This study explores the determinants of hedging practices, focusing on foreign exchange exposure within 250 listed Malaysian firms. Aligned with the theory of underinvestment costs, a positive correlation between foreign exchange exposure and hedging is established. Firms with higher exposure display an increased propensity for hedging contracts, and the COVID-19Continue Reading

Hedging practices among Shari’ah compliant firms (ShC) are still not well explored and firms in Malaysia is very much lag behind in derivatives usage against firms in the developed countries. This study investigates the influence of financial derivatives usage on the value of Shari’ah and non-Shari’ah compliant firms (non-ShC) inContinue Reading