Selectivity and market timing ability of fund managers : comparative analysis of Islamic and conventional HSBC Saudi mutual funds
Marwa Zouaoui
This paper empirically compares the market timing, the stock selection and the performance persistence of Islamic and conventional HSBC Saudi mutual funds by using monthly returns from April 2011 to December 2018. The data was grouped into five portfolios based on geographical investment basis (locally, Arab, internationally) and Sharia compliance (Islamic and conventional). The empirical results indicate that Islamic funds underperformed conventional funds internationally but not locally. Findings suggest that the market selectivity skills of managers in the Islamic funds are better than the conventional funds. In addition, only the managers of Saudi conventional funds investing internationally have a good market timing skills, thus, they are able to beat the market index by predicting its movements and buying and selling accordingly. Furthermore, this study gives a brief idea about the performance persistence of HSBC Saudi funds. The results confirm existence of the persistence performance when the funds do not apply Sharia law and when they are instead focused internationally.
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2019
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Authors: | Zouaoui, Marwa |
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International Journal of Financial Studies : open access journal. - Basel : MDPI, ISSN 2227-7072, ZDB-ID 2704235-2. - Vol. 7.2019, 3/48, p. 1-19
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Subject: | GARCH modeling | Islamic mutual funds | market timing | performance analysis | performance persistence | selectivity skills | Investmentfonds | Investment Fund | Anlageverhalten | Behavioural finance | Islamisches Finanzsystem | Islamic finance | Portfolio-Management | Portfolio selection |
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Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.3390/ijfs7030048 [DOI] hdl:10419/257646 [Handle] |
Classification: | G23 - Pension Funds; Other Private Financial Institutions ; G11 - Portfolio Choice ; G12 - Asset Pricing ; G10 - General Financial Markets. General ; C52 - Model Evaluation and Testing |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150279
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