本研究探討企業宣告私募股權之動機對宣告時之折價幅度、異常報酬，以及其後續的執行率與經營績效之影響。並將私募案依投資人加以分類，區分為積極性私募、管理階層私募與消極性私募，各類私募分開探討其動機、執行率與經營績效。 實證結果發現，企業選擇私募股權融資的動機如下：(1) 進行積極性私募之動機，並無法以監督需求假說解釋之；(2)自利交易為進行管理階層私募之動機；(3) 進行消極性私募之動機，並無法以控制權鞏假說解釋之。 私募實際執行與否的影響因素方面，實證結果如下：(1) 積極性私募因為研究樣本過少，無法進行實證分析；(2) 管理階層私募方面，當預計發行股數佔流通在外股數比例較高時，實際執行的可能性較高；(3) 消極性私募方面，投資機會於宣告後增加，實際執行的可能性較高，然而當內部人持股比例低於5%或高於25%時，實際執行的可能性較低。 至於私募之執行與後續經營績效之關聯性，實證結果發現：(1) 積極性私募由於研究樣本過少，無法進行實證分析；(2) 執行管理階層私募之公司，其經營績效於執行後確實獲得提升；(3) 執行消極性私募之公司，其經營績效於執行後確實獲得提升，然而此發現並不支持控制權鞏固假說之預期。 / This research mainly discusses the motivations of firms which announce issuing private equity. The announcement motivations will influence the price discount and abnormal returns in the period of announcement, wills to execute the private placement, and the subsequent performance of those announcing firms. This study classifies private placements into three groups, including active placements, managerial placements, and passive placements. There are different motivations, situations of executions, and subsequent performances in different types of private placements. The empirical results on the motivations of firms that announce issuing equity privately indicate the following: (1) Monitoring hypothesis can’t explain why firms issue private equity to active investors. (2) Managerial self-dealing is the purpose of firms issuing private equity to insiders. (3) Managerial entrenchment hypothesis can’t explain why firms issue private equity to passive investors. The empirical results on the factors that influence firms execute the private placement or not indicate the followings: (1) Because of the sample constraints, this study can’t analyze in what situation firms will execute active private placements. (2) For managerial placements, those with higher percentage of the firm’s outstanding common stock represented by the placement tend to be executed. (3) For passive placements, when the investment opportunities increased after announcements, firms tend to execute the placement. However, when the ownership concentration is less than 5% or higher than 25%, firms’ wills to execute the placement are weaker. The empirical results on the association between the execution of private placements and its subsequent performance indicate the following: (1) Because of the sample constraints, this study can’t analyze the impacts of the execution of the active placement on the subsequent performance of the announcing fitm. (2) Firms executing managerial placements tend to have better subsequent performance. (3) Firms executing passive placements tend to have better subsequent performance. However, managerial entrenchment hypothesis can’t explain this result.

The backdrop of this dissertation is one ubiquitous element of everyday life: the stock market. Traditionally, accounting and stock markets are logically coordinate entities and this thesis analyzes how accounting supports private investors in their role as shareholders – as investors in shares and owners of companies. This analysis is carried out in four independent essays. The first two essays analyze the privatization of Telia, a former state-owned Telecommunication Company in Sweden that went public in 2000. The field material for the two essays consisted of newspaper articles, government bills and interviews. Qualitative and quantitative analyses demonstrate how accounting is used among different actors to realize the privatization. Theoretically, the first two essays lend themselves to the governmentality debate as introduced to accounting research by Miller and Rose (1990). The third and fourth essays are analyses of annual general meetings (AGMs). The field material was generated from a study of participants at 36 AGMs during the spring of 2004. The choice of these two seemingly unrelated cases was done deliberately. Both cases are stock market events that typically involve an audience of a large number of non-professional investors. In the privatization of Telia over 1 million people took part in the offer. The AGMs are typically seen as the single event by which non-professional investors have an opportunity to meet with top management. Thus, each event represents an instance in which accounting is confronted by a predominantly non-professional audience. The contribution of this study is two-fold. First, earlier work inspired by the Miller and Rose framework (1990) has favored an analysis of the programmatic. This study develops the technological aspect of the theoretical framework by means of a rich empirical description. In addition the two essays on the privatization of Telia contribute with an analysis of how once a specific technology translates to become and becomes understood at the site of intervention. Second, the two studies of AGMs contest earlier criticism against the meeting as a corporate governance mechanism detached from the overall corporate governance system. The argument here is that the AGM offers a valuable setting for private investors to discuss stewardship issues. That this opportunity is taken advantage of is suggested by the present field material.

