Essays about: "investment risk crisis"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 68 essays containing the words investment risk crisis.

  1. 6. Diversifying a Real Estate Portfolio Through Infrastructure Investment : An Interview Study of Opportunities and Challenges in the Nordics

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Carl Jussi-Pekka; Pontus Grundström; [2023]
    Keywords : Real Assets; Infrastructure Investments; Nordic Infrastructure; Barriers; Opportunities; Real Estate; Reala tillgångar; Infrastrukturinvesteringar; Nordisk Infrastruktur; Barriärer; Möjligheter; Fastigheter;

    Abstract : Since the financial crisis infrastructure has become an increasingly attractive asset class for investors, especially among financial institutions, who recognize the value of diversification opportunities within infrastructure. In parallel with the emergence of infrastructure as an investable asset class, the global financial turbulence has generated even greater incentives for investors to diversify their portfolios with infrastructure, as the asset class exhibits characteristics to navigate in a more challenging economic environment. READ MORE

  3. 7. Macroeconomic Determinants of Sovereign Credit Risk

    University essay from

    Author : Adam Aleb; Rashid Hassan; [2022-07-04]
    Keywords : Macroeconomic Determinants; Credit Risk; Government Bond Yields; Cointegration; Long-run and Short-run Determinants; VECM; ARDL; FEVD;

    Abstract : This report analyzes the macroeconomic determinants of sovereign bond yields in three different economies: the US, a large open economy and a benchmark in the financial markets, Sweden, a small open economy that has successfully dealt with financial crisis, and Italy, a large open economy with a history of financial distress. Cointegration techniques of the VECM and the ARDL model were used to derive the short-run and the long-run determinants of sovereign bond yields. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Impact of Financial Crises and Natural Disasters on the US Catastrophe Bond Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martina Scaroni; Felicitas Gesa Lore Elisabeth Schulze-Steinen; [2022]
    Keywords : Catastrophe Bond; Atlantic Hurricanes; Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Catastrophe (CAT) bonds bring the needs of (re)insurance companies and investors together: They insure against natural disasters by transferring risk to the capital market while at the same time promising high returns and a certain detachment from financial markets. Being an alternative investment class that has been on the rise only in recent years, academic research on CAT bonds is comparatively limited. READ MORE

  5. 9. PEPP Talk: The Impact of the ECB's Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme on the Corporate Bond Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lorenzo Gianni Günther; Emma Lundblad; [2022]
    Keywords : Quantitative Easing; The European Central Bank; The Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme; Corporate Bonds; Covid-19; Credit Spread; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: This thesis aims to evaluate whether the ECB’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) cushioned the Covid-19 crisis’ impact on the Euro area’s corporate bond market and relieved borrowing conditions. Methodology: The methodology is based upon unbalanced panel data and difference-in-differences regressions with firm-clustered standard errors. READ MORE

  6. 10. ESG and Risk-Adjusted Performance : A study on equity funds under Swedish management during the COVID-19 pandemic

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Clarissa Mao; Jawid Safa; [2022]
    Keywords : Socially responsible investment; ESG; Risk-adjusted performance; portfolio risk and standard deviation;

    Abstract : This research study examines the risk-adjusted performance and portfolio risk of 60 large cap equity funds - mutual funds - under Swedish management. These funds apply environmental, social and governance criteria in their investment strategies. READ MORE