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Rubil, Goran, and Magnus Sprycha. "Absolute Return Hunters." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Accounting and Finance, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-405.
Full textHedge fund investing is a relatively new phenomenon in Sweden. The first Swedish hedge fund was started in 1996. This new financial sector has since showed a steady growth.
Due to the novelty of hedge fund phenomena, it is right to ask whether the investors are prepared for this kind of investments; how they choose their hedge funds investments and whether they have adequate knowl-edge in the field.
This thesis provides a mapping of the investors’ behavior regarding hedge fund investments. We have concluded that Swedish hedge fund investors have a limited basis of knowledge required to fully utilize hedge funds in their portfolios.
Louw, Elbie. "Return-based style analysis of Domestic Targeted Absolute and Real Return unit trust funds in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25183.
Full text- in general, return-based style analysis applied to each fund identifies the asset allocation for the fund and is valid; but it is emphasised that for specific periods, the explanatory power of the regression model may become questionable;
- the collective results of return-based style analysis applied to the funds can be used to create a framework for sub-categorisation. The framework proposed was the result of nine out of a potential 54 funds. The explanatory power of the regression results was less questionable. The proposed framework was applied to the remaining 45 funds (Group 2), but there were indeed inconsistencies in the application;
- the framework created did not raise any concerns as a result of the Group 1 analysis. However, it was questionable when applied to the Group 2 funds in its entirety;
- sub-categorisation based on only the allocation to the domestic short-term asset class was definitely a criterion that was true irrelevant of which sample group it was applied to.
Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Bleser, Sebastian. "Die absolute Return-Strategie unter dem Einsatz von Hedge Funds als Alternative zur Benchmarkorientierung im Portfolio-Management /." München : GRIN Verlag, 2004. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=017149789&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
Full textKoriy, Gabriel, and Johanna Jansson. "Samband mellan svenska aktiefonders avkastning och avgift med hänsyn till risk." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-45737.
Full textShi, Wensi. "MIDAS Predicting Volatility at Different Frequencies." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statistiska institutionen, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-126821.
Full textArbex, Valle Cristiano. "Portfolio optimisation models." Thesis, Brunel University, 2013. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/10343.
Full textBuchanan, Lauren J. "The Success of Long-Short Equity Strategies versus Traditional Equity Strategies & Market Returns." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/286.
Full textBörjesson, Oscar, and Sebastian Rezwanul HaQ. "Do hedge funds yield greater risk-adjusted rate of returns than mutual funds?A quantitative study comparing hedge funds to mutual funds and hedge fund strategies." Thesis, KTH, Matematisk statistik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-146730.
Full textHedgefonder har den senaste tiden ökat i popularitet. Samtidigt finns det delade meningar huruvida hedgefonder genererar absolutavkastning och om de fungerar som bra alternativ till traditionella fonder. Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka huruvida hedgefonder skapar absolutavkastning samt om det finns investeringsstrategier som presterar bättre än andra. Denna uppsats jämför hedgefonders riskjusterade avkastning med traditionella fonder, för att på sätt se om en viss investeringsstrategi ar mer lukrativ i termer av överavkastning i förhållande till motsvarande index. Vi har använt ekonometriska metoder för att söka efter statistiskt signifikanta skillnader mellan avkastningen för hedgefonder och traditionella fonder. Våra resultat visar att svenska hedgefonder inte genererar högre risk-justerade avkastningar än svenska aktiefonder. Våra resultat visar inga signifikanta skillnader vad gäller avkastning mellan olika strategier. Slutligen finner vi heller inga bevis för att hedgefonder går emot den effektiva marknadshypotesen
Avancini, Gabriel Tambarussi. "Estudo da volatilidade da série de preços da soja por meio de modelos GARCH e modelos ARFIMA." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11134/tde-22042015-174305/.
