This book demonstrates how the global market for Islamic financial services has shown strong growth in recent years and shown remarkable resilience during the global financial crisis.Drawing on a range of international perspectives from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Malaysia, Pakistan,...

This Palgrave Pivot aims to build a bridge between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable finance in financial markets. It investigates classic CSR topics in the light of a modern conception of sustainability. The first part emphasizes four relevant topics in the CSR panorama of...

Basics about Technical and Fundamental Trading -- Combination of Momentum and Operating Cash Flow Strategies -- A Closer Look at the Market Reactions -- Fundamental and Technical Trading by Mutual Funds -- Concluding Remarks.

Since 2008, financial firms have paid, in aggregate, in excess of $320 billion in fines related to misconduct. Nearly ten years later, while many large financial firms have increased their attention to bad behavior and cultural drivers, the degree of commitment and progress in these efforts has...

The meaning of wealth has become one of the least understood concepts of our time. Whether you desire wealth, have wealth, or wish to redistribute wealth, the roadmaps to success have been painted over by outdated financial models, politically charged rhetoric, and the mistaken belief that at...

Nicolai C. Striewe analyzes potential opportunistic behavior of REIT managers and provides empirical evidence on the effectiveness of institutional monitoring as a corporate governance mechanism. The author also suggests ways to promote sustainable management by means of institutional...

Institutional Investors - Typologies, Roles and Products: Institutional Investors -- Collective Investment Vehicles and Other Asset Management Products -- Investment Management Policy: The Stages of Investment Management Policy -- Strategic Asset Allocation with Mean-Variance Optimisation --...