Essays about: "Actively managed mutual funds"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words Actively managed mutual 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

  3. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Active versus passive: Does increased investments in passive funds have an effect on active fund performance?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Elliot Corell; Jacob Hjelmstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : Index fund; Mutual fund; Passive investment; Active investment; Alpha;

    Abstract : In recent decades, there has been a shift towards investing in passively managed funds. Grossman and Stiglitz (1980) describe in their theoretical paper how the share of uninformed investors is positively correlated to the utility of being informed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Performance Evaluation of Swedish and German Actively Managed Mutual Funds

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Robin Cederdahl; Simon Olofsson; [2021-02-18]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : There are many studies examining the performance of actively managed mutual funds in different markets. The results of these studies vary depending on the used model and market. READ MORE