151 research outputs found
Value Preservation through Risk Management - A Shariah Compliant Proposal for Equity Risk Management
Full text linkThis paper makes a case for the preservation of Muslim Wealth through risk management. It provides an exposition of risk management techniques used in conventional finance and outlines the limitations faced by Muslim fund managers and businesses. This limitation arises from the proscription of key risk-management tools, in particular financial derivatives. Though the reasons for the prohibition are diverse, the overriding concern appears to be that they encourage speculative behaviour. As such the emphasis of Islamic risk management has been on, On Balance Sheet methods. The problem with On Balance Sheet methods is that they require the restructuring of business transactions which can render businesses less competitive and subject to residual risk. The paper proposes a portfolio insurance scheme that uses the logic and mechanics of conventional Index Put Options but in a Shariah compliant manner. The proposal is intended to strike a balance between the need to avoid speculation and the genuine need for hedging equity risks.Shariah compliant, equity risk management
Pricing Hybrid Securities: The Case of Malaysian ICULS
Full text linkThis paper provides an indepth analysis of Irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stocks or ICULS. A Malaysian variant of the convertible bond, ICULS are a hybrid security. Despite their introduction and trading since the late 1980’s, not much work have been done on them. This paper presents the first empirical evidence on the pricing of ICULS. We propose a pricing model for ICULS, built on the replication technique of options. Using 30 months (2½ years) of daily price data, we test our model on a sample of 34 ICULS. Though on average ICULS are underpriced by 2.3%, we find an equal number of under and overpriced ICULS. Our findings show that not only does the market misprice ICULS, the mispricing is sustained over quite a while. Infact, even over a one year window period, marginal mispricing remains. We argue that issuers of ICULS benefit much more than investors do.Pricing of Hybrid Securities; Irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stocks or ICULS; Option Pricing, Pricing Efficiency
Awareness of Islamic banking and finance: the case of Kyrgyzstan
No full textThe paper examines the level of awareness of the people in the Kyrgyz Republic about Islamic Banking and Finance and whether they are willing to adopt an Islamic financial system in the country. It also attempts to explore population's opinion of the mechanism of the banking business in general. Questionnaire forms were developed and distributed among 300 nationals. It has been found that while a small proportion of the practicing Muslims have some notion of Islamic Banking and Finance, non-practicing Muslims and non-Muslims almost completely lack in this field of knowledge ..
Mergers & acquisitions announcement patterns: the Malaysian experience
No full textIn the last decade, Malaysia has witnessed a growing number of corporate takeover exercises. The growth in the asset management industry meant that the role of institutional investors have become more important in these corporate takeovers. Neither the synergistic gains hypothesis nor the information effect hypothesis were able to fully explain the market responses to takeover announcements and the gains derived from corporate acquisitions on whether the offer is successful ..
Using reputation (fame) to reduce information asymmetry in Islamic risk-sharing crowdfunding models: a game theory approach
No full textCrowdfunding as a part of sharing economy is a fast developing method of projects finance mobilization. From Islamic finance point of view, it is important to address the Islamic crowdfunding system to improve the new Fintech trends in Islamic communities. Moreover, risk sharing is the essence of Islamic finance and equity crowdfunding potentially is a proper musharakah risk sharing scheme to be compliance with Shariah of Islam. However, the lack of trust and the problem of information asymmetry are the main challenges of any type of risk sharing deal as well as crowdfunding. The main problem that should be answered to implement a successful Islamic crowdfunding platform is information asymmetry. Reputation mechanism is one of the newest ways to solve asymmetric information in web based social networks. The primary objective of reputation mechanisms is to enable efficient transactions in communities where cooperation is compromised by post-contractual opportunism or information asymmetries. A reputational mechanism has been designed in this research specifically for crowdfunding system to eliminate moral hazard and reduce asymmetric information. The role of reputation is important as a mechanism for establishing trust to address the risk of fraud in online transactions. We defined the concept of “Fame”, in order to implement the reputation mechanism in our designed crowdfunding system. “Fame” refers to credibility of every individual who is a member of the crowdfunding system
Towards risk-sharing regulatory framework: a case for Malaysia
No full textThe role of regulation extends beyond ensuring stability and confidence in the financial system, as it is also a behavioral shaper of market players. The laws, standards and guidelines issued are instrumental in creating an incentive structure for market players to behave in certain ways. If well designed, these tools will induce appropriate behavior that is consistent with the social objective of systemic stability and equitable economic prosperity ..
The determinants and impact of short-term capital flows on stock market (conventional and Islamic) and economic growth: evidence from the OIC countries
No full textThis thesis investigates the determinants and impact of short-term capital flow in the 33 OIC countries from 2000 to 2018 and bridges the understanding between both literature strands. The short-term capital flows are divided into gross inflows, outflows, and extreme episodes, analyzed under the push-pull framework. The empirical approaches for exploring the determinants of short-term capital flows consist of panel static and dynamic LSDV and probit models. Additional analysis controlling for Lucas's paradox conditions provides more insights and robustness. The study then analyzes their impact on economic growth (GDP), conventional, and Islamic stock markets. The study employs time-series models (ARDL and NADRL) to test the impact of short-term capital flows on economic growth and stock markets. The models establish the long-term dynamic relationship and synergize with prior findings on the heterogeneous responses of each country. The findings suggest that short-term capital flows into the OIC countries are tied to the global commodity and domestic consumption effects, indicating the dominance effect from push factors and the global economic cycle. Regional contagion act as a transmission mechanism of episodic flows across the OIC. There is also clear evidence of each country's heterogeneous determinants and impact of short-term capital flows, emphasizing the important roles of pull factors and the level of capital account openness. The impact of STC flows on stock markets confirms that they are susceptible to global economies and uncertainty, especially in conventional stock markets. The findings for Islamic stock markets support the "decoupling hypothesis" since they are less affected by global shocks from higher risks and uncertainty. The overall findings imply the importance of capital liberalization, institutional quality, and the optimal sequence of capital liberalization
Risk-sharing investment account: a proposed model for Islamic banks in Malaysia
No full textOne of the objectives of the implementation of the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 (IFSA) is to promote greater risk-sharing in the Islamic financial industry. Accordingly, IFSA has distinguished the two major sources of funding for an Islamic banking institution, i.e. deposits and investment accounts. However, more than five years into the implementation, the Act is deemed to have failed in terms of upholding its risk-sharing values, where change could only be observed in the statutory position of investment account. This dissertation aims to motivate Islamic banks to move away from continuing risk-transfer practices, by proposing a risk-sharing investment account model (including its operationalisation) for the consideration of the Islamic banking industry in Malaysia ..
A purchasing price parity and equilibrium exchange rate: an empirical study of twelve arab countries (MENA region)
No full textThis research aims to examine the exchange rate regimes of 12 MENA countries. The sample is composed of the 6 GCC oil exporting countries, most of which have pegged their currency to the US dollar, and another 6 Arab countries that have different exchange rate regimes. The objective of the study is to determine the extent of over and undervaluation of these MENA currencies. The results show that official peg to the US dollar does not reduce the amount of deviation from the equilibrium exchange rate. Also, countries which had their currency pegged to a basket of currencies had lower currency fluctuations than others ..
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