Essays about: "credit rating process"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words credit rating process.
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1. Green Numbers in Grey Areas: A study on what methods credit analysts use to integrate incomplete ESG data in the credit rating process
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : In response to the urgent need to address global warming, this study investigates the efforts of two credit rating agencies (CRAs), Aries and Orion, to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their financial analyses amidst challenges posed by inconsistent and unstandardized data. Based on interviews with nine CRA representatives and Knorr Cetina's theory of epistemic cultures, the present study reveals the difficulties faced by the CRAs with directly linking ESG factors to credit ratings. READ MORE
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2. Automatic Extraction of Financial Data in Credit Rating Analysis
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : With the increasing use of big data and automatization, financial data extraction is of growing importance in the financial industry. The thesis examines how an extraction system can be developed for extracting relevant data for credit rating analysis. READ MORE
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3. Modeling Credit Default Swap Spreads with Transformers : A Thesis in collaboration with Handelsbanken
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : In the aftermath of the credit crisis in 2007, the importance of Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) rose in the Over The Counter (OTC) derivative pricing process. One important part of the pricing process is to determine Probability of Defaults (PDs) of the counterparty in question. READ MORE
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4. Trends in the Capital Structure and Risk Assessment of Swedish Real Estate Companies : A Study on the Impact of the 2022-2023 Shift in Interest Rates
University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella systemAbstract : This study aims to analyse the changes in the capital structure of Swedish real estate companies over the past five years, with a particular focus on the period 2022-2023, characterised by the policy interest rate increasing from zero to 3.5 percent. READ MORE
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5. How to Improve the Swedish Corporate Bond Market
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : In late Mars 2020, Covid19was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization.The following crisis negatively affected the overall economy and also the Swedish corporate bond market. Generally, corporate bonds have been described as secure investments during turbulent market conditions, but now they decreased in value rapidly. READ MORE