Recent years have witnessed the growth of Islamic crowdfunding from its mere existence to successfully distinguishing itself from conventional crowdfunding. The concept of crowdfunding is known as a practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from many people, typically via the Internet. The concept of crowdfunding ha

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of PAKSERV measures on customers’ satisfaction, loyalty and trust in Malaysian Islamic banks. These comprehensive measures concern on the cultural dimension of service quality by focusing on the mediating role of trust in the Malaysian context. A survey was conducted involving 401 Islamic bank

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of GST announcements (pre and post) on Malaysian stock market index. This study also utilised intraday data to look into intraday market volatility post-GST announcement. Design/methodology/approach – Both daily closing prices and intraday data of different frequencies are used to cap

Purpose – This study aims to examine the resolutions issued by the Sharīʿah Advisory Council of Bank Negara Malaysia (SAC-BNM), which have recognized maslahah (public interest) as the basis of ruling to see the extent of its usefulness to the public and the extent of its adherence to the Maslahah parameters. The study will also look into the op

With consistent repetition in the volatility of the market locally and globally, portfolio managers are seriously concern on the destruction of their portfolio value. Hence, this study examines the hedging effectiveness of the Malaysian derivatives market using a dynamic modelling approach – GARCH and TGARCH models. Daily closing prices of KLCI,

For this Al-Shajarah Special Issue, the Islamic Banking and Finance takes the front by focussing on Islamic social finance (ISF) issues. ISF issues are rapidly gaining the attentions of all players in the field and Al-Shajarah plays its part in presenting several selected related issues, highlighting the challenges and recommending possible remedie

This study analyzes the behaviour of property price in Malaysia by examining factors influencing the residential property prices. It aims to determine whether property prices hike in Malaysia can be explained by the fundamental factors or it is due to other unexplained factors, such as speculation. Findings from the study reveal that most of the fa

With the overwhelming growth in the global Islamic fund and wealth management sector due to the increasing affluence of Muslim communities wishing to take part in investing surplus funds in Sharīʿah-compliant manner and the existence of non-Muslim wishing to diversify investment via Sharīʿah-compliant funds, more innovative products are being o

This book specifically provides updated information on fund and wealth management with regards to current policies and best practices. Empirical findings, case studies discussions, seminal as well as recent related literature are gathered in this book to cater to everyone inside or outside the fund and wealth management industry.The RM1 billion (US

Background: Self-medication of drugs to alleviate symptoms is a common global behavior, helping relieve burdens on health services, but many drugs eg, antibiotics are prescription-only. Self-medication of antibiotics (SMA) is an irrational use of drugs, contributing to microbial resistance increasing health care costs and higher mortality and morbi