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Performance of Islamic Mutual Funds

Islamic Banking and Finance Review

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Title Performance of Islamic Mutual Funds
 
Creator Syeda Hameeda Batool Gillani
Muhammad Mahmood Shah Khan
Sana Mansoor
 
Subject Mutual Funds
Net Asset Value
Volatility
Returns
Performance
 
Description slamic finance industry has been expanded in the last decade and has branched out itself from banking to other financial sectors like Islamic Assets Management and Islamic Insurance Companies. Islamic finance industry growth over the past decade is impressive comparative to conventional sector particularly at the time of financial crisis. The focus of this research study is to assess the performance of Islamic and Conventional mutual funds in Pakistan for the period of 7 years ranging from 2007 to 2013. The research also studied the impact of NAV on mutual funds and how the volatility influences the Islamic and Conventional mutual funds. This research is based on the sample of equity funds using all Asset Management Companies in Pakistan on the basis of availability of each fund‘s NAV. The findings suggest that mutual funds performance led to mixed trend. The results indicates that portfolio returns of Islamic funds are more clustered around mean that shows the level of consistency in the performance of the Islamic funds, whereas portfolio returns of the Conventional funds are more volatile and inconsistent comparatively. Concerning overall performance, Islamic funds performed better than Conventional funds.
 
Publisher Department of Banking and Finance, University of Management & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
 
Date 2015-03-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/IBFR/article/view/167
10.32350/ibfr.2015.02.03
 
Source Islamic Banking and Finance Review; Vol 2 (2015): IBFR 1436H/2015; 29-39
2221-5239
2413-2977
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/IBFR/article/view/167/166
 
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