Essays about: "Monetary finance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words Monetary finance.
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1. A shortcut to success or a detour out of habit?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This paper explores the professional experiences of junior analysts at nine different investment banks in Stockholm to study the causes of overwork within the investment banking sector. Through the use of a qualitative research method where ten junior analysts were interviewed, we discover that implicit rules embedded in the environment of the investment banks inform the perception of overwork as a short-term sacrifice operating as an effective tool in achieving long-term professional and financial success. READ MORE
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2. Invested or business as usual? The finance sector and the new EU sustainability policies. : A content analysis of sustainability reporting within financial monetary institutions operating in Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to partly get an overview of how financial market participants operating in Sweden complied to third article in the new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) in forced by the EU and partly to investigate how financial market participants handle and navigate through the forced transparency, in the search of finding increased understanding to why the allocation of capital is not going fast enough toward sustainable economic activities. To reach this aim a content analysis was conducted on Swedish financial monetary institutions’s sustainability reports and institutional theory was used as the theoretical framework. READ MORE
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3. Responsible Investing - ESG and Sustainability in the Contemporary Financial Systems
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : In the contemporary world when the utmost need of sustainable future and responsible investing is widely discussed in order to create a long term, green, socially accountable and liable future, the financial sector and socially conscious investors are progressively applying Environmental, Social and Governance criteria to the process of analysis to identify material risks and further growth opportunities. Even though ESG is a set of non-financial criteria by its definition and not readily quantifiable in monetary terms, it already has a significant influence on the performance of businesses and financial institutions. READ MORE
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4. Improving term structure measurements by incorporating steps in a multiple yield curve framework
University essay from Linköpings universitet/ProduktionsekonomiAbstract : By issuing interest rate derivative contracts, market makers such as large banks are exposed to undesired risk. There are several methods for banks to hedge themselves against this type of risk; one such method is the stochastic programming model developed by Blomvall and Hagenbjörk (2022). READ MORE
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5. Motivated or merely compensated? A study of the incentive system's effect on women in finance.
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This thesis investigates what challenges and opportunities incentive systems in the male-dominated finance industry imply for women professionals. By using a qualitative method where ten women investment bankers in Stockholm are interviewed, we find that monetary incentives are not the main motivation driver for women, but rather a supportive culture. READ MORE
