After having presented the religious rules which govern the Sharia-Compliant (SC) funds four samples of pairs (SC funds vs conventional) are constituted: 32 Malaysian funds over 2005-2009 (of which 11 over 2000-2010) and 13 international funds over 5 years (of which six over 10 years). The size...

This study aims to investigate the black market on gold in Paris during the Second World War. Based on documents from the Banque de France and French National archives, we discover that this black market was not so black since it was well known and tolerated by the German army and French police....