Islamic Unit Trust Funds as Ethical Funds in Malaysia

This paper discusses the development of ethical funds and the Islamic funds in Malaysia and evaluates how the investment criteria of ethical funds coincide with the investment perspective of the Islamic fund or vice versa. This study selected two ethical funds and analysed the investment criteria...

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Main Authors: Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli, Mohd Azlan Shah Zaidi
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2012
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spelling my.usim-53372015-03-02T02:26:22Z Islamic Unit Trust Funds as Ethical Funds in Malaysia Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli Mohd Azlan Shah Zaidi Ethical unit trust funds Islamic unit trust funds Investment Performance This paper discusses the development of ethical funds and the Islamic funds in Malaysia and evaluates how the investment criteria of ethical funds coincide with the investment perspective of the Islamic fund or vice versa. This study selected two ethical funds and analysed the investment criteria of both funds to determine the similarities and differences between ethical and Islamic funds. Data were collected from the fund manager master prospectus and annual report in various years. The findings suggest that an ethical fund cannot be regarded as an Islamic fund but an Islamic fund can be considered as an ethical fund . 2012-02-21T07:58:58Z 2012-02-21T07:58:58Z 2005 Article 1823075X http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5337 en Vol 1, No.2 2005; Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
institution Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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country Malaysia
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language English
topic Ethical unit trust funds
Islamic unit trust funds
Investment
Performance
spellingShingle Ethical unit trust funds
Islamic unit trust funds
Investment
Performance
Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli
Mohd Azlan Shah Zaidi
Islamic Unit Trust Funds as Ethical Funds in Malaysia
description This paper discusses the development of ethical funds and the Islamic funds in Malaysia and evaluates how the investment criteria of ethical funds coincide with the investment perspective of the Islamic fund or vice versa. This study selected two ethical funds and analysed the investment criteria of both funds to determine the similarities and differences between ethical and Islamic funds. Data were collected from the fund manager master prospectus and annual report in various years. The findings suggest that an ethical fund cannot be regarded as an Islamic fund but an Islamic fund can be considered as an ethical fund .
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author Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli
Mohd Azlan Shah Zaidi
author_facet Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli
Mohd Azlan Shah Zaidi
author_sort Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli
title Islamic Unit Trust Funds as Ethical Funds in Malaysia
title_short Islamic Unit Trust Funds as Ethical Funds in Malaysia
title_full Islamic Unit Trust Funds as Ethical Funds in Malaysia
title_fullStr Islamic Unit Trust Funds as Ethical Funds in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Islamic Unit Trust Funds as Ethical Funds in Malaysia
title_sort islamic unit trust funds as ethical funds in malaysia
publisher Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
publishDate 2012
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5337
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