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The Investment Performance of U.S. Islamic Mutual Funds

2020

Islamic investment funds have become increasingly important because of high demand from many investors, including those outside the Muslim investment community. This article compares the performance and risk sensitivity of Islamic mutual funds in the United States with that of their conventional peers. This article also analyzes the performance of Islamic funds, and compares this performance with that of socially responsible investment (SRI) mutual funds. Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)-based methodology was used for the analysis. The results suggest that over the entire study period (1987&ndash

ethical investinglcsh:TJ807-830Geography Planning and Developmentlcsh:Renewable energy sourcesMonetary economicsManagement Monitoring Policy and Law:CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS [UNESCO]Socially responsible investment0502 economics and businessEconomicsCapital asset pricing model050207 economicsInvestment performancelcsh:Environmental scienceslcsh:GE1-350050208 financeRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentlcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants05 social sciencesUNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICASIslamBuilding and Constructionislamic mutual fundsInvestment (macroeconomics)performance evaluationrisk-adjusted performancelcsh:TD194-195socially responsible investmentsSustainability
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The difficulty of applying exclusion criteria in ethical portfolios

2018

A main problem for socially responsible investors is deciding which companies should be included in their investment portfolio. Small investors may decide not to invest in companies they know are not behaving responsibly. Therefore, discredited companies will not be included in their portfolios, as they will understand those companies cannot be defined as ethical. To implement this procedure properly and apply it to big portfolios is a complex exercise which requires big amounts of information and the problems faced by investors applying such exclusion criteria to select their portfolio.

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Socially Responsible Investing in ”High-Net-Worth” Asset Management Firms in Canada: An Exploratory Study

2007

Socially responsible investing (SRI) is an increasingly well-known investment strategy. However, in most nations, SRI is not mainstream practice. This paper investigates perceptions of SRI amongst investment professionals from “high-net-worth” investment firms in Toronto, Canada. Existing corporate practices in relation to stock selection and client relations are documented, in order to assess how these practices might facilitate or prevent SRI. Views of SRI, and its current and potential future role in investment practice, were also explored. Results suggest that, while awareness of SRI has increased in recent years, it has not become accepted practice in high-net-worth investment firms. T…

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