Islamic Finance: Concepts, Products & Issues

Posted by Justin Belkin, Saturday 16th January 2010 @ 1:40pm

Usman Hayat serves as the Director of Islamic Finance at the CFA Institute in London. This presentation demystifies the growing, evolving, and news-making field of Islamic finance and puts it in the context of the ideal of a moral economy. Mr. Hayat will explain how a few core concepts determine the structures underlying Islamic financial services offered worldwide across banking, capital markets, and insurance. He will also discuss the major challenges and opportunities currently facing Islamic finance, including its ideals and realities.

General Membership [ 'Finance Student Panel' ]

Posted by Justin Belkin, Friday 30th October 2009 @ 6:43pm

Please come listen to our 'Finance Student Panel' speak this Monday in the Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre (RTLT) from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. You will not want to miss our first meeting, because our student panel will give you the 'inside-scoop' on what it is like to work in finance, and what it takes to get hired. Elections will be held after the student panel. The final agenda, including the final slate of candidates, will be printed out and distributed during the meeting.  

Sincerely yours,

Justin Belkin

Chairman, Finance OBN

A G E N D A

I.  Introduction

Mission:

Our mission is to educate you about the financial industry, and to match you with a finance job that best fits your background, and then provide you the network and skills to get that job.

Strategy:

In addition to adopting a student-driven agenda, the Finance OBN will also employ the best practices of other MBA Finance Clubs worldwide including some, or all, of the following 'action items':

  - design a website independent from GroupSpaces

  - host an annual 'stock-picking' competition during Hilary term

  - lobby for a 'trading-room' equipped with Bloomberg terminal(s)

  - organize once-a-term professional panels, and skills workshops

  - coordinate an annual finance conference

  - plan at least one business Trek

II.  Finance Student Panel

Asset Management - Jonathan Lo

Investment Banking - Jonathon Platt

Sales & Trading - Nikolina Ionova and Tania Wedmid

Wealth Management - Justin Belkin

III.  Elections

(in alphabetical order)

VP - Communications

  none (as of yet)

VP - Events & Treks

  Genia Kim

VP - Professional Development

  Andrei Secuesu

  Genia Kim

VP - Region Leader

  Nikolina Ionova (Americas and Europe)

VP - Segment Leader

  Jonathan Lo (Asset Management)

  Nikolina Ionova (Sales & Trading)

VP - Treasurer

  Genia Kim