SINCE 1999

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROVIDER, EVENT ORGANISER & BUSINESS CONSULTANT

Centre for Research and Training (CERT), aspires to be the professional training, conference, exhibition, and event organizer of choice. Since 2000, CERT offers training programmes in the area of Islamic Banking, Finance, Takaful, and Islamic Capital Market both for public and in-house clients. CERT specializes in Islamic financial training and human capital development, for both management and technical skills. CERT has organised hundreds of publics, in-house, international, and local conferences and courses in Islamic Banking and Finance. CERT offers more than 30 types of Islamic financial training programmes with the support of expert advisors and consultants. CERT provides end-to-end event organising services from the concept up to the execution stage. CERT programmes have been rated well in terms of impact, content, and experienced trainers.

In addition to the extensive industrial experience in Islamic financial management, CERT has a pool of experts in the faculty specializing in specific areas that serve Islamic financial organisations of numerous Islamic financial industries i.e., Islamic banking, Islamic capital market, and Takaful industry. CERT also works together with financial institutions and government agencies as a smart partnership in providing hands-on solutions to help solve day-to-day business challenges by developing their human capital and building their products and instruments, all this with the help and guidance of our multifaceted organisation. CERT believes in a comprehensive approach by becoming a part of the client’s business and knowing as much about their needs and issues in operations and challenges as possible. CERT is looking forward to meeting the organisation’s needs and most importantly achieving the goals in improving bottom line results and sustaining a competitive advantage.

Our Vision

To be the leading provider and model in Islamic Banking and Finance research, training, consulting, professional conference, and publication with emphasis on excellence and competence in the development of people, organisation, society, and nation.

Our Mission

To achieve your desired results, our development effort extends beyond the training room. We work in partnership with you to:

Mission 1

To offer quality, comprehensive, effective, and productive Islamic and Finance research, training, consulting, event management, and publications services.

Mission 2

To deliver high-impact development programs and a wide range of consultancy services that produce outstanding human performance in organisations.

Mission 3

To be an agent of change in the area of Islamic Banking and Finance by propagating knowledge, skills, competency, integrity, innovation, commitment, and productivity.

Mission 4

To be the centre of knowledge, excellence, and inspiration for the whole community, as well as the private and public sectors in Islamic Banking and Finance.

Our Aims

CERT aims to provide a premium learning experience in an informative way, combining training with professional and personal development, enabling you to receive educational experience in a challenging yet supportive environment, ensuring every part of our service is truly world class. The course materials are designed to appeal to all learning styles. We use interactive discussions, quizzes, hands on games, and role play to ensure that learning is engrained. Our clients range from multinationals listed on a number of accounts, corporate finance, and valuation – are accessible to all. We can help you understand and use Islamic financial language and concepts with confidence.

Our Guiding Philosophy

CERT is committed to create a strong and continuous improvement in human capital knowledge and performance of the client organisation. CERT creates a smart partnership with its client to fully understand their unique business strategy, goals, needs, objectives, and culture. Following that, the organisation’s needs will be studied, and a tailor-made programme will be designed for them. The core aim of the CERT training is to build and sustain the knowledge, skills, and creativity that are essential to the organisation’s business success.

Our Commitment

To achieve your desired results, our development effort extends beyond the training room. We work in partnership with you to:

Understand your business and development needs
Design development initiatives and deliver high impact training interventions
Develop and implement powerful reinforcement programmes
Track and measure for continuous improvement and sustainability

Our Core Values

The core values of CERT are aptly summed up by the acronym EPIC, which comprises the first letters of the words: Excellence, Productivity, Innovation, and Compassion. As seen in their annual report, the core values are summed up as follows:

  • Excellence is our minimum standard
  • Productivity in everything we do
  • Innovation to simplify and compete
  • Compassion to all

Our Methodology

CERT offers from 2-days to 1-week courses to suit your needs. You will be surprised at just how much our one-week courses have to offer. Feature-packed with training seminars, group discussions, lectures, and hands-on events including field trips to important financial institutions, you’ll be leaving with an extraordinary wealth of knowledge. Our assignments range from courses designed to improve the financial acumen of divisional management, to corporate finance training for new board directors of listed companies. We are equally comfortable undertaking senior management coaching and running graduate programs.

Training Modules

  • Islamic Finance and Investment School (IFIS)
  • Islamic Banking and Finance
  • Islamic Banking System and Operation
  • Islamic Commercial Law in Islamic Finance
  • Legal Documentation in Islamic Financing
  • Recovery in Islamic Finance
  • Restructuring and Rescheduling in Islamic Finance
  • Risk Management in Islamic Finance
  • Credit and Operational Risks in Financial Institutions
  • Accounting in Islamic Finance
  • Accounting and Auditing in Islamic Financial Institutions
  • Islamic Funds and Sukuk School (IFASS)
  • Structuring and Securitization of Sukuk
  • Sukuk – Structuring, Issuing and Trading
  • Islamic Funds and Investment Products
  • Takaful and Retakaful
  • Islamic Financial Planning and Islamic Wealth Management
  • Islamic Trade Finance
  • Islamic Treasury
  • Structuring Islamic Financial Products
  • Product Development in Islamic Finance