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Does it pay to be a faithful investor? : a risk-based approach performance analysis of Islamic funds vs UCITS schemes

Falzon, Joseph - In: Islamic economic studies 29 (2022) 2, pp. 100-118

Purpose This paper empirically investigates the performance of Islamic funds, which have been praised for weathering … period starting January 2006, to capture severe bear and bull market conditions. Findings Islamic funds do not face a … is relatively similar to UCITS schemes. Practical implications Islamic funds represent a low risk investment due to their …

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Competing logics in the Islamic funds industry : a market logic versus a religious logic

Alotaibi, Khaled O.; Helliar, Christine V.; … - In: Journal of business ethics : JBE 175 (2022) 1, pp. 207-230

and faith-based funds should follow the religious principles of their investment-style philosophy. Islamic funds should …

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Market-timing skills in the aftermath of COVID-19 outbreak : evidence from Islamic funds

Arsi, Sonia; Ben Khelifa, Soumaya - In: Financial Market Dynamics after COVID 19 : The …, (pp. 1-9). 2022

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Are religious investors financially smart? : evidence from equity funds

Yaş, Murat; Aysan, Ahmet Faruk; Eskandar Shah, Mohamed - In: The journal of asset management : a major new, … 23 (2022) 1, pp. 33-45

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Banks, funds, and risks in Islamic finance : literature & future research avenues

Grira, Jocelyn; Labidi, Chiraz - In: Finance research letters 41 (2021), pp. 1-7

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Mutual Fund Performance in MENA Countries: Environmental Conditions and Fund Characteristics

El-Masry, Ahmed; El-Mosallamy, Dalia; Matallín-Sáez, … - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2015

Islamic funds are an upcoming alternative to conventional funds, aided by the increasing prominence of Islamic finance …, Islamic funds perform, on average, slightly worse than conventional funds. However, if the analysis is restricted to GCC … views that Islamic funds are more stable in hazardous times. …

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Is Ethical Money Sensitive to Past Returns? The Case of Portfolio Constraints and Persistence of Islamic and Socially Responsible Funds

Abdelsalam, Omneya; Duygun, Meryem; Matallín-Sáez, … - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2014

shows that Islamic funds were particularly resilient during the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Regarding persistence, its … type of fund we find that, in the case of Islamic funds, persistence only exists for the best funds. However, for SRI funds …

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Whatâ€™s in it for Me? A Primeron Differences between Islamic and Conventional Finance in Malaysia

Krasicka, Olga; Nowak, Sylwia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

What attracts conventional investors to Islamic financial instruments? We answer this question by comparing Malaysian Islamic and conventional security prices and their response to macrofinancial factors. Our analysis suggests that Islamic and conventional bond and equity prices are driven by...

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Comparative risk adjusted performance of Islamic, socially responsible and conventional funds : evidence from United Kingdom

Reddy, Krishna; Mirza, Nawazish; Naqvi, Bushra; Fu, Mingli - In: Economic modelling 66 (2017), pp. 233-243

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Is ethical money sensitive to past returns? : the case of portfolio constraints and persistence in Islamic funds

Abd-Elsalam, Omneya H.; Duygun, Meryem; … - In: Journal of financial services research : JFSR 51 (2017) 3, pp. 363-384

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