Course curriculum

    1. About Certified Islamic Finance Analyst (CIFA) Program

    2. How the System Works - Watch this to get the full benefit

    1. Sukuk Market Development - A Snapshot

    2. IIFM 2021 Sukuk Market Report

    3. Sukuk Market - Good Overview, Sukuk vs Bonds, Issuer Perspective, Investor Perspective

    1. Recommendation for the Course

    2. Module 1: Sukuk Building Blocks

    3. (Recording) Module 1 - Sukuk Building Blocks

    4. Module 2: Sukuk Murabahah

    5. 2.2 Fleetcorp Sukuk Rating Report

    6. (Recording) Module 2 - Sukuk Murabahah

    7. Module 3: Sukuk Salam

    8. (Recording) Module 3 - Sukuk Salam

    9. (Recording) Module 3 - Sukuk Salam Discussion

    10. Module 4: Sukuk Ijarah

    11. 4.1 Government of Dubai Sukuk Ijarah 2020 Prospectus and Final Terms

    12. (Recording) Module 4 - Sukuk Ijarah

    13. Reg S vs 144A vs S33 Act

    1. Module 5: Sukuk MMW

    2. 5.2 IsDB Sukuk Wakalah Prospectus

    3. 5.3 Equate - Combination Structure - Prospectus

    4. 5.5 DP World Crescent - Twenty Foot Equivalent (TEU) - Capacity Sukuk

    5. (Recording) Module 5 - MMW

    6. Perpetual Sukuk

    7. (Recording) Module 5 - Perpetual Sukuk

    8. Module 6: Construction and Project Finance

    9. 6.3 Beximco Green Sukuk Prospectus

    10. 6.4 PLSA Sukuk - Clean Subordination - Principal terms & Conditions

    11. (Recording) Module 6 - Module 6- Construction and Project Finance

    1. Module 7 ABS - Handout

    2. (Recording) Module 7 - Asset Backed Sukuk

    3. ABS Offering Memo

    4. Module 8 Sovereign Sukuk - Handout

    5. (Recording) Module 8 - Sovereign Sukuk

    6. Sovereign Sukuk Prospectus

    7. Module 9 - Trends, Market Developement & Opportunities - Handout

    8. (Recording) Module 9 - Trends, Market Development & Opportunities

    9. References on Green Sukuk and Blockchain

    1. Bonus 1 Asset Based vs Asset Backed Sukuk

    2. Bonus 2 Dr Engku Beneficial Ownership from Shariah Perspective

    3. Bonus 3 Emirates UKEF Sukuk Prospectus

    4. Bonus 4 Government of Malaysia Sustainability Sukuk

    5. Bonus 5 Basel Sukuk - A good reference

    6. Bonus 6 IIFM Standard Sukuk Templates

    7. Bonus 7 AAOIFI Standard 59 - English Version

    8. Bonus 8 AAOIFI Standard 59 - Arabic Version

About this course

  • $600.00
  • 57 lessons
  • 8 hours of video content

Instructor(s)

Abdukader Thomas

Group President & CEO

Based in Kuwait, Abdulkader has over 40 years of diversified financial services experience in major markets including Bahrain, New York, London, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. His areas of activity have included trade finance, real estate finance, securities, and alternative finance at various global and regional financial institutions.

As the general manager of a foreign bank branch in New York, he was responsible for securing the first US banking regulatory approvals of alternative financial instruments in the mortgage and installment credit/sale as banking instruments. Later as the founding member of a de novo bank project, he secured US regulatory approval for Islamic profit sharing deposits. He is an authority on Islamic deal structures and securities.

Along with his team at SHAPE, Abdulkader works on projects that include launching de novo Islamic banks and Islamic banking windows, policies and procedures including Shariah policies, Shariah compliance, product development and structuring. Clients include a diversified universe of financial institutions from North America, the MENA region, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe.

He is the co-author of Structuring Islamic Finance Transactions (Euromoney 2005), Islamic Bonds (Euromoney 2004), Sukuk (Sweet & Maxwell 2009), and Managing Funds Flow Risks and Derivatives: Applications in Islamic Institutions (Sweet & Maxwell 2012) and Housing the Nation (Cagamas 2013). Abdulkader served as a technical expert on the Shariah boards of Bank Muscat Meethaq (Oman). He chairs the committee at Sterling Client (Nigeria) and consults for University Islamic Financial (USA). He also serves as an independent director of Alkhabeer Capital in Jeddah. He was previously chairman and director of Sanabel Investment Co. (formerly Alkhabeer International) in Bahrain. He has acted as a member of the international advisory board of the Securities Commission of Malaysia. Abdulkader speaks English, Arabic, French and Spanish.

Shabnam Mokhtar

Group Executive VP

Shabnam spearheads research and development activities at SHAPE. Some of the projects that she managed include: Review and enhancement of Fatwa on Credit Guarantee Scheme delivered by a Scandinavian development fund in Somalia; Research for a bankruptcy case in the US and a criminal case in Canada related to Islamic Finance Service providers; Analysis of Islamic ETF and Islamic structured product to develop an Islamic hedge fund product for a hedge fund manager based in GCC; Review and enhancement of Fatwa on Carbon Trading for a global energy trading firm’s London operation.

Shabnam also manages strategic and business plan formulation for launching of Islamic businesses and delivers customized trainings for clients covering full spectrum of Islamic Finance activities.

With a global clientele experience, Shabnam brings implementation knowledge taking into account the business context, regulation and Shariah views in different markets.

Shabnam serves as the Shariah Committee member for RHB Islamic Bank.

Private Course

This course is currently offered to a private institutional client.