Essays about: "active fund"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 89 essays containing the words active fund.

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

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   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

3. 17. 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

4. 18. The Entrepreneur's Hunt for Smart Money: A qualitative study of the entrepreneur's perspective on the investment process

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

   Author : Frida Nordenfors; Filippa Wähl; [2020]
   Keywords : entrepreneurial finance; entrepreneurial investment process; entrepreneur-investor relationship; expansion phase; high-growth start-up;

   Abstract : Start-up companies, and subsequently the entrepreneurs, have an increasingly important role in today's global economy. Besides contributing to economic growth, they also have a crucial impact on the society in promoting innovation and productivity since their businesses contribute to technological changes and innovative solutions. READ MORE

5. 19. Growth and Momentum - Rich and Richer : -A study on momentum and growth on the automotive Frankfurt stock market

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

   Author : Charlie Vindehall; David Eriksson; [2020]
   Keywords : Active investing; Growth; Momentum; Efficient Market hypothesis; German automotive sector; CAPM; Alpha; Sharpe ratio;

   Abstract : Active management funds are associated with higher transaction costs, which is something that has been acknowledged for a long time. The question is whether these costs can compensate with a higher return. This paper investigates how two active strategies, momentum and growth investing, have performed in relation to a passive index. READ MORE

6. 20. The Eternal Fight Against Bugs

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Christopher Brandeborn; Tim Lundqvist; [2020]
   Keywords : Private Equity; Secondary Buyout; Buy-and-Build; Value Creation; Extension Fund;

   Abstract : Our thesis aims to highlight strategies for long-term value creation in private equity, evaluate the performance of extended funds and discuss the dynamics around the decision to extend or exit investments. In order to achieve this, we perform a single case study of EQT's investment in Anticimex and a quantitative analysis of returns for a larger sample of US and EU private equity funds. READ MORE