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The determination for the study is to find the impact of the Islamic banks (IB) determinant on their profitability. The research is taken the date form the time period of the 2007 to 2017 of the 11 year Islamic banks of the Pakistan to the check the impact of the Islamic banks performance (IBP). The multiple regression approach was use in this research study. Descriptive, Correlation, ANOVA and regression analysis used in the research study. The Islamic banks were measured through the Return on asset (ROA). The SPSS statistical tools were used in the research study. The finding of this research study is that the all determinant of the Islamic banks is playing a significant role of the Islamic banks profitability/performance. The bank’s asset management, operating efficiency, total asset (size) and bank age has significant impact on the Islamic profitability.
Islamic banking a new phenomenon, started in 1960’s in Egypt. Different experiments of Islamic banking were tried in different Muslim countries. The Islamic banking was introduced In Pakistan during 1979-80. After Supreme Court’s Judgment the Islamic banking was launched in 2002, Meezan Bank was first Islamic bank of Pakistan. Nowadays there are four full fledge Islamic banks and almost every conventional bank in Pakistan has launched it Islamic banking branches. (Shahzad and Hameed, 2018)
There is a rapid growth rate of Islamic banking in Pakistan, the increasing financial performance of institution is based on the three principal’s factors to improve financial performance of financial institutions i.e. Size of the financial institution, assets management and operational efficiency. Since the 1st Islamic financial institution, this industry spread in almost all Muslim country and some non-Muslim countries as well. Islamic banking system is based on Profit and loss sharing instead pre-determined interest. There is also difference in the investment modes of the IB and conventional banking system (CBS). The IB offer financing on different modes through participatory modes, trade based modes and rental based modes on the other hand the conventional banks provide loan on interest basis.
Profitability is “ability of the business organization to maintain its profit year after year”. Profitability of the any banking institution shows the achievement of the management. The profitability can be considered one of the most important indicator to measure the performance of a specific business organization. Variations in the profitability also indicates the economic progress, profits also effects the asset and saving choices of the corporations. It positively impact flow of cash (Menicucci&Paolucci, 2016).
In a competitive market profit is essential in banking institutions at micro level which is a requirement to measure the growth in the financial market. To launch any business product it is primary objective of the bank management to increase its profit for existing, growth and business survival. Besides at Macro level any profitable banking institution is in position to bear any shock and can positively contribute for the stability of the financial industry. (Rajan&Zingales, 1995). In the twenty years, the banking and financial industry has practiced worldwide main conversions in operating context in internal and external issues which is impacting the structure as well as performance.
Statement of Problem
The literature reexamine that the Islamic banking is quickly growing in Pakistan. Islamic banking and Islamic finance sector growing quickly all over the world. The research study examines that the determinant of Islamic banks on their profitability in Pakistan. There limited research to find out that the internal determinant and external determinants to check the bank performance. We can’t find that any research study has checked the determinant of Islamic banks in Pakistan. However many research study conducted on the conventional side.
Research Objectives
1. To investigate the connection between BS and the ROA of the Islamic banks.
2. To examine connection between AM andthe ROA of the Islamic banks.
3. To analysis connection between OE andthe ROA of the Islamic banks.
4. To analysis connection between CAR andthe ROA of the Islamic banks.
5. To analysis connection between BA andthe ROA of the Islamic banks.
Research Questions
As research questions are developed through research Objectives following are the research questions
1. Whether BS has some significant impact on ROE of the IB?
2. Whether AM has some substantial influence on RoE of the IB?
3. Whether OE has some substantial influence on RoE of the IB?
4. Whether CAR has some substantial influence on RoE of the IB?
5. Whether BA has some substantial influence on RoE of the IB?
Importance of the Study
The current research study, conducting on the internal factor that effects the enactment of IB in Pakistan.This research also examine that the determinant of IB has substantial influence on banks profitability.
Objectives of the Study
The goal of this study is to analyze the influence of various factors on the performance of Islamic banks. It is similar to studies that have been conducted on similar subjects in the Islamic financial sector.
