Islamic banking in Singapore : need for a new set of accounting standards?

• Main Authors: Chiang, Rebecca Jen Yiin, Lim, Charissa Chor Ting, Zeng, Xinxuan
• Other Authors: Lee, Hon Sing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Banking
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10056
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper aims to identify if any significant difference(s) exist in bank performances among three categories of banks, namely pure Islamic, conventional and mixed banks, over the period 1999-2004. If so, whether such differences can be attributed to the unique characteristics of Islamic banking, a...