... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Stock exchange Investor’s sentiment Behavioral finance G10 G12 G14 G41 Z12 JEL Classification G10 G12 G14 G41 Z12 G10 G12 G14 G41 Z12 The traditional paradigm of fully rational and utility-maximizing investors has...

... if the portfolio fully overlaps with the benchmark [2] . Islamic finance Efficiency Sharia-compliant portfolio Islamic banking TEL model G10 G11 More recent studies explore efficiency and diversification aspects. Alam et al. (2016) analyze 10 global Islamic and conventional...

... Licensed re-use rights only Quality of governance Trustworthiness and confidence Credit growth Islamic banks GCC countries G1 G10 G21 The 2007–2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) emphasised banks’ pivotal roles in economies worldwide (Agnello and Sousa, 2011). Following Lehman...

... 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Competition Financial stability Credit risk Ownership structure MENA countries C23 G01 G10 G11 G21 This study examines the relationship between bank competitions, risk and ownership structure of the Middle East...

... of Bangladesh. C32 C58 G10 G11 Until 1983, religious Muslim investors could not invest their money in equities in the stock market. The first initiative to provide a list of Sharīʿah-compliant stocks was undertaken by Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad in Malaysia in 1983 (OICU-IOSCO, 2004). Afterward...

... of abnormal return, often significantly positive, related to this holy month (Al-Ississ, 2015 ; Białkowski et al., 2012 ; Seyyed et al., 2005). G10 G14 Analysts’ recommendations Optimism bias Ramadan's effect © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing...

..., Canada, Japan and BRIC, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India and China. Diversifier Hedges Islamic stock markets Precious metals G10 G14 G15 C33 High volatility in financial markets requires effective portfolio diversification to minimize risk. However, understanding the long-term...