This paper investigates the performance of Malaysian Islamic banking sector during the period of 2001-2005. Several efficiency estimates of individual banks are evaluated using non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Two different approaches have been employed to differentiate how...

The growth in Islamic funds has brought new challenges and opportunities for the financial industry. In recent years, the trend has been towards unit-linked products with an emphasis on the investment link which definitely includes the takaful industry. Takaful operators are offering investment...

The aim of this study is to analyze the diversification among financial activities of Islamic banks and how it affects banks performance. We used the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to measure the degree of asset/liability diversification and risk-adjusted performance as criteria of assets...

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the revenue efficiency in the Malaysian Islamic banking sector during the period 2006 to 2010. We also examine the internal and external factors influencing the revenue efficiency of the Islamic banks. The sample comprised of 17 domestic and foreign...

The paper investigates the performance of Malaysian Islamic banking sector during the period 2001-2005. Several efficiency estimates of individual banks are evaluated using non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Two different approaches have been employed to differentiate how efficiency...