Time varying connectedness and volatility spillover among Shariah compliant indices

dc.contributor.advisorSayed, Ayesha
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Zeenat
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-19T12:19:14Z
dc.date.available2025-09-19T12:19:14Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2025-09-19T08:23:59Z
dc.description.abstractShariah-compliant investing is a subset of the conventional financial market; it follows certain faith-based principles and is also seen as a subset of ESG investing. This study seeks to identify the net transmitters and receivers of volatility within the Shariah compliant equity markets of the US, Europe, Canada, Japan, the UK, Asia Pacific, and South Africa. Using several shariah-compliant Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) indices as well as the shariah-compliant JSE Top 40 index, data is collected from Bloomberg for the period of 22 September 2003 to 31 March 2023. The study employs the dynamic connectedness approach to investigate time-varying interdependence and volatility spillover among the indices during periods of economic crises. The results show that during economic crises, the volatility spillover between the shariah-compliant indices decreases significantly. Therefore, we conclude that shariah compliant indices decouple from each other during economic crises. Additional results show that the DJIM US index is the dominant net transmitter of volatility, while the DJIM Japan index is the main receiver of volatility spillover within the network. This study contributes to the academic literature by including an index from the South African market, incorporating a new methodology, and finally extending the period to incorporate the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The results have implications for individual and institutional investors active in the ESG environment and for the development of shariah-compliant investing.
dc.identifier.apacitationPatel, Z. (2025). <i>Time varying connectedness and volatility spillover among Shariah compliant indices</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41882en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPatel, Zeenat. <i>"Time varying connectedness and volatility spillover among Shariah compliant indices."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41882en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPatel, Z. 2025. Time varying connectedness and volatility spillover among Shariah compliant indices. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41882en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Patel, Zeenat AB - Shariah-compliant investing is a subset of the conventional financial market; it follows certain faith-based principles and is also seen as a subset of ESG investing. This study seeks to identify the net transmitters and receivers of volatility within the Shariah compliant equity markets of the US, Europe, Canada, Japan, the UK, Asia Pacific, and South Africa. Using several shariah-compliant Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) indices as well as the shariah-compliant JSE Top 40 index, data is collected from Bloomberg for the period of 22 September 2003 to 31 March 2023. The study employs the dynamic connectedness approach to investigate time-varying interdependence and volatility spillover among the indices during periods of economic crises. The results show that during economic crises, the volatility spillover between the shariah-compliant indices decreases significantly. Therefore, we conclude that shariah compliant indices decouple from each other during economic crises. Additional results show that the DJIM US index is the dominant net transmitter of volatility, while the DJIM Japan index is the main receiver of volatility spillover within the network. This study contributes to the academic literature by including an index from the South African market, incorporating a new methodology, and finally extending the period to incorporate the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The results have implications for individual and institutional investors active in the ESG environment and for the development of shariah-compliant investing. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - DJIM KW - JSE LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2025 T1 - Time varying connectedness and volatility spillover among Shariah compliant indices TI - Time varying connectedness and volatility spillover among Shariah compliant indices UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41882 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/41882
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPatel Z. Time varying connectedness and volatility spillover among Shariah compliant indices. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41882en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Finance and Tax
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerce
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectDJIM
dc.subjectJSE
dc.titleTime varying connectedness and volatility spillover among Shariah compliant indices
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMCom
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
thesis_com_2025_patel zeenat.pdf
Size:
4.06 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.72 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Collections