A comparative analysis of the performance of conventional and Islamic unit trust companies in Malaysia

International Journal of Managerial Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-47

  Saad, Norma Md ^a   Majid, M Shabri Abd ^a   Kassim, Salina ^a   Hamid, Zarinah ^a   Yusof, Rosylin Mohd ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Economic performance; Indexing; Islam; Malaysia; Unit trusts

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649104077     PISSN: 17439132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17439131011015779     Document Type: Article

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