International Price Relationship and Volatility Transmission Between Stock Index and Stock Index Futures

This study investigates the International price relationship and volatility transmissions betweenstock index and stock index futures of Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan. Vector Autoregression(VAR) GJR-GARCH model was applied to the nine years daily price. Japanesemarkets are the main information producer to the market price changes. International marketinterdependence only affected the domestic volatility transmission of spot and futuresmarket in Hong Kong. Asymmetric effects exist in all markets and the volatility persistence ineach market is high. Finally, the overall conditional correlation estimates for spot and futuresmarkets are higher in the unrestricted model form compared to the restricted modelform

International Price Relationship and Volatility Transmission Between Stock Index and Stock Index Futures

This study investigates the international price relationship and volatility transmissions between stock index and stock index futures of Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan. Vector Autoregression (VAR) GJR-GARCH model was applied to the nine years daily price. Japanese markets are the main information producer to the market price changes. International market interdependence only affected the domestic volatility transmission of spot and futures market in Hong Kong. Asymmetric effects exist in all markets and the volatility persistence in each market is high. Finally, the overall conditional correlation estimates for spot and futures markets are higher in the unrestricted model form compared to the restricted model form. Keywords: spot-futures, lead-lags, volatility, VAR GJR-GARCH, Asian financial market

Abstracts of the International Halal Science Conference 2023

This book presents the extended abstracts of the selected contributions to the International Halal Science Conference, held on 22-23 August 2023 by the International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART), IIUM, Malaysia in collaboration with Halalan Thayyiban Research Centre, University Islam Sultan Sharif (UNISSA), Brunei Darussalam. With the increasing global interest in halal products and services, this conference is timely. Conference Title:  International Halal Science ConferenceConference Acronym: IHASC23Conference Theme: Halal Industry Sustainability Through ScienceConference Date: 22-23 August 2023Conference Venue: International Islamic University (IIUM), MalaysiaConference Organizer: International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART), International Islamic University (IIUM), Malaysi