Determinates of Islamic Banks performance in Gulf cooperation council region

Abstract

This study analyses the performance of Islamic banks in Gulf Cooperation Council over the period of 2004-2014. The study investigates the influence of external vi characteristics like GDP and inflation, and internal characteristics like total capital ratio, non-interest-margin, profit-margin, consumer and short term fund to total asset, total loan to total assets and overhead to total assets on the performance of banks. The performance metrics used are return on assets and return on equity. This study is the first study that examinee the relationship between these variables with the performance of Islamic banks in Gulf Cooperation Council over the period 2004- 2014. A cross-sectional time series (panel data) of 37 Islamic banks was used. For data analysis, regression analysis was applied on the selected sample of banks to test the influence of the identified variables on Islamic Bank performance. The test result of the models indicate that there is positive relationship between GDP, non interest margin, profit-margin, loan to total assets, have significant positive impact on the performance of Islamic bank in GCC. Total capital ratio, consumer and short term fund to total asset, overhead to total assets and inflation did not have significant impact on the performance of Islamic bank in GCC.