Islamic Capital Markets

Nafis Alam is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia. He has been involved in academia related to Islamic finance for nearly a decade. He has co-authored three books in Islamic finance, among them is an Encyclopaedia of Islamic Finance.Syed Aun R. Rizvi is an Assistant Professor of Islamic finance at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia. He received his doctorate in Islamic finance from the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, Malaysia. He has considerable industry experience in fund management, as well as a diverse teaching and research background. His research focuses on capital markets in Islamic and emerging economies.

• Chapter 1: Islamic Capital Market Research: Past Trends and Future Considerations; Syed Aun R. Rizvi and Nafis Alam.- Chapter 2: The Determinants of Islamic Equity Fund Performance: A Global Evidence; Wajahat Azmi and Mohsin Ali.- Chapter 3: On Sukuk Insolvencies: A Case Study of East Cameron Partner; Najeed Zada, Ahcene Lahsana and Muhammad Yousaf Saleem.- Chapter 4: The Relationship Between Islamic Stock Markets and Business Cycles: A Regional Persepctive.- Chapter 5: Islamic Money Market: Contracts, Instruments and Their Pricing; Buerhan Saiti, Asnan Hasan and Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku Ali.- Chapter 6: Exploring Efficiency, Co-Integration, Causality, Volatility Clustering in Unrestricted and Islamic Portfolios; Salman Ahmed Saikh, Muhammad Hakimi Mohd. Shafiai, Abdul Ghafar Ismail and Mohd Adib Ismail.