From a sample of Islamic banks around the world from 1997 to 2012, this paper examines whether loan loss provisioning in Islamic banks is procyclical. Our empirical findings highlight that loan loss provisioning in Islamic banks remains procyclical, although the "expected" loan loss model (E-LLM) has been implemented for Islamic banks in several countries. A closer investigation further documents that Islamic banks also use loan loss provisions for discretionary managerial actions, especially related to capital management in which loan loss reserves and provisions are inflated when bank capitalization declines. Eventually, this paper highlights that higher capitalization can mitigate the procyclicality of loan loss provisions in Islamic banks. In other words, loan loss provisioning becomes countercyclical for Islamic banks with higher capitalization. This paper therefore casts doubts on the adoption of the E-LLM for Islamic banks to promote countercyclical effects, because the E-LLM may be influenced by managerial discretion, including opportunistic capital management using loan loss provisions that may undermine the importance of maintaining sufficient bank capitalization.

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This study is objected to test the support of top management  that can enhance the quality of Accounting Information Systems (SIA) in Islamic insurance companies in Indonesia. This study uses qualitative methods with a positive paradigm. The data used are primary data with the help of questionnaires as research instruments. Data obtained from returning questionnaires filled out by respondents who are leaders, division heads, department heads or heads of accounting departments. The research population is a sharia insurance company consisting of 59 companies registered as members of the Indonesian Sharia Insurance Association (AASI) as of April 2019. From the population obtained 34 respondents who filled out the questionnaire. Data analysis was performed with descriptive static and PLS-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS software. The results showed that top management's support had a significant effect on the quality of accounting information systems and support of top management has not been maximized.

Purpose This study aims to test whether loan loss provisions in Islamic banks is procyclical by explicitly examining the link between non-discretionary provisions and loan growth. In the next stage, this paper tests whether the link between non-discretionary provisions and loan growth is conditional on bank capitalization and lending. This is to identify whether bank-specific factors affect the procyclicality of non-discretionary provisions and whether such procyclicality can be explained by income smoothing in banks with different capitalization and loan profiles. Design/methodology/approach This study is conducted in four stages. The first stage identifies the determinants of loan loss provisions. The second stage investigates whether income smoothing is affected by capitalization and lending activities. In the third stage, the link between non-discretionary provisions and loan growth is examined. In the fourth stage, this paper tests whether the link between non-discretionary provisions and loan growth is affected by bank capitalization and lending. A two-way panel-fixed effect model is used. Findings Non-discretionary provisions are procyclical, particularly for banks with lower capitalization and lending activities, because such banks do not conduct income smoothing. Specifically, banks with lower capitalization experience a decline in loan growth when non-discretionary provisions to cover credit risk increase. Research limitations/implications The dataset used in this study follows Soedarmono et al. (2017) and does not enable to differentiate types of financing products in Islamic banks that may exacerbate or mitigate the procyclicality of non-discretionary provisions. Originality/value This paper extends prior literature on the procyclicality of loan loss provisions by specifically investigating the influence of non-discretionary provisions on loan growth in Islamic banks and whether such relationship depends on the role of income smoothing undertaken by banks with different levels of capitalization and lending. This paper builds on the work of Soedarmono et al. (2017) in which they do not explicitly examine the relationship between loan loss provisions and loan growth.

This research aimed to find out how strong the effect of the implementation of internal control, information technology and audit on Good Amil Governance. In this research, the respondents were the chief and amil  at BAZNAS in South Kalimantan. The type of this research was exploratory with data collection technique using questionnaire. Data analysis method that was used in this research was descriptive analysis method, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with software of SmartPLS 3.0. The research result showed that the variables of internal control, information technology, and audit had significant and positive effect on good amil governance.