ICM Series: Regulatory Requirements And Legal Documentation In ICM

• Introduction of Malaysia’s Capital Market Master Plan
• Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre (MIFC)

Legal and Regulatory Framework  For Islamic Capital Market

• Definition of regulatory framework
• Regulatory framework and investor protection
• Regulatory structure of Islamic capital market in Malaysia
• Regulatory authorities in Islamic capital market
• Institutional framework of Islamic capital market in Malaysia
• Public & private regulatory institutions

• Capital Market Services Act 2007
• Securities Commission Act 1993
• Islamic Financial Services Act (IFSA) 2013
• Financial Services Act (FSA) 2013
• Securities (Central Depositories) Act 1991
• Labuan Islamic Financial Services and Securities Act 2010
• Development Financial Institution Act 2002

Guidelines on Islamic Capital Market

• Guidelines on Islamic Fund Management
• Guidelines for Islamic Real Estate Investment Trusts (iREITs)
• Guidelines on the Offering of Islamic Securities
• Guidelines on Unit Trust Funds
• Guidelines on the Offering of Structured Products
• Guidelines on the Offering of Asset Backed Securities

• Shariah Principles
• Tax Incentives

Legal Documentation for Sukuk

• The importance of contract documentation
• General features of Sukuk documentations
• Issuance and Shariah transaction documentation
• Challenges in legal documentation of Sukuk
• The main concerns in Sukuk documentation
• Shariah and legal compliance

• Sukuk Ijarah
• Sukuk Mudharabah
• Sukuk Murabahah
• Sukuk Istisna’
• Sukuk Wakalah
• Others

Dispute Resolution – Framework And Issues

• The Legal Framework
• Litigation
• English Courts
• Arbitration

Court Cases & Discussion

• Investment Dar Company K.S.C.C. v Blom Development Bank S.A.L. (2009)
• Lim Kok Ho vs Bank Islam (2010)
• Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim vs Bank Islam (2012)