The five chapters of this study are divided into two. The first one focuses on the introduction of the study and the second one on the analysis of the factors that influence the performance of an Islamic bank. The third chapter provides an introduction to the study and the terminology used in the research. The fourth chapter will elaborate on the data analysis and link between the variables and the bank indicator.
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Hypothesis
The hypotheses which we are going to investigate are given below.
Ho = there is irrelevant relation b/w BS and profitability of IB of Pakistan
H1 = there is a substantial relation b/w Bank Size and profitability of IB of Pakistan
Ho = there is an irrelevant relation b/w Asset Management (AM) and profitability of IB of Pakistan
H2 = there is a substantial relation b/w AM and profitability of IB of Pakistan
Ho = there is an irrelevant relation b/w the Operating Efficiency (OE) and profitability of IB of Pakistan
H3 = there is a substantial relation b/w OE and profitability of IB of Pakistan
Ho = there is irrelevant relation b/w Capital Adequacy Ratio(CAR) and profitability of (IB) of Pakistan
H4 = there is an substantial relation b/w CAR and profitability of IB of Pakistan
Ho = there is irrelevant relation b/w Banks Age and profitability of IB of Pakistan
H5 =there is an substantial relation b/w Banks Age and profitability of IB of Pakistan
Theoretical framework shows that financial performance of the dependent variable where the performance is calculated by its indicators as; ROA. The IB determinants are independent variable which is clear from the model that determinants been indicated by Bank size (BS), Assets management (AM), Operating Efficiency (OE), Capital Adequacy ratio (CAR), Bank Age (BA). The banks determinants have any impact on the financial performance it is our main objective of the study, and these determinants been selected from the past literature.
Population, and Sample size of Study
The study examine the Impact of Bank causes on the profitability and the panel data examined by applying the E-views as statistical tool where multiple regression is applied to check the impact of IV on the DV. There is only one model tested where the profitability is the dependent variable and the determinants are the independent variables. For the profitability ROA is taken as the dependent variable which been evident from the past literature (See the Ramlall, 2009; Sufian&Habibullah, 2009), researchers indicates the ROA as the best indicator for the financial performance and bank’s profitability that shows the efficiency of the bank management by utilizing its assets as resources to earn profit.
Dependent and Independent Variables
The previous studies indicate three indicators for profitability of the banks as;ROA, ROE and the net interest margin (Sufan and Habibullah, 2009; Ramlall, 2009). In our study we selected one as the dependent variable return on assets (ROA) which is the most used and suitable among these variables. The independent variables are the determinants of the bank which contains; Bank Assets Management, Operating Efficiency, CAR, Bank size and age of banks and these variable also used by the prior studies (See Demirgüç-Kunt et al., 2004; Javaid, 2011)
Y = ? +?1 X1 + ….. + ? … … … … … (1)
ROA = ? + ?1BS + ?2AM + ?3OE + ?4CAR + ?5BA + ?6GDP+ ?7IR + ? ……………… (2)
Source: State bank of Pakistan
Following is the list of variables used for the research and the formulas for the calculation.
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| 1 | ROA | Net Income /Total Assets |
| 2 | BS | Bank Size proxy by logarithm of total assets (Log Assets) |
| 3 | AM | Asset management proxy by operating income / Total assets |
| 4 | OE | OE proxy by Total operating expenses / Total assets |
| 5 | CAR | CAR proxy by Tier 1 Capital + Tier 2 Capital / Risk weighted assets |
| 6 | BA | Banks age proxy by Number of years since the bank was first started |
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| Performance | ROA = Net Incomce/Total Assets | (Al-kassim (2005) |
| Banks size | Ln Total assets | (Bikker and Hu ( |
| Banks age | ln of total age | |
| Asset management | Operating income / total assets | |
| Operating Efficiency | Total Operating Expenses/Total Assets | |
| Capital Adequacy | Capital / Risk Weighted Assets |
§ Profitability-ROA: It defines the profit of the business in relation with assets. It indicates how well the company is earning through its assets invested in the business.
§ Bank Size- Log Assets: The bank size is used to measure the saving of cost.
