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Sustainable Banking: A Closer Look at Scandinavian Banks´Sustainability Activities and Stock Market Performance
(2017-07-03)
This thesis investigates announcements of sustainability news in major commercial Scandinavian banks and their effect on stock market performance by conducting a quantitative research method using a standard event study ...
Socially Irresponsible Investment In The United States
(2017-08-22)
In this thesis, we provide evidence on the performance of an unethical investment strategy during the 21st-century. We examine publicly traded US companies engage in one of these five industries; gambling, oil/gas, alcohol, ...
Application of the Kelly Criterion on a Self-Financing Trading Portfolio -An empirical study on the Swedish stock market from 2005-2015
(2017-07-05)
A Kelly strategy theoretically optimizes the growth rate of investor’s capital. This paper evaluates its usefulness on the Swedish stock market between 2005 and 2015 by comparing returns to that of common portfolio strategies ...
The Relationship Between Environmental, Social and Governance Factors and Firm Performance. A Study Performed on the Swedish Stock Market
(2018-07-05)
This thesis investigates the relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and firm performance on the Swedish stock market over the years 2013-2017. Using the traditional Carhart’s four-factor ...
Closing the value gap: An Empirical Analysis of Cevian Capital’s Activism in Europe
(2021-06-23)
This paper analyses the short- and long-term impact of Cevian Capitals activist investments on 16 public companies in Europe during 2010-2019. Cevian Capital is the largest activist hedge fund in Europe and is characterized ...