TESTING THE DAMODARAN APPROACH TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF EQUITY IN EMERGING MARKETS

The cost of equity is one of the key financial and economic indicators in corporate finance. The purpose of this paper is to test the wellknown approach of Damodaran in global emerging markets. The main result of the study is that the Damodaran approach needs to be improved as it maintains constant deviation from the observed ex-post cost of equity

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PORTFOLIO SCOPE FOR IMPROVING THE RESULTS OF THE ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT– FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF THE EMERGING STOCK MARKETS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Active portfolio management is widely used in investment practice with the goal of securing better performance results from the investment process. Active portfolio management has gathered significant attention from both academics and practioners. Our goal is to investigate the class between two competing ideas. On one hand increasing the Breadth of the portfolio we should have bigger diversification effect. On the other hand increasing the number of assets (Breadth) should lead to smaller forecasting ability and therefore lower IC . Presented results show that our first hypothesis is confirmed – increasing the number of assets in the portfolio magnifies the effect of the active management. Additionally we show that when managers increase their Breadth, they increase not only IR, but also manage to decrease IC which shows better stability of our forecasting skill through time

FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY – FUNDAMENTALS, CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES AND EVOLUTION

Методите на фундаменталния анализ са една от най-изследваните области в корпоративните финанси. В настоящата разработка е извършен критичен теоретичен преглед на теориите и моделите за намиране фундаменталната стойност на компанията. Основен резултат е извеждането на модела на остатъчния доход като най-подходящ подход за фундаментално оценяване в условията на съвременната икономика. Fundamental analysis is one of the most frequently researched fields in corporate finance. This study is dedicated to doing critical review of all theories and models for estimating the value of a company. The main result is the notion that the residual income model is by far the most appropriate approach for fundamental valuation in the post crisis economic environment

STUDY ON THE APPLICABILITY OF INVESTMENT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT MODELS IN EMERGING MARKETS

Разработката има за цел да тества приложимостта на три основни модела за инвестиране и портфейлиране в условията на нововъзникналите пазари в Източна Европа – моделът на EVA, моделът RI и моделът ETF α+. Тезата ни е, че моделите, утвърдени в развитите икономики, са приложими и в условията на нововъзникналите пазари, но следва да бъдат моделирани, за да отразят спецификата на тези пазари. Задачата ни е да изградим модифицирани модели, приложими в условията на източноевропейските нововъзникнали пазари. На първо място e тестван моделът за икономически добавената стойност (EVA), но редица трудности бяха срещнати при прилагането му в Източна Европа главно заради някои различия в счетоводните стандарти. В отговор на това бе разработен по-опростеният модел RI, при който с две негови модификации е доказана неговата приложимост на нашите пазари. На база на този резултат са направени ключови промени в EVA. Доказано е, че и двата показателя – EVA и RI могат да служат като критерий за реализиране на инвестиционни и портфейлни политики. В заключителния етап на проекта успешно е тествана и възможността за създаване на алфа доходност при дупликиране на индекса WIG20, като се постига по-висока доход- ност от пазарната. The study aims to test the applicability of three basic investment and portfolio management models in emerging markets in Central and Eastern Europe – the EVA model, RI model and ETF α+ model. Our thesis statement is that the models established in developed economies are applicable to emerging markets but should be modelled according to the specifics of these markets. Our task was to create modified models that are applicable in the East-European emerging markets. First we tested the economic value-added model (EVA), but we met a number of difficulties in applying it in Eastern Europe, mainly due to some differences in the accounting standards. Therefore, we developed the much simpler RI model, in which with only two modifications we were able to prove its applicability in our markets. Based on this result we then made key changes in the EVA model and as a result we found that both indicators – EVA and RI – can be used as criteria for implementing investment and portfolio management policies. In the final stage of the project we successfully tested the possibility of generating alpha returns in duplicating the WIG220 index, achieving a higher return than the market return