Lectures Topics in 2008

The Prevailing International Financial Crisis. Can Islamic Finance Help?

Dr Muhammad Umer Chapra - Research Advisor. IRTI, Islamic Development Bank

Surviving the credit crunch - Shari'ah-compliant retail investment opportunities

Bilal Timol- Director, 1st Ethical, UK

UK Taxation of Islamic Finance - Levelling the playing field

Mohammad Amin - Visiting fellow, Cass Centre, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Senior Associate member, St. Antony' College, Oxford

Islamic Hedge Funds - A possibility or a contradiction in terms?

Ruggiero Omar Lomonaco - Head of Islamic finance, ABN AMRO, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland

Current Issues in Takaful (Islamic Insurance)

Muhammad Khan - Director, PricewaterhouseCoppers

Role of Shari'ah Scholars in Standardisation process of Islamic Finance

Mufti Barkatulla - UK based leading shari'ah scholar

Stock Screening for Shari'ah-Compliant Funds

Iqbal Asaria - Director, Afkar Consultings Limited, UK.

Prospects for Shari'ah-compliant fund management

Prof. Rodney Wilson - Director of Postgraduate studies, Durham University, UK

Exploring opportunities within the Islamic Private Equity market

Omar Shaikh - Private Equity Transaction Advisory services, Ernest & Young, UK