In the past decade, Fondation Banque de France's Journées have been an annual event featuring the outcome of previous research grants. This year's harvest includes three papers on the systematic variations in expected loss and liquidity, the impact of securitization on bank lending and the cost...

Key issues to be discussed over this two-day event include: - Impact of the new regulatory environment - Enabling the Sukuk market and encouraging Islamic finance through the tax treatment of Shari'ah compliant instruments - Prospects for international banks in Islamic banking in Indonesia -...