Can Responsible Investment Integrate With Islamic Finance?

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1. CanresponsibleinvestmentintegratewithIslamicfinance ? AnnouncinginteractiveExecutiveSessionstoprecedeglobalSummitonresponsiblefinance Zurich,Switzerland,March14,2017–TheResponsibleFinance&Investment(RFI)Summit2017is pleasedtoannouncetheadditionofaseriesofExecutiveSessionsorganizedbytheRFIFoundationand INCEIF,theGlobalUniversityofIslamicfinance.Thesesessionswillintroduceparticipantsfromall backgroundstotheconnectionbetweenIslamicFinanceandResponsibleFinanceandhowbothcan worktogethertopromoteimpactfulandsustainableglobaldevelopment. Eachofthesessionswillbeledbyaveteranoftheresponsiblefinanceindustrywithadeepbackground inIslamicfinance.Participantswilllearnhowtomakemeaningfulsocialimpactandconnectwithother approachestoresponsiblefinance.Thesessionsaredesignedtobeinteractiveinordertolinkthe wealthofknowledgeandexperienceoftheSessionLeaderstotheparticipants’backgrounds,inline withtheoverallSummitthemeof“BuildingBridges,ExpandingImpact”. CommentingontheExecutiveSessions,DaudVicaryAbdullah,President&CEOofINCEIFsaid:“The alignmentbetweentheguidingprinciplesofIslamicfinanceandtheSustainableDevelopmentGoals (SDGs)issignificant.TherecentWorldBankandIslamicDevelopmentBank’sGlobalReportonIslamic finance–ACatalystforSharedProsperitydrawsattentiontotheadvocacyofIslamicFinanceandits alignmentwithResponsibleFinance.Thereport,towhichINCEIFfacultyhavecontributed,detailsthe prospectsfortheglobalIslamicfinanceindustryanditspotentialtohelpreduceworldwideincome inequality,enhancethesharingofprosperityandachievetheUnitedNations’SDGs.” DaudaddedthattheseinteractiveExecutiveSessionswouldprovideaplatformforpeopleworkingin responsiblefinancewhodonotrealizethealignmentofresponsibleinvestmentwithIslamicfinanceto applytheirexistingexpertisetocontributetogreatercooperationwithIslamicfinance.” BlakeGoud,CEOoftheRFIFoundationadded:“Wehavefoundsignificantcommoninterestbetween responsibleinvestmentandIslamicfinanceinourresearch,andtheseExecutiveSessionswillbuild awarenessofthesharedvaluesguidingresponsiblefinance.Weexpectitwillprovideanopenand interactiveforumtoconnectpractitionersfromacrossresponsiblefinancewithotherlikeminded individualsfromdifferentbackgroundstoworktowardstheultimategoalofresponsiblefinancewhichis moreequitable,inclusiveandsustainableeconomicgrowth.” TheINCEIF-RFIExecutiveProgramattheRFISummitwillrunfrom9:30amto12:30pmon4May2017.It willfeaturefourinteractivesessionsandwillbefollowedbytheofficialopeningoftheRFISummiton thesameday.ThecostforparticipatingintheINCEIF-RFIExecutiveSessionwillbeCHF200.Register todayatwww.rfisummit.org.
2. AbouttheResponsibleFinance &InvestmentSummit2017 TheSummit,tobeheldon3and4May2017attheAtlantisHotelbyGiardinoinZurich,Switzerland,willplayavital roleinconnectingrepresentativesfromacrosstheresponsiblefinanceindustrytobuildonthegrowingcooperation between responsible investment (RI), environmental, social and governance (ESG) and Islamic finance. The RFI Summit in Zurich is an initiative of the RFI Foundation and Swiss Arab Network, two globally active nonprofits institutionsseekingtobuildawarenessofsharedvaluesthatcanbringtogetherpeoplefromvariousbackgrounds workingtowardssimilargoalsconnectedtogeneratingbenefitstosociety. AboutRFIFoundation TheRFIFoundationisanon-profitorganisationwithamissiontoidentifyaneutral,nonpartisananduniversalvalue proposition that encourages convergence of responsible finance practices. RFI evolves Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing (SRI), Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and the Islamic finance sectors towards a convergence of their shared standards, and engages stakeholders to build the responsible finance industry as a catalysttosupportequitable,inclusiveandsustainableeconomicdevelopment.Visitusatwww.rfi-foundation.org AboutINCEIF INCEIFwassetupbyBankNegaraMalaysiain2005todevelophumancapitalandknowledgeleadershipforthe globalIslamicfinanceindustry.Apartfromitsacademicprogrammes,whichareMastersofIslamicFinancePractice, MScinIslamicFinanceandPhDinIslamicFinance,INCEIFalsoofferscustomisedexecutivetrainingprogrammesand industry-focusedappliedresearchinlinewithitsvisiontobetheknowledgeandthoughtleaderinIslamicfinance. INCEIFsyllabusisstructuredwithinputsfromindustryplayerstobridgethegapbetweenacademicknowledgeand industryexperience.INCEIFfacultymembers,whoaregloballyrespectedamongtheIslamicfinanceacademiaand industry,haveacombinedwealthofexperienceanddiversity.Thefaculty,coupledwithcontinuoussupportfrom the industry, provides INCEIF students with strong mentoring relationships and opportunities for professional development. Since 2015, INCEIF’s research has been ranked 1st in Malaysia amongst the higher education institutions in the Research Papers in Economics (RePec) rankings. We are also the only institution to have the research of five professorsrecognisedbyRePec,amongthetop30academicsinMalaysia.Weareranked40thinAsiaasauniversity. WithintheFinancialEconomics&FinanceDepartmentcategory,definedbyREPEC,weareranked30thintheworld. Todaythereare1,332agentsforchangeintheworldfromINCEIF.Someofthemarealreadymakingmeaningful contributionstotheadvancementofIslamicfinanceatalllevelsbeitproductdevelopment,policyframeworkand implementation;regulationandenforcement;andinnovation.Afewwereinthetop3finalistsattherecentEFICA awardsheldinDubairecently. INCEIF’scurriculumusedandadoptedworldwidebyvariousacademicinstitutions.INCEIFhasaglobalreachofour executive education through executive programmes, forums & special programmes. In furthering capability development initiatives, INCEIF works closely with emerging markets such as Maldives, Kazakhstan, Kenya and Kyrgyzforknowledgetransferaswellasknowledgebuilding. Formoreinformation,pleasevisitwww.inceif.org. AboutSwissArabNetwork TheSwissArabNetwork(SAN)isanon-profitnetworkingorganizationwithheadquarterinZurichandaffiliationsin theArabworldthatstrivestobridgegaps,promotesustainableexchangeandintensifythemutualunderstanding amongSwissandArabpeople.SANisanetworkingplatformandorganizeseventsandgivesspeechesontopicslike SwissandArabfinance,business,culture,artandfilm.Establishedandhigh-profileorganisationsfromSwitzerland andtheArabworldaremembersofthenetwork.Visitusatwww.swissarab.org ZurichSwitzerland,March14,2017
3. MediaContacts • • BlakeGoud,ChiefExecutiveOfficer,RFIFoundation: blake.goud@rf-institute.org,www.rfi-foundation.org BaiduraAhmad,StrategicPlanning&CorporateAffairs,INCEIF E-mail:-baidura@inceif.org ZurichSwitzerland,March14,2017