Full textThe purpose of this article was to study the volatility of the soybean price traded in futures contracts on the BM&FBOVESPA (SFI series). The study was conduct by comparison between two approaches: first, was use the series of absolute returns of the respective series, to represent its volatility, which was persistent over time, proving the fact that the series has a long memory behavior. Because of such behavior, it was necessary to use ARFIMA models (\"Autoregressive Fractional Integrated Moving Average\"), which are able to capture effectively such behavior. Still using this approach, the models were estimate in two different ways: first, which all parameters were estimate simultaneously, and the second one, that was first estimated the long memory parameter, differentiated the series and, later, adjusted the ARIMA models in differentiated data. Finally, the second approach used in this work is the most common in academic research: the estimation of GARCH models (\"Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heretoscskedasticity\") directly in the returns series of the studied series. In this study, we conclude that the first approach was more effective, given the comparison criteria used.
Liberal, Gonçalo Maria Oliveira Dá Mesquita. "Do hedge fund indices enhance portfolio performance?" Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12550.
Full textAs carteiras de investimento tradicionais são focadas apenas em duas classes de ativos: Ações e Obrigações. Nas últimas décadas as carteiras institucionais, e de investidores privados, para perfis de risco equilibrados têm colocado o foco em 60% de ações globais, usualmente através do índice americano S&P500, e em 40% de obrigações através do índice Barclays US Aggregate Bond. A componente de obrigações tende a baixar a volatilidade das ações, resultando numa menor volatilidade destas carteiras. Dadas as atuais baixas taxas de juros, e as baixas yields das obrigações, esta classe de ativos poderá aumentar a sua volatilidade contribuindo para um maior risco destas carteiras. Posto isto, poderá fazer sentido aumentar a exposição a outros instrumentos financeiros por forma a diversificar estas carteiras e diminuir os riscos sistemáticos dos mercados financeiros. Torna-se assim necessário considerar alternativas de investimento, com o objetivo de obter retornos ajustados ao risco na constituição de carteiras de investimento. Os fundos de investimento de retorno absoluto, ou hedge funds, podem constituir alternativas de investimento válidas em períodos de alta volatilidade, e têm ganho visibilidade originando um aumento da procura, ou seja, a um aumento dos ativos sobre gestão. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo estudar a combinação de índices investíveis de Hedge Funds numa carteira tradicional de 60% de ações e 40% de obrigações. Pretende-se determinar a carteira de variância mínima e de Markowitz e os respetivos pesos dos índices de hedge funds na carteira de referência e comparar a sua performance.
Traditional investment portfolios are focused only on two asset classes: Stocks and Bonds. In recent decades institutional portfolios and private investors have, for balanced risk profiles, focused on 60% of global stock usually through the US S&P500 and 40% bonds through the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index. Therefore, it is necessary to increase exposure to other financial instruments in order to diversify these portfolios and reduce systemic risks in financial markets. If so, investors should consider adding alternatives to their traditional investments as a way to potentially reduce their portfolios sensitivity to financial markets. It is therefore necessary to consider investment alternatives, in order to get adjusted returns to risk in setting up investment portfolios. Absolute return funds or hedge funds, may present a valid alternative investment in times of high volatility, and have gained visibility in periods of bear markets compared to stock index funds, consequently leading to an increase in demand, i.e., an increase of assets under management for these assets. This study aims to analyze the combination of investable indices of hedge funds in a traditional portfolio of 60% stocks and 40% bonds. It is intended to determine the minimum variance portfolio and Markowitz and the respective weights of hedge fund indices in the reference portfolio and compare their performance considering time windows of two, five and ten years.
Gómez, Espinosa Juan Pablo. "Plan de negocios para Fondo Mutuo de Retorno Absoluto en el mercado chileno." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2016. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/140992.
