scholarly journals What happened to financially sustainable firms in the Corona crisis?

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 83-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Günther ◽  
Werner Gleißner ◽  
Christian Walkshäusl
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Risk Profile ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Risk Exposure ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Investment Portfolio ◽  
Investment Portfolios ◽  
Earnings Risk

AbstractPurpose: Financial sustainability is underrepresented in both research on and the practice of sustainability management and reporting. In this article, we examine empirically how financially sustainable firms performed in the Corona crisis.Methods: We measure financial sustainability by four conditions: (1) firm growth, (2) the company’s ability to survive, (3) an acceptable overall level of earnings risk exposure, and (4) an attractive earnings risk profile. We apply this measurement to investment portfolios of a broad sample of firms from 15 European countries of the MSCI Europe using typical investment portfolio characteristics.Results: We find that financially sustainable firms outperform both the broad market and firms with low financial sustainability for the time span July 2019 to March 2020.Conclusion: An investment strategy that invests in financially sustainable firms seems to be better capable of overcoming economic breakdowns such as the Corona crisis. We find that the returns increase with each of the four conditions that are included in the investment strategy. This underlines that considering financial sustainability is interesting for financial management, corporate governance and management control.

FINANCIAL CONTROLLING IN THE SYSTEM OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
Petya Yordanova – Dinova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
And Control

This paper explores the comparative analysis of the financial controlling, who is a result from the common controlling concept and the financial management. In the specialized literature, financial controlling is seen as an innovative approach to financial management. It is often presented as the most promising instrument of financial diagnostics. Generally speaking, financial controlling is seen as a process of managing the company`s assets which are valued in monetary measures. The difference between the financial management and the financial controlling is that the second covers all functions of management, analysis and control of finances, aiming at maximizing their effective use and increasing the value of the enterprise. Financial controlling is often seen as a function of the common practice of financial management. Its objective is to preserve the financial stability and financial sustainability of enterprises operating in a highly aggressive business environment.

scholarly journals Modified Mean-Variance Risk Measures for Long-Term Portfolios

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Hyungbin Park
Keyword(s):  
Risk Measures ◽  
Risk Measure ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Stochastic Volatility Model ◽  
Heston Model ◽  
Volatility Model ◽  
Variance Risk ◽  
Investment Portfolios ◽  
Mean Variance

This paper proposes modified mean-variance risk measures for long-term investment portfolios. Two types of portfolios are considered: constant proportion portfolios and increasing amount portfolios. They are widely used in finance for investing assets and developing derivative securities. We compare the long-term behavior of a conventional mean-variance risk measure and a modified one of the two types of portfolios, and we discuss the benefits of the modified measure. Subsequently, an optimal long-term investment strategy is derived. We show that the modified risk measure reflects the investor’s risk aversion on the optimal long-term investment strategy; however, the conventional one does not. Several factor models are discussed as concrete examples: the Black–Scholes model, Kim–Omberg model, Heston model, and 3/2 stochastic volatility model.

scholarly journals Kelly's Strategy Analysis in Optimizing Investment Portfolios in Foreign Exchange

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S7) ◽  
pp. 245-250
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Optimal Portfolio ◽  
Minimal Risk ◽  
Investment Portfolio ◽  
Strategy Analysis ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Portfolio Returns ◽  
Strategy Model ◽  
Investment Portfolios

Investments in financial markets not only pay attention to promising profits, but also need to consider the risks that follow. Risks can be minimized by establishing an investment portfolio. This research was conducted with the aim of analyzing optimal portfolios on foreign exchange investments, so that investments made provide maximum returns at certain risks, or minimal risk on certain returns. The data analyzed in this study are foreign exchange traded at Bank Indonesia. Data analysis is carried out quantitatively using the Kelly Strategy model. The steps: (i) Calculation of individual foreign exchange returns, (ii) Determine the average value of individual foreign exchange returns, (iii) Determine the optimal portfolio using the Kelly strategy approach, and (iv) Determine portfolio returns and risks. Based on the results of the analysis obtained the allocation of weights that provide returns and risks to the optimal portfolio. A 95% USD currency is an optimal portfolio of the five currencies used. So that it can be used as a consideration for investors, in making investment decisions in the foreign exchange being analyzed.

