The aim of this study is to identify the economic impacts on G7 banking industry when sovereign rating is revised. We used event study methodology (t-statistics) and found that sovereign rating changes significantly affect share market prices. It seems that there is information leakage prior to...

The aim of this study is to identify the economic impacts on G7 banking industry when sovereign rating is revised. We used event study methodology (t-statistics) and found that sovereign rating changes significantly affect share market prices. It seems that there is information leakage prior to...

Sukuk securities have some similar features with conventional bonds, which is probably the reason why the financial press describe them as if they are the same. Mass media names sukuk as Islamic bonds. This paper investigates this matter empirically by first examining if the yield to maturities...

Literature shows that privatized firms generally gain financially, and privatization leads to production efficiency gains since performance outcomes are largely conditioned by externalities like ownership. Our approach linking privatization to welfare gain measures reveals three interesting...

Prior studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to negative returns and increased volatilities in various financial markets. Not many however have sought to investigate why. With anecdotal evidence pointing to investors earning abnormal returns despite the pandemic, this paper sought...

What was termed government-guided merger was a unique banking sector reform implemented in 2002 by the central bank of Malaysia guiding a larger number of depository institutions to form 10 large banks. This paper identifies the factors entering this massive merger exercise. Similar to the...

This chapter presents a socio-economic profile of Muslim countries at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. In broad terms, the 57 majority-Muslim countries have a combined population of 1.4 billion Muslims, which is 23 per cent of the world population. An additional 200-300...

A new type of debt securities called sukuk certificates have grown to US $840 billion in 11 financial markets as of 2011. These Islamic debt instruments share some features similar to conventional bonds, so market operators treat both as bonds. Whether it is appropriate to treat sukuk...

Sukuk securities have similar features with conventional bonds. The financial press has, however, inappropriately referred to Sukuk as Islamic bonds. This paper investigates Sukuk securities empirically by first examining the yields to maturities of Sukuk securities and conventional bonds of...