"Cover" -- "EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD" -- "Guest editorial" -- "Sukuk and conventional bonds: shareholder wealth perspective" -- "Analysis of value at risk of Sukuk and conventional bonds in Pakistan" -- "Understanding and evaluation of risk in Sukuk structures" -- "Pricing of Sukuk Musharakah...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the driving forces that influence family Takaful demand in Malaysia. The paper examines various identified and available economics and socio‐demographic variables. Design/methodology/approach – Using ordinary least square (OLS) and...

Purpose – This paper aims to critically analyze the opinions of Islamic economists about the global financial crisis to examine: their views on the causes of the crisis, the juristic and economic assessment they make of these causes and the lessons learned and the way forward....

Purpose This paper aims to examine some issues in IFRS9 with regards to classification and measurement of Islamic financial assets. In addition, the paper discusses the Shariah concerns on the use of fair value to measure financial assets. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document the performance of analysts' recommendations for shariah-compliant firms and non-shariah-compliant firms in the MENA region during the period between 2005 and 2009. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses post-recommendation...

Purpose Does Islamic finance affect economic growth? The empirical literature in this area seems to be in early stages and the results are often mixed and inconclusive. This paper aims to examine the causality between financial development in general, Islamic finance in particular and real...

Purpose This paper aims to reviews Sukuk risk classification schemes based on extending and adapting the risk classification schemes of conventional finance. It is then argued that risk classification schemes based on Sukuk structure provide significant insights into Sukuk risk not obtainable...

Purpose – This paper aims to answer the following questions by using the data from the MENA region (Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain): Do Shariah-compliant firms differ from other firms in the quality of information disclosure? and Can investors...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the inconsistencies between the methodologies of Islamic funds and indices. Design/methodology/approach – The paper has reviewed the methodologies of the most prominent funds and indices (5) to apply their apparent screening features to the...