Governments

Strategic Planning

Define or modernize national policy with governments to increase their jurisdiction’ s international competitiveness.

• Malaysia: Define a global capacity to promote a regional niche market segment
• Luxembourg: Combine several structural incentives to appeal to MENA stakeholders
• Germany: Advise on long term alternative investments for public infrastructure funding

FDI Investment Attraction 

Generate concrete inbound Foreign Direct Investments 

• Malta: Plan with different ministries a policy to attract foreign private wealth
• Indonesia: Promote to investors the Halal food and tourism segment
• Ivory Coast: Structure legal, tax, and education framework to appeal to MENA investors
• UAE – United Arab Emirates: Promote a Ruler’s initiative to make Dubai state of the art reference in one industry

Export Policy plan

Promote the country’s industrial capacity outbound

• Belgium: Organize Government trade missions to emerging markets.
• Bahrain: Assist Economic Development Board to become a leading regulatory and business hub in Fintech
• Spain: Promote the food and agriculture capacity to emerging markets
• Turkey: Define with Export Agency new trade routes after diplomatic and economic turmoil

Sovereign wealth instruments

Maximize investment opportunities for public infrastructures

• Togo: Draft and implement the country’s first sovereign Sukuk bond
• Saudi Arabia: Assist SWF to identify off market investment opportunities 
• Kenya: Educate and promote the country’s Tourism capacity to Asian and GCC investors

Islamic Finance Architecture

Implement Shariah-compliant capacity for a jurisdiction

• Oman: Advise legislator to implement a shariah-compliant legal framework
• Portugal: Advise Government on how to benefit from Diaspora’s presence in Islamic markets and facilitate Islamic financial mechanisms
• Confidential: Structuring the Masterplan to build a capacity in Islamic Finance for the Financial Centre and Market Authority

Islamic Banking Education

Transfer knowledge and capacity to the actors of the Islamic economy

• Morocco: Advise the Stock Exchange on creating an Islamic banking capacity
• Tunisia: Advise local authorities on how to seize opportunities for the Takaful sector
• France: Educate local economic & public elites on the techniques to launch Islamic banking products

How to approach emerging markets

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