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  1. 1. Do actively managed Sweden funds yield higher return better than passively managed funds, during a volatile market, when taking risk into account?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Allan Mohideen; Robin Lopes; [2023-08-25]
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    Abstract : This paper is examining if Swedish actively managed funds is creating more value for investors compared to Swedish index funds. The study is focused on the time period 2012-2022. Three risk-adjusted measurements are used to execute this mission. READ MORE

  3. 2. Active versus passive: Does increased investments in passive funds have an effect on active fund performance?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Elliot Corell; Jacob Hjelmstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : Index fund; Mutual fund; Passive investment; Active investment; Alpha;

    Abstract : In recent decades, there has been a shift towards investing in passively managed funds. Grossman and Stiglitz (1980) describe in their theoretical paper how the share of uninformed investors is positively correlated to the utility of being informed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Is the Federal Reserve Causing Funds to Underperform? A causal machine learning analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Willian Trindade Leite; Oliver Serenhov; [2022]
    Keywords : Causal inference; actively managed funds; passively managed funds; gradient boosting; double machine learning; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Macroeconomic conditions heavily influence financial markets, and the leading corpus of theory in the field lays out some general principles observed by investors and asset managers alike. However, while the theory is sound, it is hard to measure how much effect these conditions have. READ MORE

  5. 4. Active versus Passive fund performance : A quantitative study in risk-adjusted return between actively and passively managed equity funds from 2010 until 2021 including the COVID-19 pandemic

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Albert Karlsson; Samuel Krantz; [2022]
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    Abstract : The following paper is a quantitative study that examine whether actively managed equity funds have a higher risk-adjusted return than index funds. The study uses the performance measurement Sharpe ratio to determine the risk-adjusted return for the funds. The time-period of the examination was between January 2010 until December 2021. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sustainable Funds : Performance of funds in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Finansiering

    Author : Dylan Moradi; Gabriel Fransson; [2021]
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    Abstract : This thesis studies the performance of sustainable actively managed funds and sustainable passively managed funds by taking the returns of funds and risk-adjusting it with the help of alpha. Focus will be on sustainable funds with a rating of over three globes on the Morningstar rating system of which at least 85 percent of the holdings must be in Sweden. READ MORE