers Day: Monday, 16^th April 2012

Investors Day: Tuesday, 17^th April 2012

Takaful & re-Takaful Day: Tuesday, 17^th April 2012

Venue: Grand Ballroom, Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jakarta

With the world's largest Muslim population and its fast developing Islamic finance initiatives and regulations, Indonesia is where the future lies.

This two-day meeting, comprising an 'Issuers Day' and an 'Investors Day', will bring together industry leaders from both the local and international markets to discuss debate and develop the Indonesian Islamic financial markets. (go there)

MALAYSIA - BANKING - Maybank Islamic Expects Consistent Contribution From Asset Financing

BERNAMA.COM - KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- Maybank Islamic Bhd expects its contribution from asset financing to the Maybank Group in the current financial year to be consistent with the previous year.

Its chief executive officer Muzaffar Hisham said almost one third of the Maybank Group's asset financing in Malaysia came from Islamic assets in the last financial year ended June 30, 2011.  (source)

INDONESIA - EVENTS - MES Intensive Islamic Banking Research Forum FRPS

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Sharia Economy Society (MES) has intensified Islamic Banking held a Research Forum (FRPS). Once in Palembang and Yogyakarta 2010, the MES in cooperation with Bank Indonesia (BI), the Association of Islamic Economics (IAEI) and Forum Gathering and Islamic Economic Studies (FOSSEI), will be held FRPS IAIN 2011 in North Sumatra and Padjadjaran University. (source)

EVENTS - Indonesia Financial Expo Forum (IFEF) 2011

Jakarta, (20/6). Indonesia Financial Expo Forum (IFEF) 2011 was open for public, the programs of this expo among others are: exhibition, seminar, and workshop for financial institution and investment services.

IFEF is a 3 days Event starting June 17 to June 19, at  Jakarta Convention Center., which is organized by PT Grahanusa Midiatama and supported by the Islamic banks. (source)

CALL FOR PAPERS - International Zakat Conference “Sustainable Zakat Development in the Poverty Alleviation and Improvement of Welfare of the Ummah” Bogor, July 19-21, 2011 (deadline abstract March 29, 2011)

International Zakat Conference
“Sustainable Zakat Development in the Poverty Alleviation and
Improvement of Welfare of the Ummah”
Bogor, July 19-21, 2011
Organized by:
WORLD ZAKAT FORUM

CALL FOR PAPERS (detail hereunder)

CALL FOR PAPERS - Tenth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance “Islamic Finance and Development” (deadline abstract Aug 1, 2011)

CALL FOR PAPERS
Tenth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance
“Islamic Finance and Development”
March 24 and 25, 2012
Harvard Law School

The Tenth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance is scheduled to be held at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 24 and 25, 2012. The theme of the conference will be “Islamic Finance and Development.”

The Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance was conceived in 1997 to engage scholars, practitioners and regulators in productive dialogue about the then- nascent field. Recent forums have focused on questions of innovation and authenticity, the global recession and connections with other ethical finance initiatives. The Tenth Forum sets the evolution of the Islamic financial industry within the context of the economic and political development of Muslim majority markets.
Papers are requested in the following areas: (full story hereunder)

FORUM - Opening

A forum for Q 7 A - Questions and Answers has been opened : enjoy

FORUM       http://islamicfinanceindonesia.blogspot.com/p/members-forum-questions-and-answers.html

EVENTS - YOGYAKARTA - Forum Riset - Perbankan Syariah - December 9, 2010

Seminar Forum Riset Perbankan Syariah
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Kamis, 9 Desember 2010

Programme hereunder