The current research aims to analyze the impact of institutional shareholding on the dividend payout policy of Islamic mutual funds in Pakistan and Malaysia. A sample of 185 Islamic funds, including 85 Pakistani and 100 Malaysian funds, is used for the analysis. The data for the analysis spans...

Purpose This study aims to comparatively analyze the systematic, idiosyncratic and downside risk exposure of both Islamic and conventional funds in Pakistan to see which of the funds has higher risk exposure. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzes different types of risks involved in...