International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 7 Issue 3

Derivative products and innovation in Islamic finance: A hybrid tool for risk-sharing options

Seng Kiong Kok, Gianluigi Giorgioni, Jason Laws

– The purpose of this paper is to highlight the possibility of structuring an Islamic option which includes an element of risk sharing as opposed to risk transfer.

Value of analyst recommendations: Evidence from the MENA region

Omar Farooq, Latifa Id Ali

– The purpose of this paper is to document performance of analysts’ recommendations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the period between 1999 and 2010.

A comparative analysis of the implications of the Islamic religion on corporate capital structures of firms in emerging market countries

Theresa Gunn, Joshua Shackman

– The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the Muslim religion on firm capital structure.

Perception of Nigerian Muslim account holders in conventional banks toward Islamic banking products

Kabiru Jinjiri Ringim

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of perception of a Muslim account holder in a conventional bank toward Islamic banking products and to determine the…

Assessing the bank profitability in the MENA region: A comparative analysis between conventional and Islamic bank

Rim Ben Selma Mokni, Houssem Rachdi

– Which of the banking stream is relatively more profitable in Middle Eastern and North Africa (MENA) region?

Opinion of the zakat recipients on their food security: a case study on Bangladesh

Kazi Tanvir Mahmud, M. Kabir Hassan, Md. Ferdous Alam, Kazi Sohag, Farhana Rafiq

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of zakat fund on the food expenditure of the households to assess the impact of zakat fund on the agricultural production of the…

Corporate governance of Islamic banks: A comparative study between GCC and Southeast Asia countries

Rihab Grassa, Hamadi Matoussi

This paper aims to understand the current governance practices and governance structure of Islamic banks (IBs) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Southeast Asia countries with…

Editor’s Notes

M. Kabir Hassan