The study is set to assess private actors participation in the global climate governance through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) adopted during the Kyoto Climate Conference of 1997 in Japan. The general aim of this thesis is to understand why there are so few CDM projects in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). The study is based on literature review of selected academic and policy documents, statistical analysis of CDM project distribution, and a questionnaire distributed to four respondents that include Tricorona, EcoSecurities, Vattenfall and Swedish Energy Agency to acquire relevant data. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and the CDM project pipeline. The main conclusions of the study are: (1) the Kyoto Protocol did not place a binding commitment on industrialized countries as to how they should channel CDM investment in developing countries and; (2) the market incentive placed within the CDM did not take into consideration the historical and socioeconomic issues of poverty, poor infrastructural and institutional problems of Sub Saharan African countries in order to avoid the unequal distribution of projects. The study concludes with the recommendation that the post-2012 CDM era should create a new framework that will assist Sub Saharan African Countries in developing alternative energy, and in promoting green technology. The thesis equally recommends that the market mechanism should be enforced by a new political mechanism that will help to promote good governance, as well as upgrade the existing political institutions and infrastructural development in SSA.

There has been an increased attention to sustainability in the society which has affected bothconsumers’ and investors’ behaviour. Consequently, companies are pressured to include CSR intheir businesses. Further, the media is quick to report when companies are acting sociallyirresponsible. For this reason it is of interest to investigate whether these news reports affectinvestors. One way to examine this is to study the stock price during such events. In addition, ithas been shown that women tend to value sustainability higher than men when consuming goodsand services. Hence, it is relevant to study if this trend is shown in their investment attitudes aswell. The method in this study consists of an event study which has been used to investigate theimpact of CSR events on stock prices of Swedish listed companies. In addition, a survey wasconducted to examine the attitudes towards CSR among Swedish private investors.The average two-day CAR for negative events was -0.18 percent, which suggests an existingeffect of negative CSR events on stock prices of listed Swedish companies belonging to OMX30.The findings in the survey showed that there is a great interest in CSR among Swedish investors.Further, a larger proportion include CSR in their investment decision compared to those who donot. Our findings showed that there exist differences in attitudes towards CSR within differentcategories of investors such as gender, age and trading habits. A larger proportion of femalerespondents have a greater interest in CSR and include CSR aspects in their investmentdecisions compared to males. A greater amount of female participants believe that a company'sCSR performance is at least as important as its financial one compared to males. Further, asignificant smaller proportion of investors between 18-24 years include CSR aspects when theymake investment decisions compared to those between 55-64 years. Our results suggest that themain underlying reason for respondents to include CSR was risk mitigation for the ones who trademore often and moral concerns for those who trade less often. Lastly, a larger proportion of thosewho trade less frequently believe that a company's CSR performance is at least as important asits financial one, compared to those who trade more frequently.

