Join Moody's analysts to explore Malaysia's Islamic finance strategy under Ekonomi Madani and the impact of new digital banks on its growth. In this webinar, hear from the industry experts and gain insights into green sukuks and the risks facing Islamic banks in Malaysia.
Discussion points:
- How can Malaysia anchor its foothold on Islamic finance under Ekonomi Madani
- How will new digital banks support the growth of Islamic banks in Malaysia?
- Where are the areas of risk for Islamic banks in Malaysia?
- What is the progress of Value-based Intermediation Financing in Malaysia?
- How does green sukuks support Malaysia’s transition to a greener economy?
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SpeakersYazmin Abdul Aziz Head, Rating Portfolio Structured Finance, Property & Retail MARC Ratings Berhad
Nitish Bhojnagarwala Senior Vice President/Manager, Financial Institutions Group Moody's Ratings
Christian de Guzman Senior Vice President, Sovereign Risk Moody's Ratings
Maisam Hasnain Vice President - Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Ratings
Ibrahim Muhammad Associate Lead Analyst, Sustainable Finance Moody’s Ratings
Chong Jun Wong Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Financial Institutions Moody’s Ratings
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Yazmin is the Rating Portfolio Head for Structured Finance, Property and Retail. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with more than 13 years of experience in investment operations and financial markets.
Prior to joining MARC, she was with the treasury department of Bank Negara Malaysia with experience in market surveillance, policy making and treasury market operations in the Malaysian foreign exchange, fixed income and money markets. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Actuarial Science from City, University of London.
Nitish Bhojnagarwala is a Senior Vice President/Manager with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Dubai, Nitish covers a portfolio of large conventional as well as Islamic financial institutions in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
Nitish joined Moody’s in 2011, and has led sukuk roundtables and conducted workshops on Banking and Islamic finance at various conferences in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Nitish has also authored several research pieces, with a focus on regional banking, credit issues and issuer-in-depths for conventional as well as Islamic banks.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Nitish spent five years at Tamweel in the Treasury function. He has also worked for KPMG in the UAE, where he covered financial institutions. Nitish holds an MBA from S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, with a major in Finance (Investment Banking).
Christian de Guzman is a Senior Vice President with Moody’s Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, he covers a portfolio of sovereigns and multilateral development banks in Asia Pacific, including Japan, India and a number of Southeast Asian credits, while also managing the team responsible for sub-sovereign ratings in Asia ex-China.
Christian joined Moody’s in 2009, after working as a Senior Economist for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, covering ASEAN economies. He has also held various positions with the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, and Procter & Gamble in Singapore.
Christian was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in Economics and Political Science at the University of Georgia and received his M.A. in International Economics and Southeast Asian Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Maisam Hasnain is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group.
Based in Singapore, Maisam covers a portfolio of companies across the industrial, mining and plantation sectors in Southeast Asia.
Prior to his move to Singapore in 2017, Maisam spent four years in Moody’s Hong Kong office covering a broad array of sectors, including telecommunications, communications infrastructure, building materials, and metals and mining.
Maisam joined Moody’s in 2010 and started as an Associate in Moody’s Regional Product Strategy team, which is responsible for managing all aspects of Moody’s research and data service offerings, including new business initiatives.
Maisam holds a double major in Economics and Finance, and a minor in Arabic from The University of Hong Kong. He is also a CFA charterholder.
Ibrahim works as Associate Lead Analyst, Sustainable Finance at Moody’s and is primarily responsible for conducting external reviews on the frameworks of Green, Social and Sustainability-labelled financial instruments. Ibrahim has worked on issuing more than 10 Second Party Opinions covering sovereigns and issuers across various sectors in APAC and Europe.
Prior to Moody’s, Ibrahim was a lead researcher at NUS Business School’s Centre for Governance and Sustainability, publishing ESG indices covering APAC markets. He has co-authored numerous industry reports in corporate governance, sustainability and family business domains and has been a regular speaker promulgating good governance and responsible investing in the region.
Ibrahim holds a Master of Business Administration (Strategy and Finance) and Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy), both from National University of Singapore, and is a Chartered Accountant (CA) of Singapore.
CJ Wong is an Analyst with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group.
Based in Singapore, CJ covers a portfolio of banks and non-bank financial institutions in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Vietnam
Prior to joining Moody’s, CJ worked as a research analyst in the Dividend Forecasting team at IHS Markit, where he was responsible for providing estimates on financial institutions and corporates in Australia and Singapore.
CJ holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Sydney, majoring in Finance and Economics. He is a CFA Charterholder.