Podcast: Securities Commission Malaysia Outlines Plans for Green Islamic Finance (Part 1)

Securities Commission Malaysia's Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin outlines plans for green Islamic finance:

The Asset’s Daniel Yu talks to Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin of Securities Commission Malaysia about the country’s strategy for socially responsible and sharia-compliant investing. Zainal, who was appointed the deputy chief executive in April 2018, says the combination of green and shariah compliance enables issuers to achieve finer pricing when issuing a sukuk. As Malaysia is the leading global centre for sukuk, it has a natural advantage to lead global activity for green sukuk. Zainal also believes that when combining socially responsible investing and Islamic finance, it is important to make the economic arguments.