§ Asset Management- AM: It is measured
§ Operating Efficiency- OE:
§ Capital Adequacy Ratio- CAR:
§ Banks Age- BA:
General Linear Model: ROA versus Asset Manage, Operating Ef, Capital Adeq, Total Assets, ...
Method
Factor coding (-1, 0, +1)
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| Constant | -0.3148 | 0.0811 | -3.88 | 0.001 |
| Asset Management | -0.1977 | 0.0619 | -3.20 | 0.003 |
| Operating Efficiency | 0.524 | 0.108 | 4.85 | 0.000 |
| CAR | -0.0172 | 0.0204 | -0.84 | 0.405 |
| Total assets | 0.01557 | 0.00420 | 3.70 | 0.001 |
| Bank Age | 0.01508 | 0.00525 | 2.87 | 0.007 |
The above result in table 4.1 explains the impact of independent variables on Islamic banks of Pakistan and to obtain the required results multiple regression model is applied. The probability value of the independent variable asset management which is 0.003 explains that it has strong significant impact on the dependent variable at 1% significant level but the co-efficient value explains that there is negative relationship between them and if there is 1 unit increase or decrease in the independent variable it will affect the dependent variable by -0.1977 units. Hence on the basis of the above results we accept itsalternative hypothesis and reject itsnull hypothesis.
The second independent variable of the study which is operating efficiency of Islamic banks explains that it also has statistically strong significant impact on the dependent variable of the study at 1% significance level and the coefficient value explains that they have positive relationship between them and if there is 1 unit increase or decrease in operating efficiency of Islamic banks of Pakistan it will increase or decrease the dependent variable of Islamic banks of Pakistan by 0.524 units. So, on the basis of the above results we accept its alternative hypothesis and reject its null hypothesis.
The third independent variable of the study which is capital adequacy ratio does not have any significant relationship with the dependent variable of the study because the probability value of it is 0.405 which means that it is more than 5% so we admit its null hypothesis and reject
its alternative.
The fourth independent variable of the study which is total assets of Islamic banks explains that it also has statistically strong significant impact on the dependent variable of the study at 1% significance level and the coefficient value explains that they have positive relationship between them and if there is 1 unit increase or decrease in total assets of Islamic banks of Pakistan it will increase or decrease the dependent variable of Islamic banks of Pakistan by 0.01557 units. So, on the basis of the above results we accept its alternative hypothesis and reject its null hypothesis.
The fifth independent variable of the study which is bank age of Islamic banks explains that it also has statistically strong significant impact on the dependent variable of the study at 1% significance level and the coefficient value explains that they have positive relationship between them and if there is 1 unit increase or decrease in bank age of Islamic banks of Pakistan it will increase or decrease the dependent variable of Islamic banks of Pakistan by 0.01508 units. So, on the basis of the above results we accept its alternative hypothesis and reject its null hypothesis.
Moreover the r-squared value explains that the model is good fit and around 69.42% of variation in DV is explained by the IV of the study. The Probability (F-statistics) value explains that the overall model is significant at 1% significance level.
Pakistan is a developing country where approx. 50% population is living below poverty rate. Banks are the major component of an economy and Islamic banks can play strong role in economy growth. Pakistani economy is passing through many ups and downs since last many decades. To tackle internal and external factors for growth and profitability is a big challenge for Islamic banks.
? The current research study only limited to the Islamic banks
? The research only limited to the few year of Islamic banks
? The is no comparative study with the conventional banks
? The study research study only check few determinant of Islamic banks
? The research study only check the internal determinant of the Islamic banks of Islamic banking
? The study could be improved by comparing it with the different countries by using different framework but availability of previous published studies in comparison was limited.
? Due to unavailability of annual reports, few banks data is not included.
Future direction of the Study
This research checked impact the Islamic banks determinant of the performance the Islamic banks. The 1st direction for the further research is to examine the both internal and external determinant of the Islamic banks performance. The 2nd future direction the further study is the comparative study with the other country. The 3rd direction for the further research study is the comparative study with the conventional banks of the Pakistan. For the Further research also on the other performance variables such as ROI, ROE and EPS.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
This study did not require formal ethics approval.
Data sharing is not applicable to this article.