Browsing Dissertations for Finance by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Investment strategy of residential properties in different geographies from a financial perspective
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Investor psychology: a study of investors’ overconfidence in Dubai financial market, UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-05)"The economist may attempt to ignore psychology, but it is sheer impossibility for him to ignore human nature. If the economist borrows his conception of man from psychologist, his constructive work may have some chance ... -
Islamic Banking and Finance (IBF): Challenges of Putting Theory into Practice, and their Implications for the Long-Term Viability of IBF
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-06)Islamic banking and Finance (IBF) has been in existence for over two decades, and has seen it evolve into a formidable sector in the global financial system. However, this has not been without challenges, not least, winning ... -
Liquidity Risk Management: A Comparative Study between Islamic and Conventional banks of United Kingdom
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-05)According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islamic banking is one of the fastest growing segments in the financial industry tracking a 10-15% growth over the past decade. One of the most important countries to ... -
Macroeconomic Conditions and Soundness of UAE Banking Sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-04)Using a panel data for 19 UAE national banks covering the period 2005-2010, this research analyzes the impact of selected macroeconomic and bank-specific variables on financial soundness indicators (FSIs) related to banks. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Operational risk management under Basel ll - A case of UAE banks
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-05)This thesis examines the ORM process in UAE banks in the light of Basel II Accord. The research also dwells into the concept of operational risk management with detailed study of the nature and characteristics of operational ... -
Outperforming Emerging Market Securities Using Simple Technical Strategy (United Arab Emirates, Brazil, and Indonesian Stock Markets)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-04)The Dissertation made is to examine whether the technical analysis used in the emerging market can be profitable or not. Also if such way of analysis is proven successful, what is the proper way that such analysis should ... -
Profitability of Momentum and Overreaction Trading Strategies in Switzerland Stock Market
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-06)Following available literatures on overreaction hypothesis and momentum effect, this research examines the profitability of contrarian and momentum strategies within large cap/blue-chip stocks of Switzerland financial ... -
The Relationship between Supply Chain Fit and Financial Performance of Manufacturing Firms in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-04)Inventory Management is the key part of any organization’s supply chain and it plays a critical role in the supply chain’s efficiency, effectiveness, responsiveness, decisions, and success. The relationship between the ... -
revisiting credit risk assessment of SMEs
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-04)With credit decisions being defined as increasingly important and crucial decisions in today’s business environment, affecting entire life-span of a business, failure results in high costs for firms, society and economy ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The role of SMEs in a global economy: A comparative analysis with large corporates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-06)This paper reveals the importance of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in their economies worldwide. It will illustrate the influences caused by some SMEs operating in four major economies including USA, Germany, ... -
A smiling tree: an empirical evaluation on binomial tree methods for local volatility model
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-09)This study compares between the standard Black-Scholes model and two local volatility models of implied binomial trees for PowerShare index options with regards to the pricing accuracy when evaluated against actual market ... -
State of Global Financial Crime In-depth Analysis on GCC Countries
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-03)Financial crime has been present ever since business and trade have started; however, the issue of financial crime was only dealt with ex post facto. In the last few years, particularly after the 2007 global economic crisis, ... -
A study of Risk Management in the United Arab Emirates Banking Industry
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-04)Purpose- This research is an attempt to discuss risk management and its importance to the fundamental operation of banks in UAE & whether the Basel II agreement is still relevant in the current financial crisis, and whether ...