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The Trial of Business Ethics
Vaccaro, Antonino; Kusyk, SophiaTechnical Note BEN-128-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhy are we so skeptical about business ethics? Why, whenever we mention corporate social responsibility during a casual conversation, a tight smile appears on the face of our interlocutor? In the following pages we will try to explore this impenitent disbelief which seems to affect managers, scholars, consumers, activists and even policy makers. We think that there are very good reasons for being skeptical about how business ethics and CSR are ...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Social Responsibility Non-Financial Reporting Standards: Measurement, Metrics, Labels and Awards at a Glance
Kusyk, SophiaTechnical Note BEN-127-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe purpose of this note is to give a quick glance at the different components of a non-financial system and it will briefly outline the basics of non-financial performance as commonly practiced in enterprises. The note explains the basic process of a non-financial performance system and the main standards that are currently applied.Starting at €8.20
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Passive Management of Fixed Income Portfolios
Guasch J.; Martínez Abascal, EduardoTechnical Note FN-503-EFinanceIn this technical note we give a general overview of passive management of fixed income portolios, that is, management designed to replicate the market average return rather than trying to beat it. In the first section we look at the main types of passive strategies. After that, we explain in detail how guaranteed funds are created and managed.Starting at €8.20
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Hedging Fixed Income Portfolios with Futures
Guasch J.; Martínez Abascal, EduardoTechnical Note FN-499-EFinanceIn this note we shall see how a bond portfolio can be hedged using bond futures. We shall study the general principles of hedging, and then the specific steps involved in implementing a hedge. Lastly, we shall point out some hedging errors.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Credit Risk in Fixed Income Portfolios
Guasch J.; Martínez Abascal, EduardoTechnical Note FN-501-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Debt Markets
Guasch J.; Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Simon, JanTechnical Note FN-490-EFinanceThis technical note presents an idea of what the debt market is. It describes the public debt issued by the central governments of each country, the non-governmental bonds, the supranational organisms, the debt issued by government agencies, the debt issued by companies with credit rating, asset securitization and the debt issued by companies without credit rating. Finally, the credit qualifications, or "ratings",of the debt in the long term ar...Starting at €8.20
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Money Markets
Guasch J.; Martínez Abascal, EduardoTechnical Note FN-489-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Miguel Castaño at Seat
Montoliu, A.; Ballabriga, A.; Torrents J.; Guasch J.; Heukamp, FranzCase AD-286-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsSales forecast for a car sector based on past sales and related macroeconomic data.Starting at €8.20
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Active Management of Fixed Income Portfolios
Guasch J.; Martínez Abascal, EduardoTechnical Note FN-498-EFinanceIn this technical note we give an overview of the active management of fixed income portfolios. First, we explain what we mean by active management. After that, we introduce and explain the strategies a portfolio manager can use to beat a benchmark. Lastly, we summarize the decision criteria for active fixed income portfolio management.Starting at €8.20
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Futuros sobre bonos
Guasch J.; Martínez Abascal, EduardoTechnical Note FN-493FinanceLos futuros son, hoy en día, elemento imprescindible en la gestión de carteras, pues nos permiten una adecuada gestión del riesgo, son baratos y tienen mucha liquidez, por lo que todos los gestores los usan habitualmente. En esta nota veremos qué es un futuro, cómo funciona y qué usos tiene en la gestión de carteras.Starting at €8.20