Our Shariah Adviser

Amanie Advisors Sdn. Bhd. (Registration No.: 200501007003 (684050-H)).

Registered Office: 
Unit 11-3A, 3rd Mile Square, No. 151, Jalan Klang Lama, 
Batu 3 1/2, 58100 Kuala Lumpur

Business Address:
Level 13A-2, Menara Tokio Marine Life,
189, Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur

Telephone number: +603-2161 0260
Facsimile number: +603-2161 0262
Website:www.amanieadvisors.com

Amanie Advisors Sdn Bhd (''Amanie'') is the Shariah Adviser for 7 funds managed by UOBAM(Malaysia) Berhad. 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 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 organizational 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. Amanie is driven by an active and established panel of consultants with 118 years of combined professional experienced 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. 

Experience in Advisory and Services
Since 2005, Amanie has acquired over twenty-one (21) years of experience in the advisory role of unit trusts with more than 100 active funds which Amanie acts as Shariah adviser. The Shariah Adviser is independent from the Manager and none of its consultants are person(s) or members of a committee undertaking the oversight function of the Fund or any other funds managed by the Manager.

As the appointed Shariah Adviser for the Fund, the roles and responsibilities of Amanie include:

(1) Ensuring that the Fund is managed and administered in accordance with the Shariah principles;
(2) Perform Shariah assessment/evaluation on constituents of the benchmark index as and when requested by the Manager;
(3) Providing expertise and guidance for the Fund in all matters relating to Shariah principles, including on the Fund’s Deed and Prospectus, its structure and investment process, and other operational and administrative matters;
(4) Consulting the SC who may consult the SACSC should there be any ambiguity or uncertainty as to an investment, instrument, system, procedure and/or process;
(5) Scrutinising the Fund’s compliance report as provided by the compliance officer, transaction report provided by or duly approved by the Trustee and any other report deemed necessary for the purpose of ensuring the Fund’s investments are in line with the Shariah principles;
(6) Preparing a report to be included in the Fund’s annual reports certifying whether the Fund has been managed and administered in accordance with the Shariah principles;
(7) Ensuring that the Fund complies with any guideline, ruling or decision issued by the SC, including resolutions issued by the SACSC with regard to Shariah matters; and
(8) Vetting and advising on the promotional materials of the Fund.

(1) Ahmad Anas Fadzil

Shariah Officer 

Ahmad Anas Fadzil (CSAA, CIPA) 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.

(2) Ahmad Faizul Rizal  

Shariah Officer 

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 (SIDC), 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).