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Islamic Finance II

A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Banking and Finance".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 20455

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Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti

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Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3108, Australia
Interests: oil prices; stocks; forecasting; copula; DCC models; wavelets; financial econometrics
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Dr. Naseem Al Rahahleh

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Department of Finance, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Interests: islamic finance; market integration andefficiency; behavioral finance; derivatives; market microstructure

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The objective of this Special Issue is to consolidate rigorous research work focusing on risk management in Islamic finance. While Islamic finance traditionally carries a disposition towards legal matters, recent strides in its implementation and research have made it accessible to contemporary economic and financial theory. Academic works, such as those of El-Gamal (2008), Jobst (2009), and Ariff et al. (2012), have highlighted that Islamic finance securities (IFSs) have unique characteristics that can render conventional financial approaches inadequate. For example, one of the characteristics of Ṣukūk is that it must be backed by real economic assets and is subject to specific trading constraints. Alam et al. (2018) look into the possibility of such characteristics affecting issuer default using value-at-risk techniques, whereas Samsuddin et al. (2011) consider the applicability of the more sophisticated Merton model of default risk.

Other academic works focus on the role of Islamic law in defining Islamic financial practices, whether by analysing its mechanisms or implications. Examples include the universe of assets implied by Islamic law as in Derigs and Marzban (2008), strategies implied by said characterisation as in Derigs and Marzban (2009), and applications of Islamic law as a norm to corporate finance as in Basov and Bhatti (2013). There are also works such as Klein et al. (2017) and Khawaja et al. (2018), which analyze the behavior of IFS issuers and investors.

Prospective papers would be focused on risk-related topics such as identifying risks unique to Islamic finance and especially rigorous risk-management strategies. However, we do note that the types of risks encompassed by the Islamic finance literature is quite broad, including things such as Sharī`ah risk. Therefore, a discussion of topics such as how the distribution of financial practices adopted can affect certain financial variables would also be considered.

References

Alam, N., Bhatti, M. I., & Wong, J. T. F. 2018. Assessing Sukuk defaults using value-at-risk techniques. Managerial Finance, https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-05-2018-0218

Ariff, M., Iqbal, M., & Mohamad, S. (Eds.). 2012. The Islamic Debt Market for Sukuk Securities: The Theory and Practice of Profit Sharing Investment. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham.

Derigs, U. & Marzban, S. 2008. Review and analysis of current Shariah-compliant equity screening practices. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 285-303.

Derigs, U. & Marzban, S. 2009. New strategies and a new paradigm for Shariah-compliant portfolio optimization. Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 1166-1176.

El-Gamal, M.A. 2008. Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice. Cambridge University Press, New York.

Jobst, A. A. 2009. Islamic Securitization After the Subprime Crisis. The Journal of Structured Finance, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 41-57.

Khawaja, Mohsin and Bhatti, M. Ishaq and Ashraf, Dawood and Henry, Darren, The Role of Ownership and Governance Structure in Raising Capital: An International Study. 9th Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Governance (FMCG) 2018, organised by the La Trobe University Business School on January 15, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3102108

Klein, P.-O., Turk, R., Weill, L., 2017. Religiosity vs. well-being e ects on investor behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 138, 50-62.

Samsuddin, S., Tafri, F. H., Nawawi, A. H. M. & Aziz, N. A. 2011. Measuring the Default Risk of Sukuk Holders for Shariah Compliance Companies in Malaysia: Using Merton’s Model with Maximum Likelihood Estimator. Paper presented at the 2011 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications, IEEE, Langkawi, 25-28 September 2011.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti
Dr. Naseem Al Rahahleh
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Keywords

  • Islamic finance
  • Securitisation
  • Risk Management
  • Financial management
  • Behavioural finance
  • Insurance/Takaful
  • Contract theory/ Mechanism design in Islamic finance

