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An Overview of Islamic Finance
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Mr Shahriar Mofakhami, Consultant, Greenfields Financial Services Lawyers
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• What is Islamic finance
• How are Islamic finance transactions structured
• What are the principal issues in accommodating Islamic finance in Australia
• Lessons from offshore jurisdictions
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Drafting Sharia Compliant Documents
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Sheikh Mahamadu Nawas Saleem, ,
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Co-presenting Mr David Wood, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
• Importance of Sharia compliance for Islamic finance
• Challenges in ensuring Sharia compliance under the existing Australian legal framework
• Ensuring documents and contracts are legally binding under Sharia law and existing Australian jurisdiction
• Importance of Sharia compliance for macro finance arrangements |
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Moving Towards Tax Neutrality of Islamic Finance
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Mr Richard Buchanan, Director, Greenwoods & Freehills Melbourne
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In what can only be taken as a positive step for encouraging Islamic finance in Australia, the Government has empowered the Board of Taxation to review the extent to which Australia’s
tax system can achieve tax neutral outcomes for Islamic finance (and recommend solutions having regard to international experience). Given that the Board of Taxation is not due to report until 30 June 2011, this session will focus on:
• What we might expect from the Board of Tax’s review
• What we can learn from other jurisdictions
• What forms of Islamic finance could possibly be implemented in Australia without any legislative reform |
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Prospects for Islamic Finance Funded Private Public Partnerships
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Mr Robert Turnbull, Director, Robert Turnbull Associates Strategic Advisory
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• Prospects for using Islamic finance for infrastructure/ PPPs in a conventional finance environment
• PPPs from dual perspectives corporate finance structures and contractual forms
• What’s required to attract Islamic funds - sovereign wealth funds
• Relationship requirements and project scale and deal flow
• Corporate finance and contracting structuring capabilities and approvals processes |
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Dr Segu Zuhair, Director, Muslim Community Co-Operative
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