Islamic or conventional mutual funds: Who has the upper hand? Evidence from Malaysia

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 42, Issue , 2017, Pages 183-192

  Boo, Yee Ling ^a   Ee, Mong Shan ^b   Li, Bob ^b   Rashid, Mamunur ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Jalan Broga University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asset class; Fund performance; Islamic mutual funds; Value at risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956644074     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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