Essays about: "types of fund"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the words types of fund.
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21. Copycat Funds: Is This the End of Active Investing?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : The aim of this paper is to see whether it is possible to efficiently copy the investment strategy of US equity-only mutual funds, based on their disclosure to the SEC. Copycat performance is evaluated at the full sample, and then in smaller groups in order to determine whether some types of funds are better candidates for copying. READ MORE
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22. Translating Modality : Disentangling the semantics of the modal auxiliaries in an investment fund prospectus and its translation from English to Swedish
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This paper analyses the use of modal auxiliaries in an investment fund prospectus and how they are translated into Swedish. The semantics of modal auxiliaries is a rather fuzzy area. One modal verb such as may or will can have several different meanings, depending on the textual and situational context. READ MORE
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23. Funding of Social Enterprises : A case study of high investor engagement funding practices on for-profit social enterprises
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This bachelor thesis evaluates how high-engagement investors contribute to the development and growth of for-profit social enterprises by providing both funding and non-financial advisory services focused on organisational capacity-building. Case studies on three social enterprises describe the structure of funding deals, what considerations affected these due to the high social character of the ventures, and inquire into the relationship between social enterprise and their investors to evaluate how the investors provide value for their investees beyond capital. READ MORE
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24. Perceptions of Swedish Fund Managers of Equity Crowdfunding
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Equity crowdfunding (ECF) is the smallest of four main types of crowdfunding (CF) and has emerged as a new form of investment, where investors receive equity of a company in return for capital. Over the past years, the development of CF has given entrepreneurs the option to seek funding from a new source, instead of relying solely on venture capital (VC) and other sources of funding (Mollick, 2013). READ MORE
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25. SRI - "Superior Return Investment?" - A study of Swedish socially responsible investment mutual funds over a longer period, evaluating the performance of funds and managers in different market conditi
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : The market for socially responsible investment funds has been growing steadily in the recent years, and sustainable growth can be argued to be of great importance to future generations. Previous research has, contradictory to classic financial theory indicated similar performance between mutual funds imposing ethical constraints, and their conventional unrestricted counterparts. READ MORE
