Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia

This study focuses on the research of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia due to the lack of research regarding these two funds. It evaluates the performance and differences of bond funds versus money market funds in Malaysia by using Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio and Jensen’s Alpha as it is...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aminah Shari, Pang, Joo Vee, Choo, Qin Jing, Chin, Dominic Shien Piaw, Lee, Pei Chi, Leong, Wei Zee
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Academic Inspired Network 2023
Subjects:
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/
http://dx.doi.org/10.55573/IJAFB.085105
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.ums.eprints.38426
record_format eprints
spelling my.ums.eprints.384262024-03-01T07:29:25Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/ Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia Aminah Shari Pang, Joo Vee Choo, Qin Jing Chin, Dominic Shien Piaw Lee, Pei Chi Leong, Wei Zee HG1501-3550 Banking HG4501-6051 Investment, capital formation, speculation This study focuses on the research of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia due to the lack of research regarding these two funds. It evaluates the performance and differences of bond funds versus money market funds in Malaysia by using Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio and Jensen’s Alpha as it is widely used by scholars to evaluate the performance of mutual funds. The collection period of our data is from 1st January 2012 until 30th April 2020. Our findings showed that in terms of Sharpe ratio, bond funds perform better than money market funds. Meanwhile for both Treynor ratio and Jensen’s Alpha, money market funds perform better than bond funds. Overall, our findings suggest that money market funds have a better performance as compared to bond funds. Academic Inspired Network 2023-11 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Aminah Shari and Pang, Joo Vee and Choo, Qin Jing and Chin, Dominic Shien Piaw and Lee, Pei Chi and Leong, Wei Zee (2023) Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia. International Journal of Accounting, Finance and Business (IJAFB), 8. pp. 47-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.55573/IJAFB.085105
institution Universiti Malaysia Sabah
building UMS Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Sabah
content_source UMS Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.ums.edu.my/
language English
English
topic HG1501-3550 Banking
HG4501-6051 Investment, capital formation, speculation
spellingShingle HG1501-3550 Banking
HG4501-6051 Investment, capital formation, speculation
Aminah Shari
Pang, Joo Vee
Choo, Qin Jing
Chin, Dominic Shien Piaw
Lee, Pei Chi
Leong, Wei Zee
Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia
description This study focuses on the research of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia due to the lack of research regarding these two funds. It evaluates the performance and differences of bond funds versus money market funds in Malaysia by using Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio and Jensen’s Alpha as it is widely used by scholars to evaluate the performance of mutual funds. The collection period of our data is from 1st January 2012 until 30th April 2020. Our findings showed that in terms of Sharpe ratio, bond funds perform better than money market funds. Meanwhile for both Treynor ratio and Jensen’s Alpha, money market funds perform better than bond funds. Overall, our findings suggest that money market funds have a better performance as compared to bond funds.
format Article
author Aminah Shari
Pang, Joo Vee
Choo, Qin Jing
Chin, Dominic Shien Piaw
Lee, Pei Chi
Leong, Wei Zee
author_facet Aminah Shari
Pang, Joo Vee
Choo, Qin Jing
Chin, Dominic Shien Piaw
Lee, Pei Chi
Leong, Wei Zee
author_sort Aminah Shari
title Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia
title_short Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia
title_full Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia
title_fullStr Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in Malaysia
title_sort performance evaluation of bond funds and money market funds in malaysia
publisher Academic Inspired Network
publishDate 2023
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38426/
http://dx.doi.org/10.55573/IJAFB.085105
_version_ 1793154682480230400
score 13.211869