A comparative analysis of financial performance of Islamic banks vis-à-vis conventional banks: evidence from Pakistan

Corporate Governance Practices in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis between Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks

Corporate governance (CG) is an important effort to ensure accountability and responsibility and is a set of principles, which should be incorporated into every part of the organization. This study focused on the state of Corporate Governance (CG) in two categories of the banking industries: Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks. As Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks differ a great deal in the...

Comparative Study on Performance of Islamic Banks and Conventional Banks in GCC region

Islamic banking is considered as alternative to conventional banking. It focuses on profit/loss and risk sharing, than interest based deposit/lending followed in conventional banking. Conventional Banking cherishes a long history while Islamic banking gained importance in last few decades. The study review and compare performance of conventional banks and Islamic banks operating in GCC region d...

Comparative study of risk management practices of Islamic versus conventional banks in Pakistan

Impact of Global Financial Crisis on the Performance of Islamic and Conventional Banks: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia

This study aims to conduct a comparative analysis on the impact of the 2007/2008global financial crisis on the Islamic and conventional banks in Malaysia. Three performance indicators, namely profitability, liquidity and credit risk of the banking institutions are being considered. The study covers a five-year period from 2006 to 2010, and divides the sample period into before, during, and afte...

Measuring the Performance of Islamic Banks by Adapting Conventional Ratios

One consequence of the current financial crisis is that many countries began to reevaluate their financial systems and recognize its flaws and drawbacks. They also began the search for alternative systems for their economies; one of the proposed systems is the current Islamic financial model. This model is still in its infancy and many modifications and additions are required. It also lacks the...