Full textEn la siguiente Tesis se desarrolla un Plan de Negocios que analiza la factibilidad de incorporar un Fondo Mutuo de Retorno Absoluto (FMRA) dentro de los productos que actualmente ofrece EuroAmerica Administradora General de Fondos (AGF), satisfaciendo las necesidades de inversionistas chilenos que buscan nuevas alternativas de inversión y diversificación en la industria de Fondos Mutuos (FFMM). Debido al incremento en la correlación en las rentabilidades de los productos de inversión tradicionales, se ha perdido la capacidad de diversificación. Esto ha generado una búsqueda de instrumentos de inversión denominados alternativos que además de buscar retornos atractivos con niveles de volatilidad acotados, tengan comportamientos que no sigan los movimientos de mercados bursátiles mundiales. En los principales mercados de fondos mutuos a nivel global, cerca de un 8% de los fondos corresponden este tipo de activos. En el mercado local, no existen fondos mutuos que tengan dichos comportamientos, generando una oportunidad para el lanzamiento de un FMRA que utilice activos internacionales. Para desarrollar este proyecto, la metodología comenzó analizando el mercado actual de fondos mutuos en Chile, industria que posee un patrimonio administrado que bordea los 30 billones de pesos (millones de millones), y que en los últimos cuatro años ha presentado tasas de crecimiento que alcanzan el 13% anualmente. Para analizar la industria y los potenciales de crecimiento de EuroAmerica AGF como del FMRA se realizaron los análisis Cinco Fuerzas de Porter y FODA. A su vez, se utilizó la metodología de negocios Canvas que permitió estructurar el Modelo de Negocios del proyecto y desarrollar la Propuesta de Valor. Por otra parte se desarrollaron Planes Funcionales: Operacional, Plan de Recursos Humanos, Plan Comercial y de Marketing, y Plan financiero. Mediante la evaluación económica, el escenario base del proyecto FMRA genera un VAN del flujo de caja de $83.551.454 pesos, lo que equivale a una TIR de 24,29 por ciento. Además, considerando que los escenarios propuestos en el análisis de sensibilidad se utilizan tasas de crecimiento, participación de mercado, nivel de penetración y remuneraciones acotadas, los resultados parecen potencialmente atractivos. Por último, debido a que EuroAmerica AGF cuenta con la estructura, capacidad y recursos, y dado a que el interés y la demanda por este tipo de productos crecen sostenidamente en el mercado local, se recomienda la implementación del FMRA en el corto plazo.
Strebeľová, Veronika. "Financial Planning and Financial Analysis of a Limited Liability Company." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-124842.
Full textCouty, Patrice. "Contribution à l'étude des domaines de stabilité absolue des méthodes linéaires à pas multiples pour les équations différentielles à retard constant." Pau, 1985. http://www.theses.fr/1985PAUU1029.
Full textLondinová, Iveta. "Analýza vybrané firmy." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-223671.
Full textDericquebourg, Guy. "Contribution à l'élaboration d'une méthodologie de conception des interfaces opérateur incluant une commande visuelle." Valenciennes, 1991. https://ged.uphf.fr/nuxeo/site/esupversions/9ce4fb47-1fb5-4c7e-9549-bd476a4b84de.
Full textBai, Jing. "Commande des Systèmes Multi-agent d'Ordre Fractionnaire." Thesis, Ecole centrale de Lille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ECLI0019/document.
Full textThis thesis focuses on the distributed coordination of fractional-order multi-agent systems under fixed directed communication graph. Firstly, formation producing with absolute damping and communication delay of fractional-order multi-agent systems is studied. A control law is proposed and some sufficient conditions are derived for achieving formation producing. However, in some scenarios, it might be desirable that all agents achieve formation and move as a group, instead of rendezvous at a stationary point. Therefore, secondly, formation producing with relative damping and communication delay is considered. Thirdly, consensus tracking of fractional-order multi-agent systems with a time-varying reference state is studied. A common control law and a control law based on error predictor are proposed, and it is shown that the control laws are effective when a communication graph has directed spanning trees. Meanwhile, it is proved that the convergence of systems is faster using the control law based on error predictor than by the common one. Finally, the above control laws are extended to achieve formation-tracking problems. In fact, in many cases information can be sent from a reference state to only its neighbor agents not to all the agents. In order to solve the above problem, an effective control law is given to achieve consensus with a constant reference state. Then, an effective general control law and an effective particular one are proposed to achieve consensus with a time-varying reference state. Furthermore, the above control laws are extended to achieve the formation tracking problems
Jourdan, Guillaume. "Vers un microscope de force de Casimir : mesure quantitative de forces faibles et nanopositionnement absolu." Phd thesis, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 2007. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00273933.
