Investment theory describes the concept of relationship between risk and return. Capital Model Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) was based on the risk and return relationship. CAPM described that asset’s expected return that is above the risk free rate is directly related to the non-diversifiable risk that is measure by beta. Focus of this study is to identify the impacts of risk toward the stock return in Malaysia stock market during the year 2007 to 2015 by testing on the applicability of Capital Asset Pricing Model. The data is from monthly stock returns from 24 companies listed on the stock exchange for investigation. The analysis of monthly stock market closing indexes from using regression model was carried out on the standard CAPM model. When testing the CAPM model for the whole period, it has not showed strong evidence that support the validity of this model and in order to get better estimates, this study divided the whole sample into 3 sub periods of five years each. The study found high beta value does not related to higher level in stock return. The positive relationship between systematic risk and return does not have a strong evidence to support it. The research also identify that the securities market line has direct relationship between risk and return. The unsystematic risk does not have an effect on the return. It means that stock prices cannot be effectively predicted by CAPM and Malaysia Stock and the validity of CAPM does not exist in Malaysia Stock Exchange Market for the period 2007-2015 due to some limitations such as time frame, sample size and others. This paper suggest a different assets pricing model and takes into consideration of some related variables in predicting future stocks returns. This research provides important implication to investors, analysts, stock brokers, speculators, fund managers, practitioners, relevant authorities, and government.

The primary aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of financial (microcredit and microinsurance) and nonfinancial services (training), services by microfinance on the welfare of their urban clients in Malaysia. We contribute to the existing literature by using income as a mediating variable in the analysis. Questionnaires were distributed to 400 respondents across three different urban areas in Malaysia in order to collect the relevant data for this study. We have adopted the quota sampling to collect the data. The results show that most of the services provided by the microfinance institutions including microcredit, micro insurance and training have assisted the urban households to earn more income and enhance their socioeconomic welfare. The recommendations arising from the results of this study are: 1) an environment that promotes cooperation between microfinance institutions and households should be enhanced and 2) well-diversified and dynamic microfinance programs and specific skills-building training programs should be created.

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Sustainable entrepreneurship refers to the economic, social, and environmental value creation across enterprises in Malaysia. When examining sustainable entrepreneurship in Malaysian companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which serve as the backbone of the Malaysian economy and account for 97.2% of businesses and generate 38.2% of the gross domestic product, cannot be overlooked. The research is the first study in Malaysia, which extends the entrepreneurial event model to develop a comprehensive research framework to examine and propose suggestions to improve sustainable entrepreneurship in SMEs. A questionnaire was distributed to 400 entrepreneurs from SMEs in central regions in Malaysia, and 300 complete and valid questionnaires were used for the analysis. All constructs in the questionnaire were tested and confirmed to have high convergent validity and high composite reliability. The results show that perceived desirability, perceived feasibility and propensity to act have a positive effect on sustainable entrepreneurship in SMEs. Young entrepreneurs under 40 years old show greater propensity to act on sustainable entrepreneurship compared to older entrepreneurs aged over 40 years old. This research offers practical and theoretical new insights for SMEs, entrepreneurs, employees, and institutions toward improving sustainable entrepreneurship in a developing nation in Asia.

performance. Methodology: The methodology being used to analysis are an ordinary least square model (OLS) and fixed-effect model. The analysis was conducted in Malaysia for a period of 10 years from 2007 to2016. 10 Islamic banks in Malaysia were chosen to be tested for its performance. The study examines internal factors such as bank size, capital adequacy, liquidity, credit risk, and expense management and external factors such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and inflation effect on Islamic Bank’s performance in terms of return on asset and return on equity. Result: The findings showed that only capital adequacy and inflation significantly affect the Islamic bank’s performance. However, bank size, liquidity, credit risk, expense management, and Gross Domestic Product were found to be insignificantly affecting the Islamic bank’s performance. The analysis was carried out by applying ordinary least square model (OLS) regression and fixed-effect model. Applications: This research can be used for universities, teachers, and students. Novelty/Originality: In this research, the model of the Determinants of Islamic Banking Performance: An Empirical Study in Malaysia is presented in a comprehensive and complete manner.