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Corporate waqf via initial public offering (IPO): a viable instrument for the sustainability of Malaysia's higher learning institutions
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2020
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The need for sustainable funding of institutions of higher learning led the Government of Malaysia to formulate its Universities Transformation Programme 2015-2025. This transformation agenda came out as the Purple Book which highlighted the need to address the funding gap that may occur in the education sector in the event of unexpected budget cuts. It called for the enhancement of income generation, endowments and waqf to achieve self-sustainability for higher learning institutions (Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, 2016). Based on the above premise, this research explores the viability of corporate waqf via initial public offering (IPO) as an instrument to raise funds and sustain Malaysia's higher learning institutions. Corporate waqf, as defined by the Securities Commission Malaysia, refers to: A type of corporate [financial] instrument where liquid-asset-like shares or securities [are] endowed as waqf assets and [sic] thus enabling the waqf institutions to benefit from the dividend that can finance any welfare project or initiative (Securities Commission Malaysia 2014, p. 17).
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Corporate waqf , Initial public offering (IPO) , Higher learning institutions , Shares
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Ahmad, M., Kasri, N. S., Mikail, S. A., & Negasi, M. I. (2020). Corporate waqf via initial public offering (IPO): a viable instrument for the sustainability of Malaysia's higher learning institutions. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA).
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International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA)
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