<p>Background:</p><p>Recent business paper articles observe that stocks soar when there is a change in ownership. The clothing company JC climbed 26% when it was announced Torsten Jansson had increased his holdings. Daydream, a computer game developer, followed this trend increasing its market value by 17% on the news that TA Capital had increased its hold-ings. In these examples, the market learned of the changes in ownership through a press release created by the acquiring entity. These pieces of news, also known as ownership disclosures, is the target of this thesis.</p><p>Purpose:</p><p>The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether ownership disclosures result in abnormal stock price changes. Furthermore, the aim is to find out if there are any differ-ences in returns depending on who announced the ownership disclosure. In order to fulfil this purpose, a quantitative approach was used.</p><p>Method:</p><p>A random sample of 160 ownership disclosures is gathered. 77 of these are classified as passive- and 83 as active investors. For each of these pieces of news, 183 days of historical stock price data is retrieved. This data is then parsed through the market model event-study framework.</p><p>Findings:</p><p>Graphically analyzing the whole sample indicates that the market is not efficient in its strong form. The same is true when dividing the sample into passive- and active investors. Statistically, an abnormal return is confirmed for the active investors, but not for the whole sample or the passive investors.</p><p>Conclusion:</p><p>By looking at the price change effects of ownership disclosures, the Stockholm Stock Exchange O-list is determined to be efficient at the semi-strong level. The anomaly caused by active investors leads to the possibility of making a profit of 2.70% between day -1 and day +1 relative to the day of the ownership disclosure being sent out. It should be noted, though, that transaction costs and taxes are not taken into consideration.</p>

Background: Recent business paper articles observe that stocks soar when there is a change in ownership. The clothing company JC climbed 26% when it was announced Torsten Jansson had increased his holdings. Daydream, a computer game developer, followed this trend increasing its market value by 17% on the news that TA Capital had increased its hold-ings. In these examples, the market learned of the changes in ownership through a press release created by the acquiring entity. These pieces of news, also known as ownership disclosures, is the target of this thesis. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether ownership disclosures result in abnormal stock price changes. Furthermore, the aim is to find out if there are any differ-ences in returns depending on who announced the ownership disclosure. In order to fulfil this purpose, a quantitative approach was used. Method: A random sample of 160 ownership disclosures is gathered. 77 of these are classified as passive- and 83 as active investors. For each of these pieces of news, 183 days of historical stock price data is retrieved. This data is then parsed through the market model event-study framework. Findings: Graphically analyzing the whole sample indicates that the market is not efficient in its strong form. The same is true when dividing the sample into passive- and active investors. Statistically, an abnormal return is confirmed for the active investors, but not for the whole sample or the passive investors. Conclusion: By looking at the price change effects of ownership disclosures, the Stockholm Stock Exchange O-list is determined to be efficient at the semi-strong level. The anomaly caused by active investors leads to the possibility of making a profit of 2.70% between day -1 and day +1 relative to the day of the ownership disclosure being sent out. It should be noted, though, that transaction costs and taxes are not taken into consideration.

Idag finns det cirka en halv miljon bostäder från miljonprogrammet som är i behov av renovering och modernisering. Bostadsföretagen som äger dessa fastigheter har problem med att finansiera renoveringen som krävs för att höja standarden och förlänga livslängden på fastigheterna. Denna uppsats handlar om hur direktägande fastighetsfonder kan fungera som ett alternativ till finansieringen av renoveringen av miljonprogrammet. Fördelen med att använda direktägande fastighetsfonder som finansiellt verktyg till upprustningen av miljonprogrammet är att kapitalet kan hämtas från den privata sektorn och beroendet av en stark finansiär minskas. Genom fondstrukturen skapas möjligheter för ett mindre sparande i bostadsfastigheter och gör marknaden för potentiella investerare större. Uppsatsen behandlar två områden i Stockholm och är belägna Rinkeby- Kista och Skarpnäck. Med hjälp av räkneexempel på en fiktiv fastighet utplacerad i dessa två områden har det visat sig att det kan vara lönsamt ur en investerares perspektiv som vill köpa andelar i fastighetsfonden som används i denna uppsats. Exempelvis får en fondinvesterare 9,1 % per år i Skarpnäck. Med en upprustning av miljonprogrammet tillkommer kostnader för renovering samt hyresökningar. Uppsatsen redovisar vilka kostnader en renovering medför för att uppnå modern standard samt vilka konsekvenser som moderniseringen har på hyresnivån. På grund av en ökad hyresnivå behandlar uppsatsen även frågan om hyresgästerna kommer