FDI Opportunities in the Icelandic Hotel Industry
... For centuries people have travelled between countries looking for new opportunities, adventure and knowledge. What was at first only possible for a limited few has, due to significant improvements in transportation technology, been made possible to a much greater share of the human population. This ...
... For centuries people have travelled between countries looking for new opportunities, adventure and knowledge. What was at first only possible for a limited few has, due to significant improvements in transportation technology, been made possible to a much greater share of the human population. This ...
Rating Symbols and Definitions
... Issuer Ratings are opinions of the ability of entities to honor senior unsecured debt and debt like obligations.5 As such, Issuer Ratings incorporate any external support that is expected to apply to all current and future issuance of senior unsecured financial obligations and contracts, such as exp ...
... Issuer Ratings are opinions of the ability of entities to honor senior unsecured debt and debt like obligations.5 As such, Issuer Ratings incorporate any external support that is expected to apply to all current and future issuance of senior unsecured financial obligations and contracts, such as exp ...
Rating Companies in the Radio Broadcasting Industry
... • The FRA grid below shows the primary FRA metrics used by DBRS to determine the FRA. While these primary FRA metrics are shown in general order of importance, depending upon an issuer’s activities, the ranking can vary by issuer. • DBRS ratings are primarily based on future performance expectatio ...
... • The FRA grid below shows the primary FRA metrics used by DBRS to determine the FRA. While these primary FRA metrics are shown in general order of importance, depending upon an issuer’s activities, the ranking can vary by issuer. • DBRS ratings are primarily based on future performance expectatio ...
Does pension funds` fiduciary duty prohibit the integration of
... that social irresponsibility carries a cost, unlike social responsibility which provides "insurancelike" protection of firm value against negative events (Godfrey et al., 2009; Jo and Harjoto, 2012; Jo and Na, 2012; Oikonomou et al., 2012). Not a single portfolio with an average or above average deg ...
... that social irresponsibility carries a cost, unlike social responsibility which provides "insurancelike" protection of firm value against negative events (Godfrey et al., 2009; Jo and Harjoto, 2012; Jo and Na, 2012; Oikonomou et al., 2012). Not a single portfolio with an average or above average deg ...
Developing Annuities Markets The Experience of Chile
... Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association— College Retirement Equities Fund Technical Reserve temporary withdrawal unidades de fomento (a unit of account indexed to prices) United Kingdom United States value at risk ...
... Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association— College Retirement Equities Fund Technical Reserve temporary withdrawal unidades de fomento (a unit of account indexed to prices) United Kingdom United States value at risk ...
Evaluation of Active Management of the Norwegian Government
... performance broken down by fixed income and equity strategies and by external vs. internal performance. NBIM also provided information about fees, capital allocations to external funds, and benchmarks returns, all in NOK. Given the sensitive nature of this information it is not all detailed in o ...
... performance broken down by fixed income and equity strategies and by external vs. internal performance. NBIM also provided information about fees, capital allocations to external funds, and benchmarks returns, all in NOK. Given the sensitive nature of this information it is not all detailed in o ...
The Impact of Skewness and Fat Tails on the Asset Allocation Decision
... TLF model can take the inputs shown in Table 1 and generate the corresponding multivariate returns that we used for the first four scenario analyses. Assets A, B, and C have the same ratio of return to risk (standard deviation), 0.5. Asset D has a slightly lower return-to-risk ratio, 0.43. The corre ...
... TLF model can take the inputs shown in Table 1 and generate the corresponding multivariate returns that we used for the first four scenario analyses. Assets A, B, and C have the same ratio of return to risk (standard deviation), 0.5. Asset D has a slightly lower return-to-risk ratio, 0.43. The corre ...
Small States` Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate
... 1. Average Effects of Disasters by Region and Income, 1950–2014 ________________________________ 9 2. Average Effects of Disasters by Type, 1950–2014 _______________________________________________ 9 3. Average Annual Effects of Disasters ___________________________________________________________ ...
... 1. Average Effects of Disasters by Region and Income, 1950–2014 ________________________________ 9 2. Average Effects of Disasters by Type, 1950–2014 _______________________________________________ 9 3. Average Annual Effects of Disasters ___________________________________________________________ ...
Annual Report
... DELTA’s energy production operations were severely affected by continued poor market conditions in 2014. The gas-fired power station SloeCentrale is one of the most efficient plants in the Netherlands, delivering a relatively high output, but margins were too low. The ELSTA gas-fired power station c ...
... DELTA’s energy production operations were severely affected by continued poor market conditions in 2014. The gas-fired power station SloeCentrale is one of the most efficient plants in the Netherlands, delivering a relatively high output, but margins were too low. The ELSTA gas-fired power station c ...
Dynamic Correlation or Tail Dependence Hedging for Portfolio
... is insucient to capture asymmetric tail dependence between assets. Using Extreme Value Theory, Longin and Solnik (2001) find that international stock markets tend to be more highly correlated during extreme market downturns than during extreme market upturns, establishing a pattern of asymmetric ta ...
... is insucient to capture asymmetric tail dependence between assets. Using Extreme Value Theory, Longin and Solnik (2001) find that international stock markets tend to be more highly correlated during extreme market downturns than during extreme market upturns, establishing a pattern of asymmetric ta ...
NBIM DIscussIoN NoTE Momentum in Futures Market
... Schindler and Schrimpf (2013) quantify the diversification benefits (increase in Sharpe ratio) from adding foreign exchange investment styles (value, momentum and carry) to portfolios consisting of global equities and bonds. The authors show that this diversification effect holds for different portf ...
... Schindler and Schrimpf (2013) quantify the diversification benefits (increase in Sharpe ratio) from adding foreign exchange investment styles (value, momentum and carry) to portfolios consisting of global equities and bonds. The authors show that this diversification effect holds for different portf ...
Annual Report 2010
... that our people are our most important resource can sound like empty words, but it is absolutely true. And as such, we have spent the year bringing new talent on board at Billerud. We have new mill managers at all three Swedish mills, bringing considerable youth to some of our leading positions, as ...
... that our people are our most important resource can sound like empty words, but it is absolutely true. And as such, we have spent the year bringing new talent on board at Billerud. We have new mill managers at all three Swedish mills, bringing considerable youth to some of our leading positions, as ...
Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860)
... A discussion of the potential risks associated with the agreements and the related collateral pledged, including obligations arising from a decline in the fair value of the collateral pledged and how those risks are managed. ...
... A discussion of the potential risks associated with the agreements and the related collateral pledged, including obligations arising from a decline in the fair value of the collateral pledged and how those risks are managed. ...
US Government II Unit 8: Macroeconomics and Personal Finance
... services to those people who are willing and able to pay the most for them. ‐ EFL 06.01 Explain how competition among sellers affects costs and prices of goods and services. ‐ EFL 06.02 Explain how competition among buyers affects prices of goods and services. ...
... services to those people who are willing and able to pay the most for them. ‐ EFL 06.01 Explain how competition among sellers affects costs and prices of goods and services. ‐ EFL 06.02 Explain how competition among buyers affects prices of goods and services. ...