Essays about: "Mutual Fund Flows"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words Mutual Fund Flows.
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1. Mutual Fund Investment Flows in Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : .... READ MORE
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2. Market Value Implications of Increasing Passive Investing
University essay fromAbstract : This study examines if recent years’ popularity and large inflow of money to passive index funds have led to inflated prices in the Swedish equity market. The problem was investigated by studying the net fund flows to passive funds and comparing them to active funds over time to measure to what extent they affect the market price-to-earnings ratio. READ MORE
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3. Fragile Market: The impact of mutual funds on the corporate bond market
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This master's thesis investigates whether mutual funds can induce fire sales on the Swedish corporate bond market between August 2019 and August 2020 to determine whether mutual funds aggravated the COVID-19 crash, and if their solution to temporarily freeze withdrawals were a viable remedy. Moreover, the thesis addresses this question using a panel-data framework that includes mutual fund-specific variables, control variables suggested by previous literature, entity, and time-fixed effects, allowing the thesis to capture divergences between corporate bonds and months. READ MORE
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4. Exploring the Issues with ESG assessments in Investment Decision-Making : Insights from the Swedish Fund Market
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Sustainable investing has seen a significant increase in the past years and is continuing to gain momentum with the constant rise of awareness and concern of the climate crisis. It is necessary for modern mutual fund companies to conduct ESG assessments as it provides a comprehensive understanding of a firm's sustainability performance, and identifies potential risks and opportunities which lay ground for investment decisions. READ MORE
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5. Do investors care about ESG when markets turn sour? Evidence from the mutual fund industry during the COVID-19 crisis
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This thesis empirically examines the effect of the sustainability rating on sustainable fund returns and fund flows to gain a better understanding of the motivation underlying sustainable investing. By conducting panel regression analyses as well as Difference in Difference analyses on a selected sample of EU equity funds, we show that under normal market conditions sustainable funds outperform conventional funds. READ MORE