att ha råd med de nya hyrorna. / There are approximately half a million apartments of the building initiative from the 1970’s called “miljonprogrammet” that are in need of major renovation and development into modernized standard. The real estate companies that own these properties have difficulties in funding the required amount of capital in order to achieve the goals of higher standards and extending the life length of the properties. This essay investigates the possibility of real estate private equity funds as a financial solution to the issue. The benefits of using real estate private equity funds as a financial solution to the renovation and development issue is that equity may be raised by using the private market and the dependence of one powerful financial investor decreases. As the fund structure being as it is, opportunities for savings in smaller amounts are created, which expands the market of possible investors. The essay investigates two areas in Stockholm that are located in Rinkeby-Kista and Skarpnäck. By using calculations containing a fictive property placed in the two areas, it has been proved that investing in a real estate private equity fund, created for the purpose of this essay, could be profitable for small-scale investors. The average annual return, which is gained when investing in the fund, is 9,1 % in Skarpnäck. As a consequence of developing ”miljonprogrammet”, rents are increased in order to cover some of the renovation costs and to fit new standards of the properties. The essay also explores the details of the renovation costs and what level the new rents will be at. Analysis will also be performed whether the tenants will be able to afford the increased rents.

Purpose – BecauseThe purpose of this thesis is to investigate what methods financial institutions use to inform and encourage their existing and potential clients to choose more sustainable and responsible investment alternatives. The thesis should also identify some key determinants of private investors’ choice of sustainable and responsible investments (SRI), with focus on the effect of limited knowledge and access to information about SRI has on private investors’ choice. Methodology – In this thesis, both qualitative and quantitative research methods are used to collect significant data. Qualitative data was collected through interviews with three representatives from different financial institutions. A questionnaire was distributed and answered by 36 respondents. Quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire, the processed and analyzed by using a comparison analysis of percentages. Findings – Overall, the thesis finds that financial institutions have limited focus on private investors and lack of concrete methods to provide private investors with relevant information and thus increasing the level of knowledge about SRI. Furthermore, the results indicate that earning steady financial returns by considering social responsibility is one of the motivations to invest in SRI. Women are more likely to choose SRI than men and millennials prefer SRI more compared to other generations. Limited knowledge and limited access to useful information are considered as strong obstacles for private investors when considering SRI. Research limitations – Since the sample size was very small, it’s probable that the respondents’ opinions and approach to SRI cannot represent the view of the entire population. Because of the sample size there’s an enormous variation in response patterns. Therefore, the results and conclusions need to be taken cautiously. / Syfte – Syftet med denna uppsats syfte är att undersöka vilka metoder som finansiella institutioner använder för att upplysa och uppmuntra både befintliga och potentiella kunder att välja mer hållbara och ansvarsfulla investeringsalternativ. Uppsatsen ska även identifiera faktorer som påverkar privata investerares val av hållbara och ansvarsfulla investeringar, med fokus på effekten av begränsad kunskap och tillgång till information. Metod/tillvägagångssätt – I denna studie har både kvalitativa och kvantitativa forskningsmetoder använts för att samla in data. Kvalitativa data samlades in genom intervjuer med tre representanter från olika finansiella institutioner. En enkät har distribuerats och besvarats av 36 respondenter. Kvantitativa data insamlades med hjälp av ett frågeformulär, sedan bearbetades och analyserades informationen med hjälp av en jämförelse av procentsatser. Iakttagelser – Sammantaget finner tesen att finansiella institutioner har begränsad fokus på privata investerare och bristen på konkreta metoder för att ge privata investerare med relevant information och därmed öka kunskapsnivån om SRI. Vidare tyder resultaten på att jakten efter stabil avkastning på längre sikt, genom att ta samhällsansvar är den främsta motivationen att investerare väljer SRI. Kvinnor och millenniegeneration är mer benägna att välja SRI än män och andra generationer. Begränsad kunskap och tillgång till relevant information betraktas som en stark barriär för privata investerare att välja SRI. Forskningsbegränsningar – På grund av att urvalets storlek är väldigt liten, är det troligt att de svarandes åsikter och förhållningssätt till SRI inte kan representera hela befolkningen. Urvalets storlek gör också att det finns stora variationer i svarsmönster. Därför bör resultaten och slutsatserna tas med stor försiktighet.

