The first prize is to use the databases made available at your institution, you really should not be personally paying databases.

If that is not possible I would collect the data manually as I think that may be cheaper, to pay a research assistant.

To answer your question directly S&P and Bloomberg will have the data you seek.

Yoshin Chetty thank you so much for your reply. Collecting the data manually from MENA region Banks wouldn't be that easy but it should be my last chance if not being able to access databases that cover all my needed info.

Thank you again my friend.

Personally I found that most databases are centred around the western countries. When you are collecting data in MENA (or the rest of Africa like me), you should use multiple databases as no single one provides comprehensive data. Best of luck with your data collection. Personally I use S&P, however many use Bloomberg and MaGregor as well.

Yes, that is so true since research activities get less priority in developing countries so data is not always available for collection. It is a huge problem but I hope you and me will get our needed info and data.

Thank you again and I will check S&P, Bloomberg and MaGregor.

Good luck :) Yoshin Chetty

Dear Mona,

You can try the following platforms for professional datasets:

1. EIKON-REUTERS (also Known as Refinitiv-Eikon or Thomson Reuters)

2. Bloomberg

3. Capital IQ (S&P Company)

4. DataStream (Affiliated with EIKON-REUTERS)

5. INFOSEL (For Mexican datasets mainly)

Best Regards

Prof. Dr. Mazin A. M. Al Janabi

Full Professor of Finance & Banking and Financial Engineering

EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey,

Santa Fe Campus, Mexico City, Mexico.

You can try the following links but this data depends on the variable of concern: https://researchguides.worldbankimflib.org/c.php?g=749280&p=5365223

https://www.ifsb.org/preess_full.php?id=443&submit=more

more so, you can check report of ICD-Thomson Reuters Islamic finance report of 2020

You should visit the S&P and Bloomberg and MaGregor data repositories. And further search other secondary sources, as it is virtually impossible to collate data from a single source due to incompleteness or missing data issues.

I suggest that you use Orbis BankFocus database

usually available through the library with online access.

Thank you so much Dr. Mazin A. M. Al Janabi I will check all what you recommended. Thank you again.