Essays about: "Hedge Fund Firms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Hedge Fund Firms.

  1. 1. Owning The Wave: Equity Ownership Structures and OMX-Stock Returns During the Covid-19 Crisis

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Robin Caminger; Edvin Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Equity ownership structures; Blockholders; Ownership Concentration; Equity Identity;

    Abstract : This paper examines if Swedish equity ownership structures provided corporate immunity to the Covid-19 crisis. Our paper shows that it is the joint effect of ownership concentration and equity identity that is an important determinant of firm value during an economic crisis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does the Rise of Passive Investors Facilitate Hedge Fund Activism? An Empirical Analysis of Target Firm Value and Operating Performance

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

    Author : Jan Gunell; Philip Linderum; [2020]
    Keywords : Hedge Fund Activism; Passive Investors; Corporate Governance; Firm Value; Operating Performance;

    Abstract : Recent years have witnessed a concurrent development in U.S. stock ownership with a growing presence of passive investors and an increasing activity of hedge fund activism. This thesis addresses the question whether this development is related, and more specifically, whether the growth of passive investors facilitates hedge fund activism. READ MORE

  4. 3. Market Reactions to Hedge Fund Activism in Europe - An Empirical Study

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    Author : Philip Linderum; Daniel Karlsson; [2018-06-26]
    Keywords : Corporate goverance; Hedge funds; Activism; Europe; Event studies;

    Abstract : Activism is on the rise in Europe. In recent years, hedge funds have begun to target firms across the continent with the intent of generating profits through exercising shareholder rights to prompt change and address inefficiencies. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hedge Fund Activism in the United Kingdom

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

    Author : Johan Berglund; Fredrik Biesèrt; [2018]
    Keywords : Hedge Fund Activism; Shareholder Activism; Agency Theory; Operational Performance; Capital Structure;

    Abstract : In this study, we investigate if hedge fund activists in the United Kingdom improve the operating performance or alter the capital structure of target firms. We do this by examining operating performance and capital structure of activist targets relative to non-target matched peers pre and post activist intervention. READ MORE

  6. 5. PIPEs: Value Creation and Investor Identity

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Alexander Däubener; Theodora Alexe; [2017]
    Keywords : PIPE; Value Creation; Announcement Returns; Hedge Fund; Private Equity;

    Abstract : Based on a sample of PIPE issuances by companies listed on major US exchanges between 2008 and 2013, this paper explores the connection between value creation and investor identity in PIPEs. In a novel study, the paper compares the target selection of hedge funds and private equity funds and monitors their subsequent effects on value, both at a shareholder and at a business level. READ MORE