Essays about: "PENSION FUNDS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 90 essays containing the words PENSION FUNDS.

  1. 1. Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes: An Analysis of the Swedish Premium Pension System

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Yasmine Ben Rouha; Preet Kawal Kaur; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : decision making; investment behavior; gender differences; risk; risk attitude; PPS; PPS choices; funds;

    Abstract : This thesis examines gender differences in investment behavior within the Swedish Premium Pension System for the years 2015-2022. The thesis uses the pension system as a case study to identify possible differences in risk attitude, factors that affect and whether gender has an impact on the level of home bias in investment decisions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sustainable Investments in Times of Crisis

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Anton Johanson; Tobias Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Funds value added; Gross and net alpha; Covid-19; ESG; Green and Brown funds;

    Abstract : This paper examines the effect of Covid-19 on green and brown funds in the Swedish Premium Pension System (PPS). We apply the methodology derived in Berk and van Binsbergen (2015) in a difference-in-difference model with time-fixed effects to estimate the average effect of Covid-19 on green funds for both value added and conventional alpha measures. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sustainable investment strategies and the impact of the EU taxonomy : A study on Swedish institutional investors

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Marcus Eriksson; William Seth Wenzel; [2023]
    Keywords : EU Taxonomy; SRI Strategies; Sustainable investing; Swedish institutional investors; EU-taxonomin; SRI-strategier; hållbara investeringar; svenska institutionella investerare;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the current sustainable investment strategy of Swedish institutional investors that are not covered by the EU Taxonomy and how the Taxonomy will affect their work with sustainable investments. As a basis, 7 semi-structured interviews have been conducted. READ MORE

  5. 4. Effect of interest rates volatility on non-performing loan level in commercial banking sector in Rwanda : Effect of interest rates volatility on non-performing loan in Rwanda

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Nsengiyumva Samson; [2023]
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    Abstract : The financial sector in Rwanda is composed of two major categories of financial institutions. The first category consists of banking institutions that include commercial and investment banks, microfinance banks, microfinance institutions and SACCOS. READ MORE

  6. 5. Becoming comfortable with saying yes - a study on risk management and decision-making in a state pension fund

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

    Author : Susanna Hellström; Emil Jakobsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Risk management; Operational risk; Decision-making; Comfort theory; Private market investments;

    Abstract : Risk management has in recent decades shifted from a concern for financial risk to including a plethora of risks that can adversely affect an organization. One of the categories of risk that has risen in relevance is operational risk, a category many organizations struggle to make sense of, not least due to its qualitative nature. READ MORE