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Waste Bank-Socio-Economic Empowerment Nexus in Indonesia: The Stance of Maqasid al-Shariʻah
by Miftahorrozi Miftahorrozi, Shabeer Khan and Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2022, 15(7), 294; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15070294 - 30 Jun 2022
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With the rapid increase of waste throughout the country, the government of Indonesia has enacted regulations targeting waste reduction using religious sentiment. This is employed in Malang City’s “Waste Bank of Malang” (WBM). This study aims to analyze the impact of [...] Read more.
With the rapid increase of waste throughout the country, the government of Indonesia has enacted regulations targeting waste reduction using religious sentiment. This is employed in Malang City’s “Waste Bank of Malang” (WBM). This study aims to analyze the impact of waste banks on socio-economic progress, and to assess their efficacy in accomplishing this objective from the Maqasid al-Shariʻah perspective. The research employs a descriptive qualitative approach and uses both primary and secondary data sources. This study found that the operation of WBM contributes considerably to the community’s economic and social well-being. Likewise, the WBM has successfully managed waste by reducing, reusing, and recycling it as it is collected from customers. The customers receive financial incentives from the waste bank in return for providing recycled waste to a specialized firm under a profit-sharing (PLS) contract. As per the findings of the study, the rationale of the waste bank aligns with the Maqasid al-Shariʻah and the Islamic finance contract of PLS arrangements. Full article
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Bank Risk-Taking and Legal Origin: What Do We Know about Dual Banking Economies?
by Mohsin Ali, Nafis Alam, Mudeer Ahmed Khattak and Wajahat Azmi
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2022, 15(5), 224; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15050224 - 19 May 2022
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This paper investigates the relationship between legal origin and banks’ risk-taking behavior. We employ GMM to study a sample of both Islamic and conventional banks from 14 dual banking economies from 2005–2018. Our findings can be summarized as follows: (a) bank risk-taking and [...] Read more.
This paper investigates the relationship between legal origin and banks’ risk-taking behavior. We employ GMM to study a sample of both Islamic and conventional banks from 14 dual banking economies from 2005–2018. Our findings can be summarized as follows: (a) bank risk-taking and legal origin are negatively related in our sample countries, (b) Islamic banks are more stable in English law (common) countries, and (c) bank regulations have a differential effect on Islamic and the conventional banks. Our overall findings align with the dark side of the legal framework, indicating a robust legal framework to encourage bank risk-taking. The results have several implications for shareholders, regulators, and other key stakeholders. Full article
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Issues in Islamic Derivatives and Proposals for Reforms in the OTC Market in Indonesia
by Romi Adetio Setiawan
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2022, 15(5), 222; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15050222 - 18 May 2022
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This paper aims to propose reforms to develop the Islamic derivatives transactions in Indonesia’s over-the-counter (OTC) market. It is argued that the use of derivatives instruments is considered non-sharia compliant by the National Sharia Board (NSB) of the Indonesian Council of Ulama. However, [...] Read more.
This paper aims to propose reforms to develop the Islamic derivatives transactions in Indonesia’s over-the-counter (OTC) market. It is argued that the use of derivatives instruments is considered non-sharia compliant by the National Sharia Board (NSB) of the Indonesian Council of Ulama. However, other Ulamas had adopted a different approach in discussing the issues of derivatives contracts. Standard doctrinal and comparative approaches are employed in this discursive qualitative analysis using an extensive review of the literature from primary and secondary sources to collect the data on Islamic derivatives in the OTC market. This research concludes with two proposals for Islamic derivatives in the OTC market in Indonesia; first, the use of musawamah (sale without revealing the cost) in the swap, al-khiyar (the right to make choice) in option, ju’alah (commission) in future contracts, and wa’ad (a promise) in option can further boost the investors in the OTC market. Second, the Islamic scholars should be softening towards the decision of using derivatives instruments in Indonesia. Such as in the case of the forward agreements, which should be exempted from non-sharia compliance, provided they are used solely for reducing risk due to necessity in al-tahawuth lil hajah al-massah (sharia-compliant genuine hedging needs). Full article
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Due Diligence and Risk Alleviation in Innovative Ventures—An Alternative Investment Model from Islamic Finance
by Shahzadah Nayyar Jehan
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2021, 14(6), 276; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14060276 - 18 Jun 2021
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Risk is a big concern for anyone contemplating investing in new, especially innovative ventures. However, if successful, the returns can be extraordinary, serving as an impetus for many venture capitalists to provide greater funding. Still, many new ventures never see the end of [...] Read more.
Risk is a big concern for anyone contemplating investing in new, especially innovative ventures. However, if successful, the returns can be extraordinary, serving as an impetus for many venture capitalists to provide greater funding. Still, many new ventures never see the end of the tunnel, and success stories are scant. The venture capital market is growing, yet many investors feel on edge when investing in new and innovative ventures. This paper is based on field survey data to evaluate the importance of risk and return components of an alternative venture investment approach called diminishing Musharakah (DM). DM has roots in Islamic modes of investment that are more suited for ventures with a higher risk profile. This paper focuses on four key ingredients, i.e., due diligence (DD), flexibility (Flex), moral hazard reduction (MHR), and risk reduction (RR) inherent in this mode of investment. All these components contribute towards the end goal of any investment, i.e., value enhancement (VE). DM is based on investment modes approved by Islamic law, called Shariah, and Islamic jurisprudence, called Fiqh. The analysis and the paper’s results show that the proposed model is perceived as flexible enough to accommodate a wide variety of investment possibilities. The model carries the potential to encourage venture investment through various stages of growth of a venture. The findings are based on original perception data through a field survey across a broad spectrum of banking users who were interested in alternative and Islamic modes of investment. Findings and analysis of the survey data strongly support our connotations. We propose that the Shariah-based investment model presented in this paper will bring a vast new market into play, i.e., the Islamic money market, thus providing greater venture financing possibilities. As a result, we hope that the number of successful venture investment projects will significantly increase over time as we put the proposed investment model into use. Full article
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Impact of Audit Committee Quality on the Financial Performance of Conventional and Islamic Banks
by Achraf Haddad, Anis El Ammari and Abdelfattah Bouri
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2021, 14(4), 176; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14040176 - 12 Apr 2021
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A lot of previous research studied the relationship between audit committee quality and the financial performance of conventional banks before and during the subprime crisis, whereas some other investigations analyzed the same association in the framework of Islamic banks. However, no study has [...] Read more.
A lot of previous research studied the relationship between audit committee quality and the financial performance of conventional banks before and during the subprime crisis, whereas some other investigations analyzed the same association in the framework of Islamic banks. However, no study has compared these two correlations either before, during, or after the subprime crisis. Several reasons explain the differences, such as the audit committee quality of each bank type, the evaluation method of the financial performance, the research peculiarities, the methodology, the data, and the interpretation. This research aims to compare the impacts of the audit committees’ quality on the financial performance of Islamic and conventional banks between 2010 and 2019. The financial performance measures and audit committees’ determinants of the conventional and Islamic banks concerned 112 banks of each type. The collected data covered four continents: America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Impacts were compared by using the Generalized Least Squares analysis. The results showed that the audit committee reduced the profitability of two bank types. Moreover, it harmed the conventional banks’ efficiency but reported an unclear effect within Islamic banks. Even so, we noticed that the audit committee had a positive impact on the conventional banks’ liquidity, while the same effect was apparently ambiguous for the Islamic banks’ liquidity. For solvency, the audit committee positively influenced conventional banks while it affected that of Islamic banks. Full article
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