Bakgrund: Under våren år 2020 drabbades aktiemarknaden av coronapandemins påföljder. På en månad minskade Stockholmsbörsens värde med 30% men var åter tillbaka på rekordnivåer sex månader senare. Ett liknande börsras inträffade under hösten samma år, men då var värdeminskningen mindre och återhämtningen ännu snabbare. Vid varje upp- och nedgång måste den privata investeraren göra viktiga finansiella beslut om att sälja eller att fortsätta tro på portföljen, där eventuella börspsykologiska biases kan bidra till en suboptimal avkastning. Coronapandemin och dess effekt på aktiemarknaden innebar en möjlighet att undersöka hur bias har påverkat privata investerares finansiella beslut under året 2020.   Syfte: Studien har som syfte att undersöka huruvida psykologiska fallgropar påverkat investerare vid marknadsnedgången under våren 2020, samt jämföra med forskning från tidigare kriser i den mån det är möjligt. Vidare ämnar studien att undersöka i vilken utsträckning privata investerares finansiella beslut i mars 2020 influerade besluten under nedgången i oktober under samma år.   Metod: I studien genomförs 8 kvalitativa, semi-strukturerade djupintervjuer med privata investerare. Utifrån detta har en helhetsbild över hur dessa investerare reagerat och blivit påverkade av fallgropar bildats utifrån existerande teori, i mån av att uppfylla studiens syfte.  Slutsats: Studien finner att privata investerare har upplevt en stark påverkan av psykologiska bias under den studerade perioden. Av de undersökta fallgroparna är det primärt överkonfidens och social interaktion som har haft störst påverkan. Kännedomen är generellt låg om beteendefinans vilket visar sig i att respondenterna har svårt att förhålla sig till dessa bias och därvid bemöta dem. Vid de tillfällen som det finns en kännedom om fallgroparna visar det dock en förstärkt möjlighet att minska dess påverkan. Studien identifierar vissa skillnader i respondenternas beteende under våren gentemot hösten 2020, detta är dock i mindre grad. Vidare är det inte möjligt för studien att i större utsträckning konstatera om påverkan av bias på något vis påverkat respondenternas resultat under perioden. / Background: In the spring of 2020, the stock market was struck by the repercussions of the corona pandemic. The Stockholm stock exchange lost 30% of its value over the course of a month, which only required half a year to fully recover from. A similar market crash occurred in the fall of the same year, but had a smaller deflation and a faster recovery. With each fluctuation, the private investor must make important financial decisions to either sell or to hold. This provides space for potential biases that could bring negative effects on the portfolio yield. The corona pandemic and its effect on the stock market provided an opportunity to examine how biases have affected the financial decisions of private investors during 2020. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine whether psychological biases have affected private investors during the stock market decline in spring 2020, and compare the results to prior research in past crises. Furthermore, the study intends to examine the extent to which private investors' financial decisions in March 2020 influenced their decisions during the stock market decline in October 2020. Method: The study consists of eight qualitative, semi-structured interviews with private investors. Based on these answers and reflections a conclusive picture is formed out of the existing theories in order to fulfill the purpose of the study. Conclusion: The thesis finds that private investors have experienced a great impact of psychological biases during the studied period. Out of the examined biases, overconfidence and social interaction are those that displayed the largest impact. The awareness of behavioral finance was generally low among the respondents of the study, which resulted in them having a hard time relating to and managing the biases. At times when respondents had awareness of a bias, the possibility of reducing its impact seemed enhanced. The study also identified some differences in respondent behavior during the spring compared to the autumn of 2020, though to a lesser extent. Furthermore, it is not possible to establish that an impact of bias affected the financial results of the respondents in this study.

