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. 2021 Oct 4;77:276–295. doi: 10.1016/j.iref.2021.09.019

Table 4.

Risk Adjusted Performance Islamic vs. Conventional Funds.

Complete Period (Jan 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021) Adjusted Share Ratio
Sortino Ratio
Jensen's Alpha
Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv.
Malaysia 0.7326 ** −0.1200 ** 0.5799 ** −0.0170 ** 0.0283 ** −0.0273 ***
Pakistan 0.5576 *** −0.3566 ** 0.3641 *** −0.1589 *** 0.0568 ** −0.0122 **
Saudi Arabia 0.6453 ** −0.0191 ** 0.6274 ** −0.0163 ** 0.0246 ** −0.0514 **
Qatar 0.4811 ** 0.0155 *** 0.3539 ** 0.0035 *** 0.0374 ** −0.0289 **
Kuwait 0.5684 ** 0.1496 *** 0.2819 ** 0.0465 *** 0.0515 ** −0.0105 **
UAE
0.3811
**
0.1391
***
0.2601
**
0.0073
**
0.0509
**
0.0128
**
Adjusted Share Ratio Sortino Ratio Jensen's Alpha
Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv.
Malaysia 0.9783 ** 0.0266 ** 0.7975 ** 0.0164 ** 0.0592 ** 0.0381 **
Pakistan 0.7432 ** 0.0817 ** 0.4682 ** 0.0574 ** 0.0740 *** 0.0021 **
Saudi Arabia 0.8342 ** 0.0321 ** 0.6717 ** 0.0293 * 0.0648 ** 0.0492 ***
Qatar 0.6050 ** 0.0136 ** 0.4257 ** 0.0103 ** 0.0472 ** 0.0215 ***
Kuwait 0.7319 ** 0.1018 ** 0.4503 ** 0.0626 ** 0.0729 ** 0.0330 **
UAE
0.6668
***
0.1446
**
0.4354
**
0.1001
***
0.0569
***
0.0231
**
Adjusted Share Ratio Sortino Ratio Jensen's Alpha
Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv.
Malaysia 0.0174 ** −0.3053 ** 0.0159 ** −0.2297 *** 0.0477 ** −0.0295 ***
Pakistan 0.0422 ** −0.3633 ** 0.0300 *** −0.2293 ** 0.0507 ** −0.0130 **
Saudi Arabia 0.0919 ** −0.8749 ** 0.0759 ** −0.5381 ** 0.0434 ** −0.0548 **
Qatar 0.0764 *** −0.0717 *** 0.0629 *** −0.0497 ** 0.0353 * −0.0310 **
Kuwait 0.0816 ** −0.0741 ** 0.0654 * −0.0368 ** 0.0401 *** −0.0111 **
UAE
0.0991
**
−0.0424
**
0.0610
**
−0.0298
*
0.0432
***
0.0053
**
Adjusted Share Ratio Sortino Ratio Jensen's Alpha
Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv.
Malaysia 0.0218 ** −0.0197 ** 0.0141 ** −0.0159 ** 0.0507 *** −0.0104 **
Pakistan 0.0507 ** −0.0540 ** 0.0375 ** −0.0370 ** 0.0543 ** −0.0034 **
Saudi Arabia 0.1016 *** 0.0212 ** 0.0975 ** 0.0142 * 0.0473 *** −0.0022 ***
Qatar 0.0994 *** 0.0085 ** 0.0791 * 0.0063 ** 0.0380 ** 0.0063 **
Kuwait 0.0932 ** 0.0694 ** 0.0603 ** 0.0382 ** 0.0426 ** 0.0039 **
UAE
0.1493
**
0.0428
***
0.1088
***
0.0325
*
0.0461
**
0.0014
***
Adjusted Share Ratio Sortino Ratio Jensen's Alpha
Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv.
Malaysia 0.0223 ** −0.0177 ** 0.0154 ** −0.0176 ** 0.0548 *** −0.0094 **
Pakistan 0.0519 ** −0.0486 ** 0.0410 ** −0.0481 ** 0.0587 ** −0.0030 **
Saudi Arabia 0.1040 *** 0.0191 ** 0.1064 ** 0.0189 * 0.0512 *** −0.0020 ***
Qatar 0.1018 *** 0.0076 ** 0.0864 * 0.0076 ** 0.0410 ** 0.0057 **
Kuwait 0.0954 ** −0.0624 ** 0.0658 ** −0.0618 ** 0.0461 ** 0.0035 **
UAE
0.1528
**
0.0385
***
0.1187
***
0.0381
*
0.0499
**
0.0013
***
Adjusted Share Ratio Sortino Ratio Jensen's Alpha
Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv.
Malaysia 0.0279 ** 0.0146 ** 0.0258 ** 0.0015 ** 0.0558 *** −0.0084 **
Pakistan 0.0625 ** 0.0357 ** 0.0577 ** 0.0036 ** 0.0598 ** −0.0027 **
Saudi Arabia 0.1149 *** 0.0140 ** 0.1062 ** 0.0014 * 0.0521 *** −0.0018 ***
Qatar 0.1324 *** 0.0053 ** 0.1223 * 0.0005 ** 0.0418 ** −0.0051 **
Kuwait 0.1090 ** 0.0473 ** 0.1007 ** 0.0047 ** 0.0469 ** 0.0032 **
UAE
0.2303
**
0.0428
***
0.2127
***
0.0043
*
0.0508
**
0.0012
***
Adjusted Share Ratio Sortino Ratio Jensen's Alpha
Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv. Islamic Conv.
Malaysia 0.0350 ** 0.0131 ** 0.0332 ** 0.0105 ** 0.0569 *** −0.0069 **
Pakistan 0.0752 ** 0.0321 ** 0.0715 ** 0.0257 ** 0.0610 ** −0.0022 **
Saudi Arabia 0.1271 *** 0.0126 ** 0.1207 ** 0.0101 * 0.0531 *** −0.0015 ***
Qatar 0.1723 *** 0.0048 ** 0.1637 * 0.0038 ** 0.0426 ** −0.0042 **
Kuwait 0.1245 ** −0.0425 ** 0.1183 ** −0.0340 ** 0.0478 ** 0.0026 **
UAE 0.3471 ** 0.0428 *** 0.3297 *** 0.0342 * 0.0518 ** 0.0010 ***

*** represents significance at 1%, ** at 5% and * at 10%.