2009 media coverage

Dec 09 - Central Bank of Bahrain, Waqf Fund, partner with the IFC

Dec 09 - Education for the masses, Islamic Business & Finance magazine

Dec 09 - Saftar Sarwar comments on Dubai crisis and impact on sukuk market

Dec 09 - IFC join the Church of Scotland to discuss economic justice

Dec 09 - Bahrain Banker discuss UK Islamic finance with the IFC

Dec 09 - UKTI Pavilion at the World Islamic Banking Conference, Bahrain, host key UK firms including the IFC

Nov 09 - eFinancial Careers ask Saftar Sarwar Why Scotland is primed for Islamic finance?

Nov 09 - IFC host dinner reception with a key note address by Lord Sheikh

Nov 09 - IFC talk to BBC Radio Asia Network on Islamic insurance

Oct 09 - IFC visit Tripoli to discuss developing Islamic finance with Central Bank representatives and senior industry stakeholders

Oct 09 - Islamic finance standardisation needs to be tackled carefully, IFC comment to Emirates Business 24-7

Oct 09 - IFC selected as finalists for SFE & E&Y Innovators 2009 Award

Oct 09 - IFC highlights importance of education and awareness at major Dubai conference

Oct 09 - IFC & SII Scholar programme continues to grow with Simmons & Simmons hosting the 3rd UK Scholar CPD session

Oct 09 - IFC UPDATE: IFC host round table with EFINA in Nigeria to discuss Islamic finance with leading industry participants and government bodies

Oct 09 - IFC UPDATE: IFC host Islamic finance Community Awareness event in Glasgow mosque and training session for local Imam's and Islamic organisations

Sept 09 - Islamic Finance News (Malaysia) interview IFC on London: still a viable market

Sept 09 - BBC News online, The steady rise of Islamic finance

Sept 09 - IFC speak at 2009 IFN Roadshow at Ashurst LLP London

Sept 09 - Emirates Business 24 interview IFC on key global industry challenges

Sept 09 - Scottish Law Society explores new developments in the Islamic mortgage field with IFC Board Member Graham Burnside: Islamic finance: a Scottish lead?

Aug 09 - Muslim business owners to be offered Islamic insurance, IFC comment to Sunday Herald

Aug 09 - Arab News comments on the IFC as "..the most proactive entity in the country."

Aug 09 - IFC visit Abuja, Nigeria to speak as international speakers at EFInA conference on Islamic banking and meet with senior representatives from the Central Bank of Nigeria

Jul 09 - ISRA host first ever international session of IFC Scholar Professional Development programme in Malaysia

Jul 09 - IFC explore using Islamic funding for Scotland's housing shortage, Sunday Times

Jul 09 - CA Magazine discuss the economy with PwC, KPMG, CBI and the Islamic Finance Council, see article - Make it Better

Jun 09 - IFC hold exclusive round table in Scottish Parliament with Ministers to discuss opportunities for Scotland. Coverage on BBC Radio Scotland - interview IFC Board Member, Saftar Sarwar (begins at 2hrs 46mins)

Jun 09 - Is Scotland missing opportunities in Islamic finance ? Holyrood Magazine

Jun 09 - IFC Board Member, Omar Shaikh, addresses Aston Business School on Islamic funds and investments and making Birmingham an Islamic finance hub, see Birmingham Post article

May 09 - Islamicadvisory.com, the online learning platform for Islamic finance interviews Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Former Prime Minister of Malaysia) and IFC Board Member Omar Shaikh

May 09 - IFC UPDATE: Ernst & Young London host second UK Scholar CPD session

May 09 - TV discussion programme, The Debate, explores Islamic finance

May 09 - ICAS CA Magazine TV interview IFC Board Member on alternative banking

Apr 09 - IFC instrumental in bringing Islamic Bank of Britain to Scotland - see Scotsman article.

Apr 09 - BBC Radio Scotland interview IFC Board Member, Graham Burnside, on Scotland's first international Islamic funds conference held in Edinburgh on 2nd April (interview starts 10mins in).

Apr 09 - IFC UPDATE:  Economic Secretary, Ian Pearson endorses Scotland's first International Islamic Funds Conference organised by IFC & Scottish Financial Enterprise

Apr 09 - IFC UPDATE:  Scottish Government Minister Jim Mather hosts the IFC in Edinburgh Castle

Mar 09 - IFC continues to promote the Islamic Finance House propositon it has developed as a key vehicle for Scotland to attract investment from the Gulf and support the future of Scotland's financial services sector.

Mar 09 - IFC UPDATE:  IFC joins British delegation to the World Islamic Economic Forum in Jakarta and builds key relationships towards promoting the UK as an Islamic finance gateway and identifies specific opportunities for Scotland.

Mar 09 - "Scotland perfectly positioned to cash in on Islamic financial products", Sunday Herald feature article on Islamic finance and Scotland's first international Islamic finance conference

Feb 09 - "Islamic Finance Comes of Age", leading Scottish solicitors Tods Murray LLP explore Islamic finance with IFC Chairman Tariq Masood

Feb 09 - IFC Board Member Omar Shaikh, joins the Lord Mayor of the City of London as part of a high profile business delegation on a trade mission to the Gulf to promote the UK as an Islamic finance gateway

Jan 09 - Treasury report on UK Government perspectives on Islamic finance, highlights IFC contribution to Industry Leadership