Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia, via the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), is supplying world class talent for the fast-growing Islamic finance, says chairman and chancellor, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.

According to Bernama News, Zeti, who is also the governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said, “INCEIF was set up to supply talent to the financial industry not just for Malaysia but for global development of Islamic finance.”

Zeti said, Malaysia, the learning centre for Islamic finance, has also collaborated with other universities globally.

Zeti said she was pleased that INCEIF's 176 graduates today were from 32 countries, which further reflected Malaysia's role in supporting the global development of Islamic finance with the development of world class talent.

Of the 176 graduates, three are Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) holders in Islamic finance, 14 are Masters in Islamic finance and 159 graduated as Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP).

INCEIF's third convocation saw its first batch of PhDs in Islamic finance, a record number of Masters in Islamic finance and CIFP graduating today.

Among the graduates are students from Muslim-minority countries including Canada, China, France, UK and Germany, while others are from neigbouring countries of Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand as well as from the Gulf and African countries.

INCEIF was set up in 2005 by BNM with an endowment fund of RM600 million.