The World Islamic Funds & Capital Markets Conference

400 leaders in the global Islamic investments industry will gather at the 8th Annual World Islamic Funds & Financial Markets Conference (WIFFMC 2012), to be held on the 20th and 21st of May 2012 at the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain, to chart new growth horizons and forge winning business models fully in tune with the new economic realities of the Shari'ah-compliant investments market. Again being held in strategic partnership with the Central Bank of Bahrain, WIFFMC has over the past 8 years firmly established itself as the world's largest gathering of Islamic investment leaders.

WIFFMC 2012 has a completely new, updated and interactive agenda, which encourages debate and active audience participation to facilitate rich substantive discussions on the issues that really matter. Key topics that will be discussed at

The 8th Annual World Islamic Funds & Financial Markets Conference 2012 include the following:

Innovation: Increasing the diversification of Islamic financial instruments

Towards greater facilitation of cross-border Sukuk: Exciting new jurisdictions and opportunities

Assessing recent new initiatives to enhance liquidity management

Enhancing the global scale and reach of the Islamic investments market

Increasing the coverage and depth of Shari’ah-compliant asset management solutions & offerings

The global & regional economic outlook and the impact on the performance of Islamic funds

New funds opportunities: Diversifying into new asset classes

Harmonising industry architecture: Regulatory, governance & risk management priorities in the Islamic   financial markets