Sukuk and Bond Puzzle: An Analysis with Characteristics Matched Portfolios

Mohammed  Hossain; Md Hamid  Uddin; Sarkar Kabir

doi:10.1080/1540496X.2019.1706478

Sukuk and Bond Puzzle: An Analysis with Characteristics Matched Portfolios

Mohammed Hossain, Md Hamid Uddin, Sarkar Kabir

School of Economics, Finance and Accounting

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Abstract

A sukuk is an Islamic financial asset structured to offer investors a cash flow equivalent to that of a bond. The difference between them is in their contractual mechanism: a bond constitutes a lender–borrower relationship between the holders and issuers whereas a sukuk constitutes a lessor-lessee, buyer-seller, or a partnership relationship. Therefore, we examine whether they are different assets in terms of their return and risk profile. Given the difference between them, it is also important to identify what drives sukuk returns. The study finds that sukuk returns are insignificantly different from those of bonds but have significantly higher risk. However, we find that sukuk investors are not sufficiently compensated for the higher risk. Overall, our study finds that sukuks’ market performance is unrelated to bond market performance, but the market performance of the industry in which the sukuk-financed project originates has a significant effect on sukuk performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3792-3817
Number of pages	26
Journal	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
Volume	57
Issue number	13
Early online date	4 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2019.1706478
Publication status	Published - 2021

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Emerging Markets Finance and Trade on 04/01/2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1540496X.2019.1706478

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Keywords

Conventional bond
G10
G12
industry performance
sukuk
sukuk performance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

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