Essays about: "emerging markets finance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words emerging markets finance.

  1. 1. Momentum in ESG Indexes : A study on the passive capital flows effect on ESG stock prices

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Levin Heger; Lisa Åkerman; [2021]
    Keywords : ESG; Momentum; Passive Investments; Index investments; ETFs; Sustainable Finance; Price-to-earnings; Overvaluation; Herd Investing;

    Abstract : The aim with this thesis is to investigate whether increased capital flows to ESG screened indexes create higher price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios and momentum in the included stocks during the chosen time period of three years, from 2018 to 2020. The thesis will evaluate the capital flows to ESG indexes and compare both performance and P/E ratios between those and their corresponding Mother indexes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Irrational individuals and inefficient markets : A quantitative study of factors’ impact on individuals’ risk willingness

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Tom Ekelund; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : While conventional academic finance highlights theories within modern portfolio theory such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model, the emerging field of behavioral finance tries to develop these theories by incorporating psychological elements into the equation. Furthermore, an extensively discussed phenomenon is individuals’ risk willingness. READ MORE

  4. 3. Internationalization of Financial Technology Start-ups (Fintechs) : Evidence from Ecuadorian case studies

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Katherine Estefania Monroy Zambrano; [2020]
    Keywords : Internationalization; FinTech; finance; technology; Ecuador; Latin America; emerging markets; born-digital firms;

    Abstract : In the past decade, the financial industry has been criticized to lack a faster digital transformation to provide more efficient services, where FinTech (a neologism generated from the contraction of “(Fin)ancial” and “(Tech)nology”) start-ups or fintechs represent a paradigm shift to reinvent the industry. FinTech is gaining attention in multiple academic disciplines, however, it was found that it has been neglected from the international business discipline to understand the internationalization process of fintechs. READ MORE

  5. 4. Financial integration and international asset pricing of Chinese stock markets

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Ho Wai NG; Weiwei Zhu; [2018]
    Keywords : Financial integration; International asset pricing; Emerging Market Finance;

    Abstract : Our analysis draws several meaningful findings. First, we find that there is predictability of Chinese stock market return on latent variables which include common and local specific information. We also find that the conditional volatility and local price of risk are time varying for China. READ MORE

  6. 5. Green is the New Black : A study of investor reliance in green bond investments in the Swedish real estate market

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Mathilda Ingelgård; Louise Regnell; [2018]
    Keywords : Green bonds; real estate financing; transparency; greenwashing; sustainability; Gröna obligationer; fastighetsfinansiering; transparens; greenwashing; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : After the environmental debate was put firmly into economics literature, an emerging sustainable finance sector attempts to discipline corporate social and environmental behaviour, in which the financial markets and the real estate sector have been stated to play particularly important roles. Research within Swedish real estate financing has identified a growing interest of sustainable financing, mentioning green bonds in particular. READ MORE