Essays about: "fund"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 805 essays containing the word fund.

  1. 31. Beyond Borders: Exploring Investor Sentiment and CCEF Prices

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Ye Song Kim; Rouaa Kal Omar; [2023]
    Keywords : Closed-end country fund CCEF ; Investor Sentiment; Country Popularity;

    Abstract : We test the relationship between closed-end country funds (CCEFs) and their relationship with American investors' sentiments toward the respective home country of the funds during the years 2009 to 2021 which were met with adversaries such as COVID-19. Previous research regarding closed-end country funds was done in the 1990s and in the early 2000s, where the research discovered a positive relationship between CCEF price premiums and positive perception of a country. READ MORE

  3. 32. Calling the Bluff? - The Perspective of Nordic Private Equity Firms on the Implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Jonathan Bornemann; Ida Lennartsson; [2023]
    Keywords : SFDR; Private Equity; ESG disclosures; Greenwashing; Sustainability;

    Abstract : The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is the first mandatory ESG regulation in the EU. Since March 2021, the regulation has imposed ESG disclosure obligations for asset managers, including private equity firms, in a pursuit to increase transparency and mitigate greenwashing in the industry. READ MORE

  4. 33. Legitimacy Alignment: The Role of Legitimacy Judgments in the Emergence of New Organizational Forms : An Exploratory Single Case Study about the Angel Investment Organization STOAF and its Emergence into a New Stable Organizational Form.

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    Author : Adam Backman; Moritz Scherer; [2023]
    Keywords : legitimacy; organizational form; emergence; business angel; angel investment organization; business angel fund;

    Abstract : Background:Business Angels (BA) and Angel Investment Organizations (AIO) have become an essential source of capital for entrepreneurs, whereas Business Angel Groups (BAG) are the most recent organizational form in which Business Angels organize themselves. However, BAG still face several issues that prevent them from success in the long term, such as identifying the right members and creating membership engagement. READ MORE

  5. 34. Fragile Market: The impact of mutual funds on the corporate bond market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Noah Tvelin; [2023]
    Keywords : Corporate Bonds; Mutual Funds; Fire Sale; Liquidity; Covid-19;

    Abstract : This master's thesis investigates whether mutual funds can induce fire sales on the Swedish corporate bond market between August 2019 and August 2020 to determine whether mutual funds aggravated the COVID-19 crash, and if their solution to temporarily freeze withdrawals were a viable remedy. Moreover, the thesis addresses this question using a panel-data framework that includes mutual fund-specific variables, control variables suggested by previous literature, entity, and time-fixed effects, allowing the thesis to capture divergences between corporate bonds and months. READ MORE

  6. 35. Labor market reforms and optimal unemployment insurance : Policy experiment on the Swedish labor market

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Sofia Björkman; [2023]
    Keywords : Unemployment; employment protection legislation; optimal unemployment insurance; welfare effect; Sweden.;

    Abstract : This paper examines how a reduction in EPL affects the utility of older workers, by changing the probability of re-employment as well as the risk of becoming unemployed. I generalize the Bailey-Chetty framework and make a one-period model that shows maximizing search behavior of the agent. READ MORE