Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide proactive risk management techniques and strategies that can be applied to trading and investment portfolios in emerging and Islamic illiquid financial markets, such as the Moroccan foreign exchange and stock markets....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the principles of and legal risk faced by Islamic banking and suggest necessary steps to mitigate them. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines ideal concept of Islamic banking and its practice. A range of publication is used,...

Purpose This study aims to identify and classify potential hospitality industry human resource (HR) risks in the luxury hotel context. Design/methodology/approach Data has been collected from five-star hotels in Antalya, one of the most popular tourism destinations in Turkey. The study conducted...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a critical review of the literature on the rate of return risk faced by Islamic banks. Design/methodology/approach – Through a thorough review of the literature, this paper presents the discussion among scholars regarding the rate of return risk in...

Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate the risk‐adjusted performance of Malaysian mutual funds using optimized drawdown risk measures (ODRMs) based on modern portfolio theory, and to represent the results in a manner which is easily understood by average investors and portfolio managers....

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of the risk management practices of Islamic banks as recommended by the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) in managing their unique risks. This study also explores the differences in risk management practices based on the...

Purpose – The main purpose of this study is to investigate in detail the way each risk is being measured and managed by Islamic banks in the MENA region. Design/methodology/approach – This research attempts to examine the perceptions of Islamic bankers about the importance of transparency...

Purpose – To achieve the mission of “Affordable Power to All” by 2012, the development of Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) has been identified as a major thrust area by the Government of India. The purpose of this paper is to study and analyse the UMPPs framework with reference to...