scholarly journals ELEMENTS OF CONTROL THEORY APPLIED TO AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO IN THE CAPITAL MARKET. THE OPTIMAL TIME HORIZON FOR SELLING A PORTFOLIO

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (310) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Tymiński
Keyword(s):  
Capital Market ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Dynamic Programming Method ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
Investment Portfolio ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
Investment Portfolios ◽  
Rational Investment ◽  
The Capital Market

The article presents a concept of capital management for assembling investment portfolios. Two optimization variants of a portfolio to be purchased are discussed. Portfolio I is structural, using the „traditional model”. To assemble Portfolio II, elements of reliability theory and the dynamic programming method were used. The article also analyses the sale of a portfolio with respect to the demand for financial instruments in the capital market. The presented concept dealing with rational investment decisions during transactions at the Warsaw Stock Exchange can also be used by managers to create an effective portfolio of financial instruments.

scholarly journals CURRENT SITUATION, STRUCTURE AND MEASURES TO COUNTERACT BUSINESS CRIME IN CHINA

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Р. Dunmei
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Finance ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Legal Risk ◽  
The Rule Of Law

Entrepreneurship is the main bearer of economic activity, which is why the company is central to public life, and moreover, the entrepreneur is recognised as the soul of the company. However, some entrepreneurs, unaware of the rule of law and responsibility, take risks in areas such as corporate finance, financial management, trade and product quality, which leads to an increase in crime among entrepreneurs, which to some extent limits the development of market economies. Entrepreneurial crime as a negative social phenomenon reveals institutional weaknesses in the functioning, management, control and other links of enterprises. In order to overcome previous risks, improvement of the concept, mechanism, organisation and methods of legal risk management should be organically combined with the production and management of the enterprise in order to form a system of prevention and effective prevention of entrepreneurial crime.

scholarly journals Editorial for Applied Econometrics

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Chia-Lin Chang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Applied Econometrics ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Gaussian Regression

This Editorial evaluates 14 invaluable and interesting articles in the Special Issue “Applied Econometrics” for the Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM). The topics covered include recovering historical inflation data from postage stamps prices, FHA loans in foreclosure proceedings through distinguishing sources of interdependence in competing risks, information in earnings forecasts, nonlinear time series modeling, a systemic approach to management control through determining factors, economic freedom and FDI versus economic growth, efficient cash use of the Taiwan dollar, financial health prediction in companies from post-Communist countries, influence of misery index on U.S. Presidential political elections, multivariate student versus Gaussian regression models in finance, financial derivatives markets and economic development, income inequality and economic growth in middle-income countries, abnormal returns, mis-measured risk, network effects, and risk spillovers in stock returns.

Measuring the intellectual capital of Italian listed companies

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 710-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Forte ◽  
Jon Tucker ◽  
Gaetano Matonti ◽  
Giuseppe Nicolò
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Italian Context ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between intellectual capital (IC), measured in terms of the market to book (MTB) ratio, and potential key determinants of IC value such as intangible assets (IA) and a range of other factors. Design/methodology/approach The study is conducted for a sample of 140 Italian corporations over the period 2009-2013. Applying a holistic market-based approach, the relationship between IC value and selected determinants from the extant literature is tested. Five hypotheses are tested using a pooled OLS regression model, while controlling for time. ROE is employed as a useful firm profitability indicator from the perspective of an equity investor. Moreover, four robustness tests are undertaken. Findings The results show that IA, profitability, leverage, industry type, auditor type, and family ownership positively affect IC value, whereas SIZE and AGE negatively affect IC value. Moreover, the findings of the robustness tests suggest that all firms, and not just knowledge-intensive business service industry firms, manage knowledge. Research limitations/implications The validity of the findings is limited to the Italian context, as the study focuses on a sample of companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, all of which prepare their individual financial statements according to IFRS. Further limitations are related to the use of market value in the short term, as it is influenced by market volatility. The study may allow academic researchers to investigate the impact of other non-accounting sources of information on market value within a multidisciplinary perspective. Practical implications This paper also has implications for managers and practitioners. The findings suggest that managers should not take for granted that firm growth (an increase in SIZE) alone will lead to an increase in IC value, in the absence of a consistent IC-oriented investment strategy. Managers should also avoid smoothing their IC investment as the company grows, in order to maintain a stable MTB ratio. Further, standard setters should seek to explore better means of disclosing non-accounting information relating to IC value. Originality/value This paper contributes to the IC literature as it is the first study which applies the market capitalization approach to analyze IC value determinants in the Italian context, within the framework of IFRS. The findings reveal some interesting relationships between the MTB ratio and recognized intangible investments, which are found to be insignificant in previous studies, confirming that, through the holistic effect, the MTB ratio may be a good proxy for IC.

