Identification of macroeconomic determinants for diversification and investment strategy for Islamic unit trust funds in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Othman, Anwar Hasan Abdullah, Abdul Aziz, Hassanuddeen, Kassim, Salina
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Emerald Publisher 2018
• Subjects: HG Finance; HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance; HG4501 Stocks, investment, speculation
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/65320/1/65320_Identification%20of%20macroeconomic.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65320/7/65320_Identification%20of%20macroeconomic%20determinants_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65320/12/65320%20Identification%20of%20macroeconomic%20determinants%20for%20diversification%20and%20investment%20strategy%20for%20Islamic%20unit%20trust%20funds%20in%20Malaysia_wos.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65320/; https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJoEM-03-2017-0074

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the role of selected macroeconomic variables in influencing the movement of Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Islamic Unit Trust Funds (UTFs) in Malaysia. In efforts to arrive at more enriching findings, the UTFs are further categorised into equity, bond, balan...