Dissertations for Finance
Dissertations for Finance
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Cryptocurrencies Price Forecast and Hedging Capabilities
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2023-02)Cryptocurrency is a new kind of investment recently emerged after being developed using blockchain technology, cryptocurrency price prediction is difficult due to its high volatility as this attracted many investors who ... -
Investment Accounts Practice in Oman’s Islamic Banks: A Comparative Study With AAOIFI’s Standards
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-05)Research Questions/Issue: What is the current practice of PSIAs in IBWs in Oman compared to AAOIFI’s standards? Purpose:The main purpose of this research is to reveal the PSIAs practice in Oman’s IBWs in comparison with ... -
Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in the UAE Islamic Banks: A Comparative Study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-05)Abstract This study aims to explore the corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure of Islamic banks in the United Arab Emirates. Many researches have been conducted in the area of CSR disclosure of Islamic banks all ... -
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Startups Business: Evidence form the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-12)Manuscript type: Empirical Research questions/Issue: How much did the COVID-19 pandemic had an effect on sales ? What was the impact on small & medium businesses ? Were there different results for small businesses than ... -
Crowdfunding Market in the UAE: Triangulation Study for the Success Factors in the Market
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-05)Crowdfunding is considered a new funding type in the UAE financial industry. It started to gain the attention as an emerging market that holds capitalization opportunities for SMEs and start-ups. Research has shown that ... -
The Impact of COVID-19 on Developed & Emerging Capital Markets: A Comparative Study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-03)Undoubtedly, the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has had extensive and severe effects among sectors, including financial markets. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of COVID-19 crisis on developed ... -
The Dynamic Conditional Correlation and Volatility Linkages between Green and Conventional Bonds: Empirical Evidence on a Global level.
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-11)This study aims at examining the dynamic conditional correlations and the volatility linkages between the green bonds and the conventional bonds market on a global level. The paper chooses the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global ... -
Benefits and Risks Associated with Financing through Issuance of Sukuk: Evidence from GCC Countries
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-10)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the benefits and the risks that are associated with the financing through Sukuk (Islamic bonds). In this regard, highlighting the benefits and limitation that are associated ... -
Determinants of Performance of Conventional and Islamic Banks in GCC
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-11)The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of internal and external variables on the performance of both Islamic banks and conventional banks in the GCC. The Internal variables include capital adequacy, asset ... -
International portfolio diversification from Russian investor viewpoint
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-04)As 1998 crisis consequence in Russian Federation, most of Russians lost confidence in investment products. Moreover, it made Russians reluctant to invest in the capital markets, they preferred to keep savings in bank ... -
The Mutual Fund Performance, Before, During, and After the Financial Crisis: Evidence from GCC Region
(The British University of Dubai (BUiD), 2020-06)Mutual fund is a pool of the investors’ money who share a common financial goal. Mutual fund offers an opportunity to invest in diversified, professionally managed basket of financial assets. Risk and performance assessment ... -
A Study on the Factors Affecting the Auto Indices of the Indian Stock Markets – An ARDL Cointegration Approach
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-05)The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between selected macroeconomic variables and auto indices of the two major Indian stock markets (viz. Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange) using monthly ... -
Risk Management in Islamic Banking
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-03)Risk management is an integral part of banks’ activities and the banking industry is generally considered one of the riskiest types of businesses. Therefore, the present study aims to examine the risk management practices ... -
Bank-Specific and Macroeconomic Determinants of Islamic Banks Profitability: The Case of GCC Countries
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-05)Generally, profitability for a business firm is the primary factor to survive. It helps the organization to grow, compete and remain attractive to investors as well as analysts. The purpose of the present study is to ... -
The new accounting standard IFRS 9 and its impact on how banks should provision for credit losses
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-11)On Jan, 2018 the new accounting standard International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9) was implemented aiming in simplifying calculation of impairment and other financial measurements. The aim of this study is to ... -
The Determinants of the Performance of Commercial Banks Industry Evidence of Listed Commercial Banks at ADX
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-10)I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the support and encouragement of numerous people whose contributions were important for me along the period of master program. The greatest goes to my God who enable me ... -
The impact of sovereign rating changes on equity markets: The Case of GCC countries
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-06)This study investigates how GCC stock markets react to a change in the domestic currency sovereign credit ratings. This paper makes use of an event study with an underlying market model. The sovereign ratings and stock ... -
RISK- RETURN ANALYSIS
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-11)The study presents the influence of defensive investment strategies on shareholder earnings and focuses on the use of anti-takeover approaches and their effect on the stocks of involved companies. The purposive sampling ... -
Capital structure in the Airline Industry – An Empirical study of determinants of capital structure
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-11)In the business environment, decisions that are associated with the capital structure are very critical in nature. The strategic team of an organization is mainly involved in analyzing the appropriate capital structure for ... -
An analysis of important market risk that international bank face
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-02)International banking can be beneficial, especially about developing a stable financial system. However, the international banking system also faces major problems. This paper attempts to identify market risks that exist ...
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