Session 4: Halal as an Asset Class?

Date: 20th November 2013

Time: 3:00 pm Mecca (GMT +3)

Speaker: Rushdi Siddiqui, Founder & CEO, Azka Capital

Discussion Points:

- Halal Food and Islamic Finance – twins separated at birth - Why should Halal food be seen as an asset class by the Islamic Finance sector? - What can Islamic Finance learn from the Halal food sector?

Session Login details:

- Event number: 276 435 843

- Event password: halal123

- Event address for attendees: https://tlr.webex.com/tlr/onstage/g.php?d=276435843&t=a

About Rushdi Siddiqui

Rushdi Siddiqui will be heading a US based halal agro-food company. He was founder and MD of a private equity

company in Asia. He was also the Global Head of Islamic Finance & OIC Countries for Thomson Reuters. He has held

senior managerial positions at various western and global multinational companies and as a result understands private

and public sector, industry and economy challenges in the high growth markets in Asia and the Middle East. His

expertise and skills range from client and stakeholder expectations, timely and accurate deliverables relevant to

market needs, to customized customer service.He has delivered notable market “firsts”, and has worked and managed

people from various countries and backgrounds globally. He is known and recognised globally for his achievements

and work in Islamic finance, Halal food, and OIC countries amongst others.

Mr Siddiqui led his global team to establish the world’s first Islamic equity index, first Sukuk index, first Islamic

sustainability index, first halal food index (SAMI), and first Islamic interbank benchmark rate (IIBR). He contributed to

world’s first Islamic Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in Europe (Turkey and France), Asia (Malays ia) and US, led the index

provider to be the first to have licensed Islamic assets under management of $7 billion, and lead team to establish the

world’s first comprehensive pre-trade multi-asset Islamic finance platform.

He sits on the International Islamic Advisory Committee for Malaysia’s Securities Commission, 2011. He was on Dubai

International financial Center (DIFC) Islamic Finance Advisory Committee (IFAC) from 2007 to 2011.