Essays about: "Institutional investing"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 64 essays containing the words Institutional investing.

  1. 21. Carb-on or Carb-off? : Carbon-intensive stocks' performance in an age of socially responsible investing

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Fredrik Westergård; August Wigh; [2020]
    Keywords : carbon stocks; carbon-intensive stocks; emission stocks; socially responsible investing; sin investing;

    Abstract : This study investigates the performance of carbon-intensive stocks in the United States and provides evidence of abnormal returns between 2000 and 2019. However, these abnormal returns are isolated to the period 2000 to 2002 which coincides with the Dot-com crash. READ MORE

  3. 22. Enhancing ESG-Risk Modelling - A study of the dependence structure of sustainable investing

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Edvin Berg; Karl Wilhelm Lange; [2020]
    Keywords : ESG; Sustainable Investing; Dependency Structure; Correlation; Risk; Random Matrix Theory; Eigenvalue; Eigenvalue Decomposition; Minimum Variance Portfolio; ESG; Hållbar Investering; Beroendestruktur; Korrelation; Stokastisk Matristeori; Egenvärden; Egenvärdes Dekomposition; Minimal Variansportfölj;

    Abstract : The interest in sustainable investing has increased significantly during recent years. Asset managers and institutional investors are urged to invest more sustainable from their stakeholders, reducing their investment universe. READ MORE

  4. 23. What is the Optimal Allocation Level to Real Estate in a Swedish Mixed-Asset Portfolio Including both Direct and Indirect Real Estate?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Oscar Holgersson; Jacob Tingnell; [2020]
    Keywords : Capital Asset Pricing Model; Direct Real Estate; Hedonic Model; Mean-Variance Optimization; Mixed-Asset Portfolio;

    Abstract : We use mean-variance analysis to examine the optimal allocation to real estate for institutional investors investing in Swedish assets and whether direct real estate provides diversification benefits to a mixed-asset portfolio. The study takes the perspective of institutional investors interested in dividing the real estate asset class into the two asset categories direct real estate and indirect real estate. READ MORE

  5. 24. Cash greens everything around me? Identifying key barriers and drivers for advancing low-carbon investments in Denmark’s finance industry and evaluating the transition efforts of the industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Rasmus Bjerring Larsen; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainability Science; Sustainable Finance; Climate Investing; Institutional Investors; Corporate Organisational Change.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Meeting international climate goals require a major reallocation of global investment portfolios. However, in 2016, 74%. of all assets under management were still socially and environmentally unchecked. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Green State of Ethiopia : Challenging the Western Perception of African States Environmental Politics

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mesir Taki; [2019]
    Keywords : Ethiopia; environmental sustainability; green state; postmaterialism; environmental politics;

    Abstract : Environmental sustainability has long been assumed to be a postmaterialist claim solely granted for affluent countries. This Western perception suggests that African and other developing countries are not capable of successfully dealing with environmental issues due to limited institutional and instrumental resources. READ MORE