Episode 50: Tackling Liquidity in Islamic Finance

In our 50th episode, we spoke to Mohamad Safri, CEO of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM).

With nearly 30 years in banking and over 20 as a leader in Islamic finance, Safri has been instrumental in shaping the global Islamic capital market.

In our conversation, we covered topics including:

• The liquidity challenges Islamic financial institutions face
• How the IILM is tackling these gaps
• The potential impact of AAOIFI’s new sukuk standard

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Intro theme song-Desert Meditation by omar sahel via Pixabay 

Chapters

• 1:18 Beginning of discussion
• 1:45 Safri's background
• 5:00 IF in Dubai and Malaysia
• 7:41 What is IILM?
• 13:32 Islamic countries cooperating
• 16:35 Why is liquidity important?
• 21:52 Central banks
• 24:36 Sukuk tenors
• 27:47 Sukuk market development
• 38:06 Philippines and Morocco
• 42:18 AAOIFI Sharia Standard 62
• 47:30 Impact sukuk
• 50:25 Upcoming projects
• 53:07 Social media accounts