... economic trends while, conventional funds showed better performance than Islamic funds during bullish economic conditions. Islam Fund management Unit trusts Portfolio investment Islamic mutual funds Data envelopment analysis Investment efficiency Mansor and Bhatti (2011) study the monthly...

... the managed investment categories. Practical implications Fund managers use fund performance for marketing purposes and results of the study may be of importance to the managers and investors in understanding this objective. The findings are also of significance for policy makers in terms of understanding...

...Robert J. Bianchi; Richard Copp; Michael L. Kremmer; Eduardo Roca Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether socially responsible investment (SRI) is less sensitive to market downturns than conventional investments; the legal implications for fund managers and trustees...