What's in it for me? : a primer on differences between Islamic and conventional finance in Malaysia

What's in it for me? : a primer on differences between Islamic and conventional finance in Malaysia / prepared by Olga Krasicka and Sylwia Nowak.

What attracts conventional investors to Islamic financial instruments? We answer this question by comparing Malaysian Islamic and conventional security prices and their response to macrofinancial factors. Our analysis suggests that Islamic and conventional bond and equity prices are driven by common...

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Main Authors: Krasicka, Olga (Author), Nowak, Sylwia Barbara (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/12/151.
Subjects:
Finance > Islamic countries.
Finance > Religious aspects > Islam.
Finance > Malaysia.
Finance
Finance > Religious aspects > Islam
Islamic countries
Malaysia
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Size of the Islamic Financial Services Industry; 2. Malaysia: Size of the Banking Sector; Boxes; 1. Malaysia: Developing the Islamic Finance Industry; 2. Malaysia: Islamic Finance Tax Incentives; II. Malaysia's Capital Markets and the Banking Sector: Stylized Facts; Tables; 1. Selected Asia: Bonds Outstanding in mid-2011; 3. Malaysia: Size of the Local Currency Bond Market; 4. Selected Asia: Foreign Holdings in Local Currency Government Bonds; 5. Malaysia: Size of the Islamic Bond Market; 6. Stock Market Performance.
  • 7. Malaysia: Banking Sector StructureIII. Islamic and Conventional Bonds and Stocks in Malaysia; 2. Malaysia: Size of the Banking Sector; 8. Malaysia: Monthly Bond Returns; 9. Malaysia: Monthly Equity Returns; 10. Malaysia: Contributions of Common Factors to Bond and Equity Returns; 11. Malaysia: Factor Loadings of the Common Economic Factor; 3. Malaysia: Empirical Analysis of Bond and Stock Returns; 4. Malaysia: Strength and Profitability of Islamic and Conventional Banks; IV. Are Islamic Banks Safer and More Profitable Than Convetional Banks; 12. Malaysia: Loan Classification.
  • 13. Malaysia: Capital, Reserves, and Total Deposits14. Malaysia: Deposit Classification by Holder; V. Policy Implications and Conclusions; References.

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