scholarly journals Discrete approximate iterative method for fuzzy investment portfolio based on transaction cost threshold constraint

Open Physics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manwen Tian ◽  
Shurong Yan ◽  
Xiaoxiao Tian
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Dynamic Optimization ◽  
Optimization Model ◽  
Path Dependence ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Linear Convergence ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Investment Portfolio ◽  
Absolute Deviation

Abstract There are many non-probability factors affecting financial markets and the return on risk assets is fuzzy and uncertain. The authors propose new risk measurement methods to describe or measure the real investment risks. Currently many scholars are studying fuzzy asset portfolios. Based on previous research and in view of the threshold value constraint and entropy constraint of transaction costs and transaction volume, the multiple-period mean value -mean absolute deviation investment portfolio optimization model was proposed on a trial basis. This model focuses on a dynamic optimization problem with path dependence; solving using the discrete approximate iteration method certifies the algorithm is convergent. Upon the empirical research on 30 weighted stocks selected from Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange, a multi-period investment portfolio optimum strategy was designed. Through the empirical research, it can be found that the multi-period investments dynamic optimization model has linear convergence and is more effective. This is of great value for investors to develop a multi-stage fuzzy portfolio investment strategy.

Financial Management Practices and Sustainability of Non Governmental Organisations Projects in Juba, South Sudan

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Tom Victor Wandera ◽  
Dr. Paul Sang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
South Sudan ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Multiple Regression Equation ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Inferential Statistics ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Budget Control

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of financial management challenges on financial sustainability of Non-Governmental Organizations in south Sudan.Methodology: The study used descriptive research design. The target population of the study was all the 112 NGO in South Sudan at July 31st 2015. A census of all the 112 key financial manager personnel was taken since the population is small. Primary data was collected through the administration of the questionnaires. This study generated both qualitative and quantitative data. Data was analyzed mainly by use of descriptive and inferential statistics that is, graphical and numerical methods, measures of central tendencies as well as measures of variability. The particular inferential statistics were regression and correlation analysis. Multiple regression equation was used to determine the strength and directions of the association between the variables with the results.Results: The study findings indicated that there is a significant and positive relationship between budget control and the financial sustainability of NGOs in South Sudan. The results also indicated that there is a significant and positive relationship between financial reporting and the financial sustainability of NGOs in South Sudan. Also, results found out that there is a significant and positive relationship between income source diversification and the financial sustainability of NGOs in South Sudan. Further, the results indicated that there is a significant and positive relationship between donor relationship management and the financial sustainability of NGOs in South Sudan.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that budget control activities such as financial resources, competent human resource, and participation of both staff and other stakeholders in the budgeting process, proper planning, evaluation, monitoring and control of the budget process and staff motivation should be fully adopted by NGOs in order to sustain their financials. The study also recommended that income source diversification activities such as charitable donations from individuals and corporations, grants, fees, commission, contracts for service, and sales of goods and should be adopted in order to  enhance the financial sustainability of NGOs.

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