~Kuwait's mortgage industry is in crisis - it barely even exists~

 

~The UAE's mortgage providers are all waiting to see what the Amlak - Tamweel merger will do~

 

~Lenders are simply not lending~

 

~Eligibility Criteria for mortgages shoot through the roof~

 

Exactly how deep has the credit and housing crunch hit the Middle East? What will MENA do following May 2009, which is when we will see the effects in their entirety? Will property prices skyrocket, or plummet? Will demand and supply no longer matter?

 

Will lenders make money?

 

These questions and more will be answered this May by the leaders in mortgages. These leaders are themselves busy strategising what to do, and they're bringing their discussions to you!

 

We all know the MENA real estate industry has seen a drastic boom since the last 3 years. The scope & opportunities in emerging markets have given room for the region’s leading and local mortgage providers a chance to increase their portfolio and clientele. What seems to be a challenge in the region is the ongoing variation of the mortgage regulations. Financiers, developers & borrowers find the market perplexed and cannot identify the significance of buying and financing a property.

 

After a series of successes in its industry leading banking and finance events, Fleming Gulf is all set to host its upcoming senior management conference: MENA Mortgages Forum 2009 scheduled on 4-6 May 2009 in Dubai UAE. The event is a 2 day conference with a post workshop.

 

Designed to help professionals from the mortgage market discuss the pressing issues faced by financers, developers & borrowers in the MENA region, specialized case studies and presentations will elaborate on the current happenings, regulations, scope and opportunities, best practices, and solutions.

 

 

 

Varun Sood
TAMWEEL PJSC
CEO Home Finance

Syed Farhan Fasihuddin
International Finance Corporation
Manager – Housing Finance Program MENA

Dr. Amine Awad
Banking Control Commission of Lebanon
Executive Director – Member of the Higher Banking Council

Ajay Makhija
SAMBA Financial Group
Group Head – Consumer Banking

Barmak Besharaty
Almas Capital
Managing Director

Sundar Parthasarathy
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
SVP – Head of Retail Assets

Andy McTiernan
Property World Middle East
Editor in Chief

Soraka Alkhatib
The National Commercial Bank
Head, Residential Real Estate Finance

Moinuddin Malim
Badr Al Islami (A member of the Mashreqbank group)
Head of Corporate & Investment Banking

Dr. Taha El Tayeb Ahmed
Badr Al Islami (a member of the Mashreqbank group)
Vice President – Head of Products & Shari’ah Documentation

Dr. Sadeq Abul
Kuwait International Bank
Manager – Research, Regulatory Liaison, Public Relations & Board Secretary

Dr. Sandeep Srivastava
Ernst & Young Middle East
Senior Manager – Financial Risk Management

Bahira Ahmad Ibrahim
Ministry of Finance – Department of Lands & Survey, Jordan
Legal Consultant

Advisory Panel:-

Chairman
Mortgage Finance Authority, Egypt

CEO Home Finance
TAMWEEL PJSC

Manager - Housing Finance Program MENA
International Finance Corporation, Pakistan

Vice President / Head of Products & Shari'ah Documentation
Badr Al Islami ( a member of the MashreqBank Group)

Group Head - Consumer Banking
SAMBA Financial Group, Saudi Arabia

Managing Director - Global Mortgages
Deutsche Bank, Germany

Managing Director - International Structured Finance Research EMEA
Merrill Lynch, United Kingdom

SVP & Head of Retail Assets
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Manager - Research, Regulatory Liaison, Public Relations & Board Secretary
Kuwait International Bank, Kuwait

 

 

• Update yourself with the region's Mortgage Regulations
• Explore the scope and opportunities in emerging markets
• Get insight on what caused the US Mortgage crisis and what the region has to do to avoid such crisis
• Evaluate Fund Management issues & identity successes on securitization
• Analyze Risks, create a proper mortgage valuation system and set up credit bureaus
• Benefit yourself by creating innovative mortgage products
• Witness the growth in Islamic Financing
• Meet and Network with the market leaders operating on both local and global scale

Mortgage Providers, Retail & Commercial Banks, Islamic Banks, Regulatory Authorities, Credit Bureaus, Law Firms & Consultants:

 

          CEO's, COO's, MoB, Senior Vice Presidents, Directors, Heads & Senior Managers of: Mortgage Financing, Consumer Finance, Consumer Lending, Housing Finance, Retail Banking, Consumer Bankng, Retail & Consumer Assets, Real Estate Finance, Credit, Risk Management, Research, Economists, Fund Management, Product Development, Regulators, Securitization, Islamic Financial Services, Islamic Mortgages, Shariah Coordination, Business Development & Lawyers.