Bakgrund: Coronapandemin ledde under åren 2020 och 2021 till en volatil period på börsen där börskraschen våren 2020 var det starkaste ögonblicket. Antalet svenska kvinnliga aktieägare ökade med nio procent under 2020 och deras position på börsen stärktes. Volatiliteten på börsen ledde till att många beslut behövde tas; beslut som eventuellt kan ha påverkats av psykologiska bias och därmed lett till irrationella beslut. Dessa psykologiska bias har under tidigare perioder på börsen visats sig påverka män och kvinnor på olika sätt. Coronapandemins inverkan på aktiemarknaden och skillnaderna mellan könen, både på börsen och vid påverkan av psykologiska bias, ger incitament att undersöka just kvinnors beteende på börsen under denna tidsperiod.  Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att skapa förståelse för hur den kvinnliga investerarens beteende på börsen påverkats av psykologiska bias under coronapandemin samt vilka förändringar som skett i deras beteende jämfört med före pandemin. Vidare ämnar studien att föra en diskussion kring vad anledningen är till att kvinnor påverkats och hur de psykologiska fallgroparna kan motverkas.  Metod: För att uppfylla studiens syfte har studien genomförts med en kvalitativ metod genom nio semistrukturerade djupintervjuer med kvinnliga aktieinvesterare. En deduktiv- med inslag av induktiv ansats har använts för att tillsammans med existerande teori analysera det aktuella ämnet samt nå en slutsats.  Slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att kvinnliga investerare har påverkats av psykologiska bias under coronapandemin. Främst är det flockbeteende och överkonfidens av de undersökta biasen som har påverkat respondenterna men även dispositionseffekten har haft en stor påverkan. Överkonfidensen hos respondenterna har ökat under perioden medan medvetenheten om flockbeteende har blivit större och därmed har påverkan av flockbeteende minskat. Strategier, kunskap och medvetenhet har i flera fall lett till en minskad påverkan av bias hos respondenterna. Studien visar tendenser på ett annorlunda beteende hos kvinnor än vad som framkommit vid tidigare forskning. / Background: In 2020 and 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic led to a volatile period on the stock market, where the stock market crash was the strongest moment. The amount of Swedish female investors grew by nine percent under 2020 and their position on the stock market strengthened. The volatility on the stock market led to many decisions needed to be made; decisions that eventually could have been affected by psychological biases and therefore led to irrational decisions. During earlier periods on the stock market, these psychological biases have been shown to affect men and women in different ways. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the stock market and the differences between genders, both on the stock market and regarding the influence of psychological biases, provides incentives to examine the female investors’ behavior on the stock market during this period of time.  Purpose: The purpose of the study is to create an understanding for how the female investors’ behavior on the stock market is affected during the Covid-19 pandemic but also what changes have taken place in their behavior compared to before the pandemic. Further, the study aims to bring forward a discussion about the cause of influence and how these biases can be counteracted.  Method: To fulfill the purpose of the study, a qualitative method has been implemented. Empirical data has been generated through nine semi-structured in-depth interviews with female investors. A deductive- with elements of inductive approach has been used to analyze the topic in question together with existing theory as well as reach a conclusion.  Conclusion: The results of the study suggests that female private investors have been affected by psychological biases during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mainly, herd behavior and overconfidence are the ones with the greatest impact but also the disposition effect has appeared in the respondents’ behavior. Overconfidence has increased throughout the period while the consciousness about herd behavior has increased and therefore decreased in impact. Strategies, knowledge and consciousness have in many cases resulted in a lower impact of psychological biases among the respondents. The study shows tendencies, differently than previous research, regarding the behavior of female investors on the stock market.