...Mohammad Tariqul Islam Khan; Yong Yee Xuan Purpose Despite the emergence of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in Malaysia, there is a knowledge gap on what drives the lending decision of P2P lending in the emerging Malaysian market. This research investigates how borrower's loan tenure, funding purpose...

... and institutional investors in Malaysia and estimated using ordinary least square regression. Findings The results demonstrate that perception of past portfolio returns influences both retail and institutional investors’ trading and risk taking. Optimism measured as relative investment optimism and personal...