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Doing well while doing good: the case of Islamic and sustainability equity investing
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Date
2016
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Abstract
Sustainability trends present risks and opportunities for companies and various stakeholders. Profits can be derived from doing good: Islamic sustainability equity in vesting offers competitive risk-return profiles at the levels of individual asset and portfolio of global assets particularly during economic expansion, equity bullish and subprime crisis periods. Islamic finance industry should proactively drive main stream sustainability investing.
Keywords
Islamic finance , Sustainability , Capital markets , Dow Jones Sustainability Indices , Dow Jones Islamic Market Sustainability Index
Citation
Ng, A. B. K., Naeem Azmi, C. W., Dewandaru, G., & Nagayev, R. (2016, December 8-9). Doing well while doing good: the case of Islamic and sustainability equity investing. [Paper presentation]. 2nd Annual Symposium on Islamic Finance, Rabat, Morocco.