Essays about: "Credit Rating"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 142 essays containing the words Credit Rating.

1. 21. How to Differentiate the Difference - A quantitative study on the determinants of discrepancies between expected and actual credit ratings in insurance companies

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Gustav Hellman; Henrik Walldén Persson; [2020-07-01]
   Keywords : Expected ratings; credit ratings; financial strength; discrepancy; earnings management; embedded value; IFRS; life insurers;

   Abstract : We study the determinants of discrepancies between expected and actual credit ratings among insurance companies. We analyze 124 public insurance companies with an assigned credit rating, and model discrepancies as the difference between expected and actual credit ratings. READ MORE

3. 22. Competition in the Credit Rating Industry: How Competition between Rating Agencies affects Rating Quality

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Fransiska Aspegrén; Philip Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : Credit ratings; Credit rating agencies; Rating quality; Competition; Reputation;

   Abstract : Higher levels of competition between credit rating agencies on an industry-year level have previously been shown to decrease the rating quality of incumbent firm credit ratings after specific changes in the credit rating industry. We successfully replicate this research and extend it empirically, finding no evidence that this correlation holds for the time period 2010-2016. READ MORE

4. 23. Default Risk Within Peer-to-Peer Credit Markets | Assessing the Factors Affecting Borrower's Risk of Default

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Lucas Rintala; Marcus Braun; [2020]
   Keywords : default risk; risk factors; peer-to-peer lending; credit markets; consumer loan crowdsourcing;

   Abstract : Assessing credit risk is essential for all companies operating on the credit market. Since current literature examining credit risk rarely focus on the peer-to-peer market, this paper examines default risk within the peer-to-peer lending market to contribute to the knowledge of credit risk for investors and peer-to-peer lending platforms. READ MORE

5. 24. Autocall versus underlying assets : A study on how changes in the return of the underlying assets affect the autocall's returns

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Elias Wårhag; Ioan Tepes; [2020]
   Keywords : Structured notes; Autocallable structured products; Express certificate; Financial instruments;

   Abstract : Autocallable structured products represent an investment opportunity which has been growing in both the European and American market since they were first launched. The value of these structured products is dependent on how their underlying assets perform, which can consist of stocks, indexes or other assets. READ MORE

6. 25. Establishing a real estate giant: A case study on the growth journey of Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB ("SBB") and the acquisition of Hemfosa Fastigheter AB ("Hemfosa")

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Andreas Lindström; Oskar Paldanius; [2020]
   Keywords : Real estate; M A; Growth; Social infrastructure; Non-cash acquisitions;

   Abstract : This single-case study contains a two-track investigation of SBB, including the company's growth journey and acquisition of Hemfosa. The aim is to display an in-depth analysis from a unique real estate narrative, social infrastructure, that provides key success factors and decisive insights from the remarkable growth journey as well as the all-time largest real estate M&A deal in the Nordics. READ MORE