A comparative analysis of Islamic unit trust portfolio using value at risk methodologies / Farah Azaliney Mohd Amin ... [et al.]

Mohd Amin, Farah Azaliney and Ghazali, Nur Qamarina and Zainalbidin, Nursahira and Kamarudin, Nur Najwa Alia (2020) A comparative analysis of Islamic unit trust portfolio using value at risk methodologies / Farah Azaliney Mohd Amin ... [et al.]. Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE), 5 (2). pp. 12-22. ISSN 2550-1429

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Abstract

Islamic unit trust is a sunrise industry in the Malaysian capital market over the last decades to fulfill the demand from its Muslim investors. Muslim investors are only willing to invest their capital if the investment does not conflict with their religious beliefs, namely Islam. Previously, most of the studies focused to evaluate the performance of unit trust funds relative to the market as a whole. Meanwhile, it is also important for investors to accurately measure their downside risk because it is closely related to their future losses. Thus, Value at Risk (VaR) concept was introduced to calculate monthly risk for an Islamic unit trust portfolio using the three standard approaches which are Delta Normal, Historical Simulation and Monte Carlo Simulation. Results show that Monte Carlo Simulation is the best method to quantify risk exposure as the average Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) is the lowest compared to the other two methods. The findings also highlight the importance of embedding risk into investment analyses and provide insights to investors who are considering Shariah-compliant equity funds as a potential income-generating instrument. Therefore, financial consultants or fund managers can make informed decisions in setting up a well-diversified unit trust fund’s portfolio for their Muslim investors by applying the concept of VaR and its methodologies.

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Item Type: Article
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Mohd Amin, Farah Azaliney
farah525@uitm.edu.my
Ghazali, Nur Qamarina
UNSPECIFIED
Zainalbidin, Nursahira
UNSPECIFIED
Kamarudin, Nur Najwa Alia
UNSPECIFIED
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance
H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Trust services. Trust companies
H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance > Finance, Islamic
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Puncak Alam Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE)
ISSN: 2550-1429
Volume: 5
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 12-22
Keywords: Delta Normal, Historical Simulation, Islamic Unit trust
Date: December 2020
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40689
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