Essays about: "Actively managed funds"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 essays containing the words Actively managed funds.

  1. 1. Do Swedish fund managers create value? A study on the skill of fund managers of actively managed Swedish funds

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Charlie Blidén; Christoffer Wielbass; [2024]
    Keywords : Managerial Skill; Mutual Funds; Value Added; Crisis and No-Crisis; Green and Brown Funds;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the performance and skill of fund managers in the Swedish mutual fund industry, challenging the traditional view that actively managed funds underperform the market. Utilizing a novel approach, the study defines skill as 'realized value added', which incorporates gross alpha and assets under management. READ MORE

  2. 2. Do actively managed Sweden funds yield higher return better than passively managed funds, during a volatile market, when taking risk into account?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Allan Mohideen; Robin Lopes; [2023-08-25]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper is examining if Swedish actively managed funds is creating more value for investors compared to Swedish index funds. The study is focused on the time period 2012-2022. Three risk-adjusted measurements are used to execute this mission. READ MORE

  3. 3. Fund Managers' Awareness of Announcement Premiums: A Study on Fund Managers' Investment Decisions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Thomas Paal; Anton Svensson; [2023]
    Keywords : Mutual Funds; Earnings Announcement Premium; Macroeconomic Announcement Premium; Decreasing Exposure; Fund Outflows;

    Abstract : In this paper, we interview fund managers of actively managed Swedish mutual funds to understand how they trade around earnings announcements. Based on an academic paper that we use as the basis for our paper, the authors of the paper find that fund managers on average tend to decrease their exposure to stocks ahead of earnings announcements, even though there is a significantly increased risk-reward and earnings announcement premium to earn ahead of the announcements. READ MORE

  4. 4. Where does the revenues in the mutual fund industry come from? A qualitative study exploring actively managed mutual funds where a distinction has been made between bank- and nonbank distributed fund

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Lina Harling; Lovisa Gorton; [2023]
    Keywords : AUM; Mutual fund; Fund fee; Distribution channel;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates where the revenues in the mutual fund industry comes from and what determines the large amount of assets under management (AUM) within this industry. A qualitative study has been conducted where eight different interviews were held with interviewees within various seniorities at different institutions. READ MORE

  5. 5. The New Trade Union Model: A Strategic Action Field Approach to the Trade Union Organization of Umbrella Company Workers in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Moser Uppström; [2023]
    Keywords : Trade unions; Solo self-employment; Umbrella companies; Strategic action fields; Collective actors; Industrial relations; Umbrella company workers; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses a new trade union model for umbrella company workers and the changes in the field of trade unions in Sweden. By conceptualizing trade unions as collective actors within strategic action fields I describe and explain how a small independent trade union and challenger in the field, Säljarnas Riksförbund, has managed to construct a new trade union model for umbrella company workers that differs from the traditional model used by the incumbent Unionen, the largest trade union in Sweden. READ MORE