This paper reviews the empirical literature on the contemporary issues of Islamic
investments and highlights the future research directions. The growing literature during the …

In this paper, we present the current state of research in Islamic finance by focusing on three
spheres of knowledge: Islamic banking, Islamic fund management, and risk management …

Purpose–This paper seeks to review and extend previous research on the performance of
Islamic mutual funds (IMFs) by evaluating the relative performance of IMFs and conventional …

This is the first study to provide comprehensive analyses of the relative performance of both
socially responsible investment (SRI) and Islamic mutual funds. The analysis proceeds in …

Routledge Handbook of Social and Sustainable Finance brings together an international
cast of leading authorities to map out and display the disparate voices, traditions and …

This study investigates the risk and return characteristics of Islamic funds in comparison with
SRI and the conventional open-end mutual funds for the UK, which, having attracted over£ …

We examine the interest rate sensitivity of both deposits and credits at Islamic and
conventional banks in Turkey. We find that the bank lending channel is especially operative …

Abstract The fundamentals of Islamic Finance are deeply rooted in the Islamic civilization
and originated from Islamic jurisprudence and laws. After the global financial crises, it has …

We analyze the performance persistence of Islamic and Socially Responsible Investment
(SRI) mutual funds. We adopt a multi-stage strategy in which, in the first stage, partial …

We investigate the dynamics of investment styles of Islamic equity funds (IEFs), mainly
through portfolio holdings. We rely on an unbiased survivorship sample of 224 active …