IMPACT OF DERIVATIVES USER ON FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE OF SHARI’AH COMPLIANT FIRMS

Authors

  • Zaminor Zamzamir Zamzamin University of Malaysia Kelantan
  • Razali Haron International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Zatul Karamah Ahmad Baharul Ulum University of Sultan Azlan Shah
  • Anwar Hasan Abdullah Othman Independent Researcher

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33736/ijbs.5594.2023

Keywords:

Risk management, derivative, hedging, firm performance, user and non-user, Shari’ah-compliant firms

Abstract

The study examined the impact of derivatives usage on the performance of Shari'ah-compliant firms in Malaysia. The study employed a Generalised Method-of-Moment estimator (System-GMM) on a set of panel data from 2012 to 2017. A paired sample t-test for mean difference and a Wilcoxon Signed-ranks test was performed to examine the performance difference between users and non-users of derivatives. The study provided strong evidence of a significant difference in performance between users and non-users of derivatives. Moreover, the study observed better performance among derivative users than non-derivative users. The findings enriched the current Islamic financial market literature and contributed to a better understanding of the hedging activities among Shari’ah-compliant firms. The study offered new evidence on risk management using derivatives in the Islamic financial market.

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2023-04-07

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Zamzamir Zamzamin, Z., Haron, R., Zatul Karamah Ahmad Baharul Ulum, & Anwar Hasan Abdullah Othman. (2023). IMPACT OF DERIVATIVES USER ON FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE OF SHARI’AH COMPLIANT FIRMS. International Journal of Business and Society, 24(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.33736/ijbs.5594.2023