Hooy , Chee Wooi and D. Brooks, Robert
(2015)
The Components Of Systematic Risk And
Their Determinants In The Malaysian Equity
Market.
Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance, 11 (2).
pp. 1-26.
ISSN 1823-4992
Abstract
We examine the country components of world systematic risk in the context of Bursa
Malaysia. World systematic risk is divided into the US, developed markets, regional
markets, major trading partners, and the rest of the world. We tested market and 9 firmcharacteristic-sorted portfolios, based on size, value and liquidity. Using monthly data
for the 1988–2010 period, our analyses show that the US and regional factors are the
most important sources of systematic risk. Tracing the time-varying betas of the US and
regional factors, we find that they are driven by economic risk and financial risk,
respectively
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