Essays about: "Capital markets"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 424 essays containing the words Capital markets.

  1. 26. The Impact of Financial Crises and Natural Disasters on the US Catastrophe Bond Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martina Scaroni; Felicitas Gesa Lore Elisabeth Schulze-Steinen; [2022]
    Keywords : Catastrophe Bond; Atlantic Hurricanes; Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Catastrophe (CAT) bonds bring the needs of (re)insurance companies and investors together: They insure against natural disasters by transferring risk to the capital market while at the same time promising high returns and a certain detachment from financial markets. Being an alternative investment class that has been on the rise only in recent years, academic research on CAT bonds is comparatively limited. READ MORE

  3. 27. The dual aspects of supplier contribution in sustainable innovation: Yes or No?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Mehran Aslaniyan; Golzar Daneshzad; [2022]
    Keywords : Human capital specific investments; Supplier sustainable innovation contribution; Learning capacity; Market orientation; Absorptive capacity; TCE; RET;

    Abstract : Companies are increasingly motivated to deal with the issue of sustainability not just from a moral standpoint, but also because these issues may be a major root of innovation. To achieve these sustainable innovations, the number of manufacturers who invest in specific resources has been increasing. READ MORE

  4. 28. Optimizing the Cash Reserve in a Portfolio of US Life Insurance Policies

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Alva Happe; Wassim Seifeddine; [2022]
    Keywords : portfolio optimization; risk management; monte carlo; value at risk; life settlements; longevity risk; cash reserve; closed-end fund;

    Abstract : Hoarding a too large cash reserve is often unfavourable due to lost investment opportunities. Similarly, an insufficient cash reserve can be detrimental, as one might fail to meet payment obligations. Finding the optimal balance is nothing that is done in the blink of an eye, particularly when the underlying variable is stochastic, e.g. READ MORE

  5. 29. The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Capital Markets - Empirical Evidence from the Nordics

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Yishu Liu; Mashiat Nawal Chowdhury; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Capital market; Nordics; Bond spread;

    Abstract : How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect firms' ability to raise capital? This paper explores how non-financial Nordic firms raised capital from public debt and equity markets during the pandemic. We find that (1) the bond market experiences turbulence during the outbreak period; (2) being a rated bond issuer is only important for access during the outbreak period; (3) factors that determine bond spreads during the normal period do not change fundamentally during the COVID-19 period; (4) the equity market is an important source of capital throughout the COVID-19 period in terms of both IPOs and secondary issues. READ MORE

  6. 30. An investigation of Market-Based Development through the DANIDA Market Development Partnerships Programme

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Sofie Østergaard Jensen; [2022]
    Keywords : Market-based development; Private sector development; Markets; DANIDA; Global South; Local inclusion; Partnership building; Local capacity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the concept of market-based development through the DANIDA Market Development Partnerships programme (DMDP), a challenge fund by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). Market-based development is an emerging development approach that introduces the market in development work in order to achieve business goals and development objectives simultaneously, which has gained influence in the last decades. READ MORE