The Star  8 March 2010

By DALJIT DHESI

PETALING JAYA : An acute shortage of talent in the local takaful market, coupled with two new takaful licences to be issued this year in line with the financial sector liberalisation, are expected to put a dampener on the Government's move to turn Malaysia into an international Islamic financial hub.

An industry observer, who declined to be named, told StarBiz that for the two takaful start-ups to run efficiently, they would need around 100 to 200 people in the first two years of operations.

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