Full textDepuis sa mise en évidence théorique, cet effet attire l'intérêt de communautés scientifiques d'horizons tous azimuts, des cosmologistes aux concepteurs de micro/nanosystèmes mécaniques en passant par les physiciens de la théorie quantique des champs et de la gravitation. Cette force qui se situe au coeur de nombreux problèmes actuels de physique théoriques, à l'interface de la physique de la gravitation et de la théorie quantique des champs (divergence de l'énergie du vide), joue en effet un rôle majeur dans le fonctionnement de nanosystèmes mécaniques en cours de développement, qui sont appelés dans les années futures à révolutionner toute l'industrie de la microélectronique. Les effets des conditions aux limites imposées au champ EM soulèvent en particulier de nombreuses interrogations sur le comportement de ce phénomène quantique. Son contrôle, par ce biais, constitue ainsi l'une des principales motivations du travail expérimental développé durant cette thèse : la conception d'un appareil de mesure de forces faibles entre deux surfaces de tailles micrométriques présentant une structuration à l'échelle du nanomètre en vue de l'étude de la force de Casimir. La sonde de force, développée au cours de la thèse de Gauthier Torricelli qui a lancé cette activité dans l'équipe Piconewton, est constituée d'une micropoutre au bout de laquelle est collée une sphère de quelques dizaines de micromètres de rayon et recouverte d'or.
Cette thèse propose tout d'abord une caractérisation expérimentale et théorique de son comportement mécanique en présence de son environnement et des appareils de mesure qui l'entourent. La mise au point d'une procédure de calibration de force constitue ensuite une étape incontournable pour obtenir des mesures de forces absolues et ainsi réaliser des comparaisons théorie/expérience significatives.
Ben, Hamed Bassem. "Sur les déformations isomonodromiques et la stabilité des équations différentielles." Phd thesis, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2006. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00599446.
Full textJaworski, Piotr. "Efektywność i ryzyko polskich funduszy absolutnej stopy zwrotu." Doctoral thesis, 2015.
Find full textThe work concerns the measurement of effectiveness and risks of Polish absolute return funds. The work consists of five chapters. The first presents the definition and types of investment funds. In the second was presented the concept of absolute return funds. The third chapter is an analysis of the effectiveness of the analyzed funds in the context of achieving by them superior returns and their risks. In the fourth chapter were presented studies of the effectiveness of the funds in the context of a weak form efficient market hypothesis. The fifth chapter analyzes the abilities of achieving absolute returns on the domestic capital market using cointegration. The study revealed that the funds are efficient, do not realize superior returns, have a lower risk than other asset classes. It was also confirmed using cointegration one can build investment strategies giving absolute returns.
Gaspar, Renato João Mirrado. "Climatologia do oceano." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/30293.
Full textThe objective of the present dissertation was, through the construction of MATLAB programming language software, to provide a tool to support regional oceanography studies, in this case of the ocean surrounding southern Africa. For this purpose the software reads the climatology (in situ temperatures and practical salinities) of NOAA's World Ocean Database 2018, at spatial resolutions of 10 and (1/4)0, the GEBCO bathymetry at 30 seconds-arc resolution (about 0,5 miles) and the International Thermodynamic Equation of State for Seawater (TEOS 2010) standard functions for calculations of conservative temperature, absolute salinity, density, sound velocity, and geostrophic current velocity from which the profiles and sections (vertical and horizontal), as well as bathymetric profiles and bathymetric map of the zone, in a graphical interface. For the Southern African ocean area, graphs of vertical profiles, vertical and horizontal sections of those properties were produced. It was possible to recognize the structures of water bodies and ocean currents present in the area, such as: Central South Indian Water, Central South Atlantic Water, Sub-Antarctic Surface Water, Equatorial Indian Water, Antarctic Intermediate Water, Intermediate Water of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, and Antarctic Bottom Water; the Agulhas Current, the Agulhas Counter Current, the Benguela Current, the Mozambique Current and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The developed tool has good potential to support the teaching of Oceanography, regarding the distribution of properties in the three dimensions of the ocean and in the area of Navigation for the realization of travel studies.