2010 media coverage

 

Dec 10 - Scottish Government bodies, SDI & SE, hold a joint round table with the IFC exploring opportunities for renewable energy sector investments using Islamic finance

Dec 10 - IFC hold capacity building session with key Nigerian government bodies, the Central Bank Nigeria and key industry stakeholders

Oct 10 - Scotland champions Islamic Finance and acknowledges the IFC as a prominent player

Oct 10 - IFC Board Member, Graham Burnside, elected as new Chairman of leading Scottish law firm Tods Murray

Oct 10 - Gatehouse Bank host 5th UK IFC Scholar CPD session focusing on retail banking

Oct 10 - IFC hold round table exploring opportunities in ethical finance with key sector stakeholders

Sept 10 - IFC Board Member, Saftar Sarwar, addresses Cambridge course on Islamic finance withCentral Banking

Sept 10 - IFC comments on the use of certificates to regulate scholars

Aug 10 - Bahrain regulator may limit role of Shariah scholars, Bloomberg coverage

Jul 10 - IFC and ex Malaysian PM, Dr.Mahathir Mohamad, discuss potential for Islamic finance in Russia

Jun 10 - Islamic Finance seeks young scholars to lead growth, Reuters coverage

May 10 - Lord Sheikh backs the IFC as a leading UK promotional body

May 10 - IFC & ISRA hold Malaysian scholar CPD session on understanding debt capital markets in KL

May 10 - IFC joins MCB British delegation to the 6th World Islamic Economic Forum in Malaysia (brochure)

Apr 10 - Dundee, first Scottish University to offer Islamic accounting course

Apr 10 - Islamic and ethical finance offers country tempting opportunities, Scotsman coverage

Apr 10 - Islamic finance faces hurdles due to lack of expertise, Bloomberg

Apr 10 - IFC & Central Bank of Bahrain, Waqf fund training programme success in Bahrain

Apr 10 - Interest, Usury and Islamic - lessons from Islamic and Ethical finance, Tods Murray Well Rounded View

Mar 10 - The Waqf fund launches capacity building initiative to empower Shariah scholars

Mar 10 - IFC welcome new UK Islamic finance industry development body

Mar 10 - IFC hold 4th UK Scholar Professional Development session at Gatehouse Bank

Feb 10 - IFC join City Lord Mayor's trade delegation to Bahrain

Jan 10 - IFSL 2010 Islamic Finance report highlights industry developments and IFC training programme

Jan 10 - Major German TV channel, ARD, interview IFC for alternative finance documentary

Jan 10 - IFC present at launch of first university Islamic finance centre in Europe at Aston Business School, Birmingham

Jan 10 - UK Treasury make further amendments clarifying treatment for UK Sukuk