Seminar To Focus On Developing Islamic Financial Industry
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - In line with the nation's aspiration to contribute to the development of the Islamic financial industry - especially in the innovative and fast growing area of Islamic financial planning - a seminar will be held tomorrow and Sunday at the Songket Ballroom, Rizqun International Hotel, The Mall in Gadong.

Entitled Islamic Financial Planning Week (BIFPW), the event is organised by HCB Consultancy Services and sponsored by Islamic Bank of Brunei (IBB) and its related Takaful companies.

It will be officiated by Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Pehin Major General (Rtd) Dato Awg Hj Mohammad.

At the seminar some six working papers will be delivered while a forum will be held on Saturday afternoon with panels from HCB and IBB.

With the majority of the Islamic financial institution in Brunei having the most number of trained Islamic financiers in the area of Islamic Financial Planning, it has been proposed for the event to be organised annually.

Organiser said the launch or endorsement of this seminar as an annual Brunei event will definitely transform the image of the country as a potential Islamic Finance Research - and Development Centre.

"BIFPW willbe an excellent training ground for the local Islamic financial institution to host such an event for locals and thereafter plan for the hosting of an international financial conference in this fast growing area of interest - namely Islamic Financial Planning," said a spokesperson.

He said the objectives of the BIFPW are to educate the public on the need to plan their finances, share the Islamic stance on financial planning, conduct an annual survey on gauging the financial literacy rate of the participants, inform public on the availability of trained financial planners in the area of Islamic financial planning, share tactics on debt management and share available Islamic financial solutions.

The event will be one-day public seminar on Saturday with personal financial counselling on Sunday to be targeted for youths in high school, college and university students as well as adult segments like housewives, retirees and civil servants, he added.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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