The desire to edit a book on International Islamic Banking came out of my two decades of experience as a practitioner of conventional finance and a few years of experience in dealing with Islamic banking. During the financial crises of 2007, the global banking sector faced a serious crisis. As a...

The editing of a handbook of research on Global Islamic Finance is more exciting and challenging than ever before. The past three decades have been an eventful one for the proponents of Islamic finance. Islamic Finance has become a buzzword from G20 to World Economic Forum to global and national...

One fine evening of February 2018, while sitting on his rocking chair, the CEO of Bright Paint Industries (BPI), recalled the experience of exporting paints to Afghanistan and its financial returns. At the same time he recalled the exhibitions of UAE in 2015 and 2016. Since 2016-2017, the top...

A superior knowledge of determinants of repayment performance can contribute significantly to the development of microfinance in Pakistan. In this study we designed to test the remarkable repayment performance of Akhuwat; most successful Islamic Microfinance Institution (IMFI) in Pakistan....

The objective of the paper is to study the performance of Islamic mutual funds by comparing their volatility with KSE-30 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange. For empirical analysis and to study the volatility behavior of KMI-30 index and KSE-30 indexed mutual funds ARCH/GARCH models are used....

This study examines the rapid expansion and diffusion of Islamic banking and its relationship with real economic activity in Pakistan. Additionally, the study also highlights the functional role of Islamic banking for greater economic activity and growth in Pakistan. Two major balance sheet...

The purpose of this study is to explore those contributory factors that affect the sustainability of SME banks in selected developing economies across Asia (Pakistan, India, Sri-Lanka, Nepal, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Thailand). This study used a sample data of SME banks working in these...

The study covers three aspects; factors determining credit ratings, impact of credit ratings on performance of entities and the relationship between stock returns and credit ratings. The study focuses on the firms listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) of Taiwan. The empirical analysis uses the...

The study investigates competitive conditions in commercial banking sector of Pakistan. The study employs a measure of estimating banking competition derived from modified Panzar and Rosse Model – The PR Model. The data was obtained from annual financial statements of 22 commercial banks...

The revaluation of non-current assets under IAS-16 has now turned into a usual practice in Pakistan. The obvious reason is to give additional significant information to various stakeholders around an organization's balance sheet. Besides, the management inducement behind this revaluation of...