| Aziz Idris |
BIBD feted more than 50 staff who graduated from the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) Islamic Financial Planners (IFP) certification and Fitch Learning’s Corporate Credit Risk Programmes yesterday.
These programmes hopes to further develop BIBD’s capabilities in Islamic planning and wealth management, along with better analytical skills to create Islamic financing solutions.
With the additional graduates, BIBD will be further equipped with a total of 43 certified Islamic financial planners (IFP), four of whom are also Chartered Financial Consultants (ChFC), and over 60 staff who have finished the Corporate Credit Risk Programme.
On hand to present the certificates at the graduation was Chairman of BIBD Syariah Advisory Body and its subsidiaries, Pehin Orang Kaya Paduka Setia Raja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Haji Awang Suhaili bin Haji Mohiddin, who is also the Syariah Appeal Court Judge.
Twenty-two BIBD and nine Takaful Brunei employees graduated the eight month professional IFP qualification, which was developed in collaboration between IBFIM and Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM).
In her welcoming remarks, Hajah Noraini binti Haji Sulaiman, BIBD Chief Financial Officer/Deputy Managing Director highlighted the importance of the additional IFP graduates.
“We hope to provide better financial solutions for our customers as continued innovation of Islamic financial products and growing demands of discerning Muslims retail clientele calls for higher standards of competency and ethical practice of financial planning professionals,” she noted.
Pehin Orang Kaya Paduka Setia Raja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Haji Awang Suhaili presenting a certificate to a recipient. – PHOTOS: AZIZ IDRIS
A group photo of the graduates with Chairman of BIBD Syariah Advisory Body and its subsidiaries, Pehin Orang Kaya Paduka Setia Raja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Haji Awang Suhaili bin Haji Mohiddin and man-agement of the bank
She added that the programme aims to develop experts in financial planning and wealth management to cater to the continued innovation and growing demands of Islamic financial products with higher standards of competency and ethical practice of financial planning professionals.
Meanwhile, the three-month Corporate Credit Risk Programme developed by Fitch Learning is a programme specially customised for BIBD for their thirty graduates to enhance their analytical skills and credit judgment to better evaluate and structure funding solutions.
This will allow BIBD to better evaluate the risk-return profile of a company and structure financing solutions for both existing and new businesses in adherence to industry best practices.
The event also saw the top three participants for the IFP programme from BIBD and Takaful Brunei awarded for their outstanding results.
The ceremony held at the Royal Berkshire Hall of Royal Brunei Polo and Riding Club yesterday was also attended by the Acting Managing Director of Takaful Brunei, Haji Shahrildin bin Pehin Orang Kaya Lela Utama Dato Paduka Haji Jaya. Also present were representative from IBFIM and Fitch Learning, along with BIBD Senior management.
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