Purpose This paper investigates the performance of locally focused equity mutual funds
(LFEFs) in Saudi Arabia as compared with the performance of benchmark funds. More …

We investigate the flow-performance relationship by the lens of the investor preferences,
applying a mutual fund dataset with an investment objective focused over European and US …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the market
timing skills of Islamic equity funds in Asia, Europe and North America. Design/methodology …

This comparative study investigates the time‐varying skills of Shariah‐Compliant and
conventional equity fund managers in selectivity, volatility, market return, liquidity, and …

This study shows that fund managers can time the market-wide implied tail risk using mutual
fund data from China. Managers tend to decrease the market exposure when the market …

This study aims to explore an important determinant of stock price crash risk in an emerging
market, Thailand. Our results support an important role of systematic skewness on stock …

In the present study we propose a new higher-order co-moment timing ability for fund
managers. Top-performing fund managers successfully time higher-order co-moments of …

This chapter investigates the performance of locally focused equity mutual funds in Saudi
Arabia, specifically in comparison to the performance of their benchmarks in the Saudi …

The COVID-19 outburst triggered all activity sectors, altering even the financial markets
dynamics. And, the Islamic finance segment has not been spared. This chapter has a special …