Performance of global Islamic versus conventional share indices: International evidence

This paper provides empirical evidence on risk-adjusted performance comparisons of share indices from Islamic and conventional markets. To ensure valid comparisons, the selected Islamic indices are matched with conventional indices. The Treasury-bill rate and the MSCI All-World index are used as ris...

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发表在:Pacific Basin Finance Journal
主要作者: 2-s2.0-84901839763
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语言:English
出版: Elsevier 2014
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id Ho C.S.F.; Abd Rahman N.A.; Yusuf N.H.M.; Zamzamin Z.
spelling Ho C.S.F.; Abd Rahman N.A.; Yusuf N.H.M.; Zamzamin Z.
2-s2.0-84901839763
Performance of global Islamic versus conventional share indices: International evidence
2014
Pacific Basin Finance Journal
28

10.1016/j.pacfin.2013.09.002
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84901839763&doi=10.1016%2fj.pacfin.2013.09.002&partnerID=40&md5=7b55b446b7655a52e67de0ebb3544adf
This paper provides empirical evidence on risk-adjusted performance comparisons of share indices from Islamic and conventional markets. To ensure valid comparisons, the selected Islamic indices are matched with conventional indices. The Treasury-bill rate and the MSCI All-World index are used as risk-free rate and world benchmark, respectively. Monthly returns are analyzed and four sub-periods are examined as crisis and non-crisis periods. Findings reveal that Islamic indices outperformed their conventional counterparts during crisis periods but results are inconclusive for the non-crisis periods. This could be due to the conservative nature of Shari'ah-compliant investments offering investors superior investment alternative during crisis. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Elsevier
0927538X
English
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title Performance of global Islamic versus conventional share indices: International evidence
title_short Performance of global Islamic versus conventional share indices: International evidence
title_full Performance of global Islamic versus conventional share indices: International evidence
title_fullStr Performance of global Islamic versus conventional share indices: International evidence
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description This paper provides empirical evidence on risk-adjusted performance comparisons of share indices from Islamic and conventional markets. To ensure valid comparisons, the selected Islamic indices are matched with conventional indices. The Treasury-bill rate and the MSCI All-World index are used as risk-free rate and world benchmark, respectively. Monthly returns are analyzed and four sub-periods are examined as crisis and non-crisis periods. Findings reveal that Islamic indices outperformed their conventional counterparts during crisis periods but results are inconclusive for the non-crisis periods. This could be due to the conservative nature of Shari'ah-compliant investments offering investors superior investment alternative during crisis. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
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