Essays about: "Divestment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 essays containing the word Divestment.

  1. 21. Financial innovation in the public real estate market : How to exploit arbitrage opportunities in public real estate pricing due to investment approach differences between the real estate market and the capital market

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Jacob Gejler; [2013]
    Keywords : Financial Innovation; Public Real Estate; Securitization; Asset Backed Securities;

    Abstract : As the stock market is volatile and often short-term, there is a high demand for safe investments outside the stock market and institutional investors like pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers are increasingly searching for low-risk investments that can deliver safe returns.   Alternative investments, like real estate, are a popular way to invest institutional capital. READ MORE

  3. 22. Investment Savings Account : A Legislative Proposal on Swedish Capital Taxtion for Private Investors 

    University essay from IHH, Rättsvetenskap

    Author : Pontus Ternström; [2011]
    Keywords : Tax Law; Investment Savings Account; Endowment Assurance;

    Abstract : In December 2010 the Treasury Department presented a proposal contain-ing change in regard of current endowment assurance laws and an alterna-tive way of saving financial instruments called Investment Savings Account. The purpose of the proposal is to make investing in financial instruments easier for private investors and to prevent reigning tax evasion regarding endowment assurances. READ MORE

  4. 23. Core Focus: Divesting and Long-Term Performance: A Study on the Swedish Market 1996-2005

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Johan Klinteskog; [2010]
    Keywords : divestment; long-term performance; core business; CAR; BHAR;

    Abstract : I have studied 41 Swedish firms that have divested some part of their operation between 1995 and 2005. To each divesting firm I have matched a non divesting firm based on size and market-to-book. READ MORE

  5. 24. Strategic orientation of management accounting - A case study

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

    Author : Petra Odqvist; Louise Kristensson; [2009]
    Keywords : Case study; Divestment; Evaluation; Management accounting; Outsourcing; Pharmaceutical industry; SMA; Strategic aspects;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to study the use of management accounting in a strategic context. How management accounting was used to accentuate strategic aspects in an evaluation process was studied through a qualitative case study. A global pharmaceutical company that evaluated the future of a number of its local products, constituted the object of study. READ MORE

  6. 25. Is it a Keeper?: a study of divestment in relation to clothes

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Ninni Westerlund; Erika Näslund; [2009]
    Keywords : Clothes; Divestment; Disposition; Sweden;

    Abstract : We live in a pro-consumption society where consumers are constantly encouraged to buy new products and to dispose their old ones even though they are not worn out. Divestment could have major consequences for the society. READ MORE