Browsing Kandidatuppsatser i finansiell ekonomi by Title
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Facilitating Sustainable Investments - How the EU Taxonomy is expected to change the principal-agent relationship between fund managers and retail customers
(2020-07-02)There is currently an information asymmetry on the financial market, which has implications for the practice of greenwashing, hindering the capital allocation towards the Sustainable Development Goals. To fill this information ... -
Feeling the Heat of Climate Change - How Sensitive Could It Be?
(2020-06-29)This thesis examines if climate sensitivity predicts stock returns and how well this measurement performs. The sample consists of the S&P 500 and the monthly stock return for the period between 1979 to 2019. The method is ... -
Financial Fair Play and its Intended Impact - An Investigation of the European Football Environment
(2022-07-12)This study examines what effect the implementation of UEFAs Financial Fair Play regulations have had on football clubs' financial performance and if the top leagues competitiveness in Europe has changed for the better. The ... -
Första-Fjärde AP-fonden: Riskjusterad avkastning och risk 2001-2017
(2018-07-11)The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the four Swedish public pension funds AP1-4 contribute to the stability of the pension system by evaluating their mandate as formulated in the law. The thesis contributes ... -
From Tree Huggers to Money Makers: How ESG Scores Boost Corporate Financial Performance in the EU
(2023-06-29)This thesis examines the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores and financial performance as measured by both accounting- and market-based measures; Return on Assets and Tobin's Q. The study ... -
Fund activity and performance: A closer look at the Swedish mutual fund industry
(2016-07-06)This paper investigates the level of fund activity and its e ect on fund performance on the Swedish market. By analyzing fund characteristics between 2005 to 2015, we find that among the active fund alternatives, the ... -
Genererar fonder med prestationsavgifter bättre avkastning? En empirisk studie på den svenska fondmarknaden.
(2017-07-05)This paper investigates how asymmetric performance fees affect the performance and risk-taking of mutual funds in the Swedish market between 2012–2016. From our findings we cannot conclude that performance fees induce fund ... -
Geopolitisk risk och dess påverkan på Stockholmsbörsens volatilitet
(2022-07-11)The aim of this thesis is to analyze if geopolitical risk has an effect on the volatility of the Swedish stock market. The methods: OLS-regression and quantile-regressions are used. Geopolitical risk is quantified using ... -
Green bond premiums: A comparison between the primary and secondary debt capital markets
(2021-07-02)Could green bonds act as a relatively cheap alternative to conventional bonds when aiming to fund sustainable investments? An increased need to allocate funds towards carbon neutral projects in recent years has spurred a ... -
The Greenfee of Beta - Unraveling the Impact of Sustainability on Systematic Risk
(2023-06-30)This paper unravels the impact of sustainability on systematic risk. Literature suggests that enhanced sustainability reduces companies' systematic risk, thanks to e.g. product differentiation, a broader spectrum of investors ... -
Hållbarhet och fondprestation
(2022-07-11)The purpose of this paper is to conduct research regarding fund performance based on Morningstar’s Sustainability Rating, with the aim of drawing conclusions about whether funds with high sustainability rating perform ... -
"Hållbarhet och Kapitalkostnad" - en studie på den svenska aktiemarknaden
(2021-06-29)This research paper investigates the relationship between the components of the ESG-score and the firm's cost of capital. The study is conducted on the Swedish stock market and includes all Swedish companies listed on the ... -
Hållbarhetsaspekter i investeringsbeslut
(2022-07-01)The purpose of this report is to examine whether institutional investors value sustainability in their investment decisions when investing on the leading indices of the Scandinavian market. The report performs panel data ... -
Hållbarhetsredovisning inom den svenska banksektorn -En innehållsanalys av hållbarhetsredovisning om mångfald och jämställdhet inom banksektorn
(2018-02-22)Bakgrund: Tryck från omvärlden har bidragit till ökat fokus hos banksektorn i fråga om mångfald och jämställdhet. Efterfrågan på information har lett till att publiceringen av hållbarhetsrapporter har eskalerat. Banker ... -
Hidden Values or Synergy Effects? What the Market Does Not See
(2021-06-30)The subject of bid premiums for public buyouts has been researched repeatedly as the premium itself can be hard to fully derive and could greatly affect both the acquirer and other investors involved. This thesis examines ... -
How Differences in Forecasted and Actual Values of Macroeconomic Indicators Influences the Stock Market.
(2022-07-01)The objective of this thesis is to analyse if macroeconomic announcements have a significant influence on the stock prices on the S&P 500 index. It is investigated by various correlation tests, descriptive statistics tables ... -
How does the market structure in a banking sector affect bank profitability during a financial crisis?
(2016-07-06)This thesis studies how profitability in both emerging and advanced economies is affected by market structure in a financial crisis. The country sample from Mirzaei, Moore, & Liu (2013) is used with a similar methodology, ... -
Högfrekvenshandels Inverkan på den Svenska Aktiemarknadens Volatilitet
(2019-07-08)The focus of this paper is to investigate whether or not high frequency trading affects market volatility. Research on the topic has not been conducted on the Swedish stock market which is the purpose of this thesis. ... -
Hur privatinvesterare påverkas av bankernas avståndstagande från Bitcoin
(2022-07-11)This study examines why Swedish banks don’t offer services linked to cryptocurrencies and how private investors are affected by this. Further, the study examines what risks a private person has to consider if they want to ...