RESEARCH

To Be The Knowledge Leader In Islamic Finance

OVERVIEW

Established in December 2005, the International Centre of Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) has been primarily established and entrusted by Bank Negara Malaysia to produce high quality human capital resources for the global Islamic finance industry. In line with its vision to be the knowledge leader in Islamic finance, INCEIF has showed extensive commitment to the arena of research since its foundation. Thus, in, the Research Management Centre was established.

INCEIF engages in research projects, book publications, journals and working paper series with internal and external individuals as well as industry experts. With a world-class resource centre, research outputs and publication of INCEIF are in-depth, insightful and practical. In brief, INCEIF’s RMC is a:

  • Source of avenue for Islamic finance research and support services
  • Supplier of educators and researchers
  • Promoter of knowledge transfer
  • Partner of collaborative projects
We also extend specialised and expert services to any interested parties.
Have any research ideas to share?
Contact us at: crp@inceif.org or 03-7651 4021

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH MANAGEMENT CENTRE

Prof. Dr. Baharom Abdul Hamid

The Department is currently headed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Baharom Abdul Hamid. Dr. Baharom joined INCEIF in 2015, as an associate professor of the School of Professional Studies (SPS). Prior to joining INCEIF, he worked as a lecturer in University Putra Malaysia (2008-2010) and served as associate professor in Taylor’s University for five years

He holds a PhD in International Economics from University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. His area of specialisation is Applied Macroeconomics, with strong interest in Economics of Crime, Natural Disaster and Military Expenditure

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      Is there a diversification "cost" of Shari'ah compliance? Empirical evidence from Malaysian equities

      Author: | Type: Journal Article Abstract: Islamic equity portfolios work with a smaller investment universe given the filtering of non Shari'ah compliant stocks. It has been theoretically argued that this culminates in suboptimal portfolio diversification, which in turn adversely a...
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      Islamic fintech and financial inclusion

      Author: | Type: Chapter in Book Abstract: The modern Islamic finance as an offshoot of financial engineering is the product of permissible innovation as a manifestation of the dynamism of Islam which allows for permanence and continued relevance of Islam in any age to come. Using t...
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      Determinants contributing to the primary market spread of securitization in Malaysia

      Author: | Type: Journal Article Abstract: During the year 1997, the Asian financial crisis disclosed the inherent weaknesses of the financial market in Asia. Organisations had an over-dependence to the banks as the primary sources of fund is one of the reasons why companies faced d...
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      The potential of fintech in enhancing the use of salam contract in Islamic banking

      Author: | Type: Journal Article Abstract: An Islamic banking system employs different Shariah contracts to develop and offers products and services in different jurisdictions. One of such contracts is salam which is a forward sale contract. This study aims to examine the practice o...