Is there a diversification “cost” of shari’ah compliance? empirical evidence from Malaysian equities

Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil and Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath and Masih, Mansur (2014) Is there a diversification “cost” of shari’ah compliance? empirical evidence from Malaysian equities. In: 4th Islamic Banking and Finance Conference 2014, 23rd-24th June 2014, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Islamic equity portfolios work with a smaller investment universe given the filtering of non-Shari’ah compliant stocks. It has been theoretically argued that this culminates in suboptimal portfolio diversification which in turn adversely affects risk-adjusted returns. We employ a number of methods, namely construction of efficient frontiers, time-varying maximum Sharpe ratios, MGARCH-DCC and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), to offer empirical evidence that such a conceived portfolio diversification “penalty” is far from a foregone conclusion, at least empirically. Our results show that Islamic portfolios are not invariably handicapped in terms of portfolio diversification. We also explored dimensions which may account for differences in relative investment performance between Islamic and conventional portfolios such as portfolio constraints, length of investment horizon and market conditions. We believe this paper is among the first to apply substantial empirical analysis of the portfolio diversification perspective on Islamic equity investments.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	4979/67449
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Islamic equity portfolio, portfolio diversification, efficient frontier, maximum Sharpe ratio, MGARCH-DCC, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance > HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance H Social Sciences > HG Finance > HG4501 Stocks, investment, speculation
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences > Department of Finance Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Nazrol Kamil Mustaffa Kamil
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2019 12:17
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2019 12:17
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/67449

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