The Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA) is pleased to announce the forthcoming event Labuan IOFC – The Investment Route to Asia. Attendance at this one-day event is for individuals invited by the host, Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA). If you have not received an invitation, but would like to attend, please complete the registration form and we will try to extend a place to you.

Labuan is administered by the Federal Government of Malaysia and is an integrated international offshore financial centre (IOFC) offering a wide range of offshore financial products and services to customers worldwide. These include banking and investment banking, insurance, captives, trust business, fund management, investment holding, company management and Islamic financing.

Attendees will learn about how Labuan operates as an IOFC and how the benefits that Labuan offers can help business. The world of Labuan offshore finance will be explained by experts through a series of presentations and panel discussions.

Labuan IOFC – The Investment Route to Asia event will cover:

• structuring cross border transactions from Labuan IOFC
• raising capital through Labuan IOFC
• Labuan IOFC – the domicile of choice for managed assets and wealth
• insurance and reinsurance – strategic business opportunities in Labuan IOFC
• branding and Islamic finance – issues and challenges
• assessing the role of Labuan international financial exchange (LFX)
• Labuan IOFC responding to a changing environment and marketplace

We look forward to welcoming you to Labuan IOFC – The Investment Route to Asia.

FROM PORT OF REFUGE TO FINANCIAL HUB New Straits Times, Friday November 3, 2006 By Dalila Abu Bakar