Risk management is essential part of health of Islamic Bank (IB) and the health of entire financial market. One important tools in risk management to avoid the failure of a bank is the capital held by the bank. Understanding the importance of risk management and capital adequacy, Basel Committee...

We examine the relationships among religious governance, especially Islamic governance quality (IGQ), national governance quality (NGQ), and risk management and disclosure practices (RDPs), and consequently ascertain whether NGQ has a moderating influence on the IGQ-RDPs nexus. Using one of the...

We use a classic Merton credit risk framework to argue that Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) face less incentive to take on risks than Conventional Banking Institutions (CBI). IBIs have less incentive for risk shifting both in and outside of distress situations. We test and confirm this...

We use a classic Merton credit risk framework to argue that Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) face less incentive to take on risks than Conventional Banking Institutions (CBI). IBIs have less incentive for risk shifting both in and outside of distress situations. We test and confirm this...

This study explores the influence of funding liquidity risk and several control variables on Islamic rural banks’ asset risk in Indonesia. Our study analyzes Islamic rural banks comprising 142 Islamic banks with quarterly data from 2013: Q1 to 2018: Q4. Panel regression is then employed. We...

This study aims to address the issue of liquidity risk management in Algerian Islamic banks. This research was dealt with by addressing the risks of bank liquidity, and then on how to manage liquidity risk in As Alsalam Bank-Algeria. In this study, we have relied on two descriptive and...

The main aims of this paper are, firstly, to investigate the extent to which Yemen's banks, in particular its Islamic banks, are applying Risk Management Practices (RMPs) and related techniques to deal with various types of risk, and secondly, to compare and distinguish between the RMPs used in...

In this paper, we develop a new voluntary operational risk management disclosure (ORMD) framework for the Islamic banks by incorporating five dimensions related to operational risk: personnel risk, information technology/system risk, legal risk, social risk, and business performance...

Islamic banking is interest-free banking which makes it necessary for Islamic banks to take active part in the operations of the business, i.e. share profits as well as losses. Banks including Islamic banks prefer to take minimum risk. On the surface, it may seem that Islamic banks face more...

Using a sample of banks operating in 24 countries, we provide robust evidence that stronger creditor rights are associated with higher capital adequacy ratios of conventional banks but not of Islamic banks. Such results are more effective on bank core capital, suggesting that bank managers tend...