Cover -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FIGURES -- BOXES -- TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 CHARACTERISTICS OF ISLAMIC FINANCE -- CHAPTER 2 CONTRACTS AND STRUCTURES FOR ISLAMIC ASSET MANAGEMENT -- CHAPTER 3 THE ISLAMIC ASSET MANAGEMENT MARKET PLACE -- CHAPTER 4 FUND OPERATIONS...

Could Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance be a criterion for Islamic investment? The development of socially responsible investment (SRI) has challenged the ethical approaches associated with Islamic investment as a means to promote social achievements. Noting similarities...

This paper investigates the investment performance of Malaysian Islamic equity funds and a matching sample of conventional equity funds relative to their market benchmark. An integrated model is used to simultaneously capture the market timing and selectivity skills of fund managers. Our...

Contents: Foreword / by Zeti Aziz -- Preface -- Introduction to A Guide to Islamic Asset Management -- 1. Literature review, research gap, industry and theoretical summaries -- 2. Research design and finding data -- 3. Results, relevance and limitations -- 4. Empirical analysis, research design...

We examine the relationship between Islamic and conventional stock market returns to see if Islamic financial markets provide portfolio diversification benefits and safe havens during turbulent times. Using daily data from January 1996 through September 2020 we consider conventional emerging...