Essays about: "active equity mutual funds"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words active equity mutual funds.

1. 1. Market Value Implications of Increasing Passive Investing

   University essay from

   Author : Andreas Gegerfelt; Elsa Olsson; [2023-07-07]
   Keywords : Passive investing; passive investment bubble; active investing; price-to-earnings ratio; Swedish equity market;

   Abstract : 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

3. 2. Do Active Fund Managers Outperform their Peers? A Study of Active Management and Performance in the Swedish Mutual Fund Market

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : William Levay; Karl Wallén; [2022]
   Keywords : Active Share; Tracking Error; Benchmark-Adjusted Return; Alpha; Benchmark Index;

   Abstract : Primarily, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between active management and fund performance in the Swedish mutual fund market, 2010-2021. Two measures of active management are used: Active Share and Tracking Error. READ MORE

4. 3. The Best of Ideas Fund

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Benjamin Hausel; Carl Möllerström; [2021]
   Keywords : Concentration; diversification; active equity mutual funds; Jensen’s alpha; Sharpe-ratio; regression analysis; risk-adjusted return; best of ideas; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : We evaluated a sample of 78 diversified Actively Managed Equity Funds (AMEFs) with domestic holdings in Swedish stocks, in terms of historically risk-adjusted returns during the time period 2015-01-01 - 2019-12-31. Furthermore, we split our sample of AMEFs into two market capitalisation categories: Large/Mid-capitalisation (LMC) and Small/Mid- capitalisation (SMC). READ MORE

5. 4. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing, A study about potential closet indexing in the Swedish equity mutual fund industry.

   University essay from

   Author : Philip Dufwa; Johan Johansson; [2020-08-20]
   Keywords : Active Share; Tracking error; Fund activity; Fees; Mutual funds; Closet indexing; Index hugging;

   Abstract : We measure the activity of Swedish domiciled equity mutual funds with Sweden as geographical investment universe, by calculating their active share with respect to major market indices like OMX30 GI and OMX Small Cap TR and retrieving tracking error and r-squared from Bloomberg. Afterwards we calculate the cost to investors by comparing the cost of investing in comparable explicit index funds and the cost of the closet indexers. READ MORE

6. 5. Active fund management or passive index cruising?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Joel Johansson; Gustav Osbeck; [2020-08-07]
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   Abstract : How should an investor pick funds to invest in? What is the best strategy, picking active or passive funds? It’s hard to navigate the fund landscape when there is ambiguous evidence and advice coming from different directions. Do fund managers outperform the market and passive funds? Do they bring something extra of value to the table in regards to their high management fees? The question seems almost age-old at this point, from dart throwing monkeys outperforming high profile fund managers to famous investors proclaiming that active fund management is dead, it’s hard to know what is really true about active versus passive fund management. READ MORE