International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 10 Issue 3

A quantitative framework for testing the resilience of Islamic finance portfolios under IFSB and Basel capital rules

Nadi Serhan Aydın

This paper aims to introduce a model-based stress-testing methodology for Islamic finance products. The importance of stress testing was indeed clearly underlined by the adverse…

Regulatory capital and stability of Islamic and conventional banks

Fakhri Korbi, Khemaies Bougatef

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it attempts to determine the factors that influence the stability of Islamic and conventional banks. Second, it focuses on the…

Determinants of Islamic banks’ profitability: international evidence

Ahmad T. Alharbi

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the determinants of Islamic banks’ profitability using longitudinal data from 1992 to 2008 of almost all Islamic banks in the world.

Classification of profit-sharing investment accounts: A survey of financial statements of Islamic banks in Asia

Aprilia Beta Suandi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the classification of profit-sharing investment accounts (PSIAs) under various accounting standards, and determine whether Islamic banks…

Family Takaful in developing countries: the case of Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Mohamed Sherif, Sadia Hussnain

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the driving forces (economics and socio-demographic) that influence family Takaful demand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA…

Resiliency between Islamic and conventional banks in Bangladesh: Dynamic GMM and quantile regression approaches

Ajim Uddin, Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury, Md. Nazrul Islam

The purpose of this paper is to examine the resiliency between conventional banks (CBs) and Islamic banks (IBs) in Bangladesh at the financial crisis, pre-crisis and post-crisis…

Performance comparison of Islamic and conventional banks: empirical evidence from Pakistan

Imran Khan, Mehreen Khan, Muhammad Tahir

This study aims to investigate the performance differences of Islamic and conventional banks in Pakistan by using financial ratios.

Islamic religiosity and portfolio allocation: the Malaysian context

Nurul Shahnaz Mahdzan, Rozaimah Zainudin, Rosmawani Che Hashim, Noor Adwa Sulaiman

This study aims to investigate the association between Muslim individuals’ portfolio allocation choice and Islamic religiosity (levels and dimensions), controlling for risk…