Shariah Adviser

Amanie Advisors Sdn Bhd (“Amanie”) has been appointed as the Shariah Adviser for TA Global Absolute Alpha-i Fund, TA Total Return Income-i Fund, Signature CIO Islamic Growth Fund, and Signature CIO Islamic Income Fund (“the Funds”). Amanie will counsel the mechanism of the operations of the Funds’ activities to ensure that the operations of the Funds comply with Shariah requirements.

ABOUT AMANIE ADVISORS SDN BHD

Amanie is a Shariah advisory, consultancy, training and research and development boutique for institutional and corporate clientele focusing on Islamic financial services. Amanie is a registered Shariah adviser (Corporation) with the SC. It has been established with the aim of addressing the global needs for experts’ and Shariah scholars’ pro-active input. This will ultimately allow the players in the industry to manage and achieve their business and financial goals in accordance with the Shariah principles. Amanie also focuses on organisational aspect of the development of human capital in Islamic finance worldwide through providing updated quality learning embracing both local and global issues on Islamic financial products and services.

The company is led by Chief Executive Officer, Ms Suhaida Mahpot and teamed by an active and established panel of consultants covering every aspect related to the Islamic banking and finance industry both in Malaysia and the global market. Currently the team comprises of ten (10) full-time consultants who represent dynamic and experienced professionals with a mixture of corporate finance, accounting, product development, Shariah law and education. At present, Amanie Advisors serves as Shariah Adviser to more than 150 active funds. Amanie meets the Manager every quarter to address Shariah advisory matters pertaining to the Funds. Amanie also reviews the Funds’ investment on a monthly basis to ensure compliance with Shariah principles or any other relevant principles at all times.

As a Shariah advisory firm established in 2005, with over 21 years of experience in the industry, Amanie Advisors remains committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism, transparency, and good corporate governance, and to acting in the best interest of its customers and stakeholders at all times.



PROFILE OF SHARIAH TEAM

The designated persons responsible for Shariah matters of the Funds consists of the following personnel:


Ahmad Anas Fadzil (CSAA, CIPA)

Ahmad Anas Fadzil is a registered Shariah Advisor with the Securities Commission of Malaysia and the Director with Amanie Advisors. He is also a Professional Accountant by profession.

Currently, he is based at the Head Office in Kuala Lumpur. As part of Amanie Advisors’ global team, his primary focus is on advising and consulting clients from various Islamic financial institutions, regulators and corporations across the globe on Shariah compliant products, instruments and other services as well as on their strategic and corporate issues.

Prior to joining Amanie Advisors, he was attached with Sigur Ros, a global Malaysian-based company for Turkiye Government’s Project of the Century known as the Turkish Republic North Cyprus Water Supply project where he had been assigned as the Project Accountant based in Turkiye overseeing the overall project finance related matters including financing, cost budgeting, cost management, reporting, as well other administrative matters including handling the local tax authority and local administrative bodies.

Prior to that, he was an external auditor with Messrs. Ernst & Young based in Kuala Lumpur, whereby he was attached to the Global Financial Services department, engaged in performing auditing work for the financial institutions including Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank), EXIM Bank Berhad, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Malaysian Electronic Payment Systems (MEPS).

He holds a professional certification of Certified Sharia’ Adviser and Auditor (CSAA) and Certified Islamic Public Accountant (CIPA) both from Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institution based in Bahrain (AAOIFI) as well as Masters of Islamic Finance (MSc) from The Global University of Islamic Finance (INCEIF). He is also an accounting graduate from MARA University of Technology (UiTM) and an Executive Diploma in Shariah holder from University of Malaya Centre for Continuing Education (UMCCed). He speaks Bahasa Melayu, English and Turkish.


Ahmad Faizul Rizal

Ahmad Faizul Rizal is an Associate Director at Amanie Advisors (Head Office) and a Registered Shariah Adviser with the Securities Commission Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Shariah (Islamic Banking and Economics) from Yarmouk University, Jordan.

Prior to joining Amanie Advisors, he began his career as a trainee under the Islamic Capital Market Graduate Trainee Scheme organised by the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIC), the training and development arm of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC). He subsequently passed the SC Licensing Examination, namely Module 6 (Stock Market & Securities Laws) and Module 7 (Financial Statement Analysis & Asset Valuation).

He later joined Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad as a Senior Associate in the Credit Equity Broking Department, where he was responsible for the Share Margin Financing division and related activities, including stockbroking operations.

He is also currently undergoing the professional Certified Shariah Adviser certification under the Association of Shariah Advisors in Islamic Finance (ASAS).