IFN OnAir

Finance Minister of Luxembourg Pierre Gramegna explains to IFN Managing Editor Vineeta Tan how and why the Grand Duchy is now closer to becoming the European hub for Shariah compliant finance as the tiny, but formidable, international financial center takes a stronger stance on Islamic and sustainable finance.

Norhizam Kadir, the vice-president of Fintech and Islamic Digital Economy at Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation, provides his insights into the Malaysian Islamic fintech landscape and how the government agency is rallying support as well as mobilizing resources to build the country’s Shariah fintech proposition at a global scale.

Vineeta Tan speaks to the Dean Gillespie, the CEO of Islamic banking start-up Islamic Bank of Australia, to canvass the landscape and ask when can we expect to see Australia's first fully-fledged Islamic bank?

In this episode, Zalina Shamsudin, the general manager of Capital Markets Malaysia, discusses the entity's strategic plans to boost Malaysia's global leadership in the Islamic capital market including its recent Malaysia sustainable Finance Initiative and Islamic fintech focus.

IFN Managing Editor Vineeta Tan talks to Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Peter Estlin about the UK's position in the global Islamic finance and banking industry.

Nessreen Tamano speaks to Dr. Hurriyah El Islamy of Indonesia's Hajj Pilgrim Fund (Badan Pengelola Keuangan Haji) about its Waqf investment project with the lsDB's Awqaf Properties Investment Fund.