Purpose–One of the implications of Islamic investment principles is the availability of Islamic
financial instruments in the financial market. The main aim of this research is to observe the …

This paper examines the performance of 311 mutual funds from January 1990 to December
2005 in Malaysia by using composite portfolio performance measures, the single market …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the return performance and persistence of
ethical and conventional mutual funds during two extreme events, the Asian and the global …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency of selected conventional
and Islamic unit trust companies in Malaysia during the period 2002 to 2005 …

This study evaluates overall monthly performances of 128 Islamic mutual funds (IMFs) for the
period of January 1990 to April 2009. It employs Sharpe, Treynor and Jensen ratios to the …

Purpose–This paper seeks to focus on examining unit trust performance in Malaysia over
the period 1991‐2001. Design/methodology/approach–The broad based study covers full …

The Malaysian unit trust industry has been growing positively since the introduction of
Amanah Saham Nasional and Amanah Saham Bumiputra in early 1980s and early 1990s …

This paper investigates the relationship between unit trusts invested domestically and those
invested overseas. The performance of unit trusts investing overseas is compared to unit …

Purpose–The paper seeks to examine whether selectivity and timing performance of fund
manager is sensitive to the choice of market benchmarks. The two benchmarks used are the …

By focusing on the Malaysian Islamic unit trusts over the period of January 2000 to
December 2009, this study attempts to analyse the performance of the Islamic unit trusts in …