Today, the Bank of Italy hosted a seminar on Islamic finance with the goal of providing a forum for debate on the challenges deriving from the development of an Islamic finance industry in Europe. Representatives and experts from central banks, supervisory authorities, foreign and finance ministries, international institutions, academia and the private sector took part.
Seminar on Islamic FinanceRome, 11 November 2009
Programme
- Programmepdf 111.9 KB Publish date::11 November 2009
Opening address
- Seminar on Islamic Finance - Opening addresspdf 38.6 KB by Mario Draghi Governor of the Bank of Italy Publish date::11 November 2009
Keynote speech
- Zeti Akhtar Aziz: Islamic Finance: a Central Bank's Perspectivepdf 118.6 KB by Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Central Bank of Malaysia Rome, Banca d'Italia Publish date::13 November 2009
First Session - Islamic Finance - Global landscape and current trends: opportunities and challenges
- Rodney Wilson: Islamic Finance in Europepps 305.0 KB by Rodney Wilson, Professor, University of Dhuram (UK) Banca d'Italia, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
- Shamshad Akhtar: Islamic finance - the perspective of an International Financial Institution (solo in inglese)pdf 57.4 KB by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar Vice President Middle East and North Africa The World Bank Publish date::16 November 2009
- Gian Maria Piccinelli: Development and perspectives of Islamic Finance in Europe with special reference to Italypps 180.5 KB by Gian Maria Piccinelli, Professor, Second University of Naples Banca d'Italia, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
Second Session - Monetary policy and liquidity management
- Khalid Hamad Abdul-Rahman Hamad: A Briefing on Bahrain's approach in Islamic Financepps 1.1 MB by Khalid Hamad Abdul-Rahman Hamad, Executive Director, Central Bank of Bahrain Banca d'Italia, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
- Nasser H. Saidi: Islamic Securities Markets: Prospect and Challengespps 3.3 MB by Nasser H. Saidi, Chief Economist, Dubai International Financial Centre Banca d'Italia, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
- Bambang P. Brodjonegoro: Monetary Policy and Liquidity Managementpps 67.3 KB by Bambang P. Brodjonegoro, Director, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank Banca d'Italia, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
- Andreas Jobst: Monetary Policy and Liquidity Managementpps 1.2 MB by Andreas Jobst, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund Banca d'Italia, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
Third Session - Regulatory and supervisory issue
- Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim: Challenges in Developing Islamic Financial Services in Europepdf 63.0 KB by Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Secretary General, Islamic Financial Services Board Bank of Italy, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
- Claudio Porzio: Risk Profile of Islamic Bankspps 678.0 KB by Claudio Porzio, Professor, Parthenope University of Naples Bank of Italy, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
- Muhammed Bin Ibrahim: Regulatory and Supervisory Issues - Regulators Perspectivepps 1.4 MB by Muhammed Bin Ibrahim, Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Malaysia Bank of Italy, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
- Michel Cardona: Perspective of a European Banking Supervisory Authoritypps 227.0 KB by Michel Cardona, Secretary General, Committee for credit institutions and investment firms and Advisory Committee on financial legislation and regulation, Banque de France Bank of Italy, Rome Publish date::13 November 2009
Concluding Remarks
- Giorgio Gomel: Concluding Remarkspdf 34.7 KB by Giorgio Gomel Head, international Economic Analysis and Relations Department, Banca d'Italia Publish date::16 November 2009
