This study attempts to investigate whether share price index, specifically KOSPI of Korean Exchange, can be considered as a mirror or reflection of economic activities in Korea. The purpose is to make a finer point with respect to the relationship between economic growth and stock market...

The Government of Indonesia (GoI) is committed to encourage the development of the real sector and empower of MSMEs, one of the programs is People's Business Credit (KUR) that has been implemented since 2007. This program is intended for MSMEs who are considered have feasible business but have...

Traditional financing has been viewed as exploitation of the poor debtor by the rich creditor where an increase to the borrowed amount (riba) is imputed to the loan. The prohibition in Islam is strict, absolute and unambiguous in all forms and intent. Bank interest has been traditionally...

Protection is as important as other basic needs as it ensures the continuity of the fulfillment of the needs. The fulfillment from Islamic point of view can be categorised into five major areas as prescribed under the Maqasid al-Shariah. Protection can be achieved via Insurance, but it is not...

Many studies had been previously conducted to analyse factors that affects price of residential properties but none of these research addresses the issue specifically to Malaysia. This paper serves the purpose to fill in the gap whereby factors which were empirically proven to affect price of...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the credit risk mitigation in Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs). Currently, shariah compliant financing in Malaysia are still dominated by the concept of Bai’ Bithaman Ajil (BBA), Ijarah Thumma Al Bai and Murabahah. These sale-based approaches allow...

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) had previously issued a number of statutory requirements in making the establishment of Shariah Committee (SC) of a bank mandatory via Islamic Banking Act 1983, Banking & Financial Institution Act 1989, Takaful Act 1984 and Central bank of Malaysia (Amendment) Act...

The research is being conducted to overview and emphasize on the comparative study of local banks to identify the effects of total quality management (TQM) in the banks to evaluate the financial performance which they are providing to their customers. Therefore the main objective of this study...

The main objective of this study is to find impact of Telecom foreign direct investment (FDI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per capita and cellular subscriber on Tele-density growth in Pakistan. It is well known fact that Tele-density growth has been observed in Pakistan during last few years....