Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance-IBA has announced a one-day advanced level course on "Application of Real Estate Indices in Islamic Finance Industry (IFIs)". The course will be held on 29th of August at CEIF-IBA. The course is designed to apprise the participants with the global advancement in development of real estate indices and their potential use as an alternative for benchmarking. The course is enriched with cases from various jurisdictions to provide hands on learning to the researchers and professionals.

Dr Sheharyar Bokhari, trainer, is a Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The course will help to learn about the Islamic Finance Industry both locally and globally, understanding the nature and type of real estate indices present globally, elucidate the role of real estate index in the market pricing, capital flows and investment trends, assess how the real estate indices are developed in advanced markets and Shariah Compliant Housing Finance models present around the globe.

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