Securities Commission Malaysia Outlines Plans for Green Islamic Finance (Part 2)
July 18, 2018 | Updated at July 18, 2018
This is Part 2 of a podcast on Green Islamic Finance. Part 1 can be viewed here.
The Asset's Daniel Yu speaks with Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin of Securities Commission Malaysia about the country's strategy for socially responsible and sharia-compliant investing. In this podcast Zainal talks about the challenges in making Malaysia a global Islamic finance centre. He sees great potential for Malaysia as it rolls out new products, such as a sukuk ETF. Zainal believes the gradual harmonizing of Sharia definitions will fuel more cross-border transactions between Malaysia and the Middle East.
Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin, Deputy Chief Executive, Securities Commission Malaysia Daniel Yu, editor-in-chief, The Asset