Nor Hakimah Haji Mohd
* Corresponding Author
Faculty of Management and Muamalah, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor
Malaysia

NOR HAKIMAH, Haji Mohd Nor is a Lecturer at the Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor and currently a doctoral student at the UKM-Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia). She received her Diploma in Banking Studies and her BBA. (Hons) (Finance) from Universiti Teknologi MARA, her MSc. in Banking and Finance from Loughborough University, UK. She has a Islamic Financial Planner certification awarded by the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia and the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia. Her research interests include financial development and FDI.
    Author’s Contact details: Faculty of Management and Muamalah, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor, Bandar Seri Putra, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Tel. No.: +603 8925 4251, e-mail: norhakimah@kuis.edu.my.        

Soo-Wah Low
UKM-Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Malaysia

LOW, Soo-Wah is an Associate Professor at the UKM-Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia). She received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, her MBA and PhD from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA. Her current research interests include unit trust/mutual funds, IPOs, financial development and issues related to Asian financial markets.
    Author’s Contact details: UKM-Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel. No.: +603 89213479, email: swlow@ukm.my.      

Abu Hassan Shaari Md Nor
Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Malaysia

MD NOR, Abu Hassan Shaari is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia). He received his B.S. (Mathematics) from Southern Illinois University, a MS. (Statistics) from The University of Iowa, and a PhD. (Statistics) from Oklahoma State University. His research interests are in the fields of applied econometrics and applied statistics.
    Author’s Contact details: School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Tel. No.: +603 8921 5555, e-mail: ahassan@ukm.my.     

Noor A. Ghazali
UKM-Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Malaysia

GHAZALI, Noor Azlan is a Professor of Economics at the UKM-Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia). He received his B.Sc. Bus. Adm. (Finance), MBA, and PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA and MPA from the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Harvard University, USA. Noor A. Ghazali’s research specialization includes financial and monetary economics, banking and international economics and finance. He was a recipient of the Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship in 2003 awarded by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London.
    Author’s Contact details: UKM-Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel. No.: +603 89215781, email: nag@ukm.my..