The Swedish House of Finance Award for best Master Thesis
contributed by Nasdaq Nordic Foundation

Winners

2020/2021 Jesper Andersson and Alexander Hübbert from Stockholm University "Does the tick size regime on systematic internalisers improve market quality?"

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2019/2020 Martin Warin & Jakob Kalbe from Stockholm School of Economics "Dressed for Long-Term Success - Evidence from Sweden Regarding the Long-Term Value Creation of Private Equity Sponsors"

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2018/2019 Jesper Warén and Sebastian Zettergren from Stockholm School of Economics "The influence of M&A advisors on pre-bid run-ups: A quantitative study of 225 Swedish public takeover bids between 1999 and 2017"

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About

The Swedish House of Finance awards a best thesis prize to MSc students who have used Swedish Equity Data available from the National Data Center of the Swedish House of Finance in their work. The total prize money for the award is SEK 50.000.

The prize will be awarded annually in order to stimulate students to work on topics related to financial economics by using data on Nordic financial markets.

Submissions

Master students are invited to submit their theses, defended at a Swedish college or university during the academic year 2021/22. The thesis must use data from this website, in particular FinBas, Nasdaq HFT and Nordic Compass.

The thesis should be written in English and have been awarded the highest grade.

A submission should include a short motivation from the thesis advisor or examiner, and a note on the awarded grade for the thesis.

The contact information should include e-mail addresses and phone numbers to the student as well as the advisor or examiner.

Only electronic submissions are accepted by entering the contest via the button below before August 31th, 2022.

Prize Jury

A jury is formed by representatives from the Nasdaq Nordic Foundation and SSE finance department, as well as representatives from the financial industry, primarily firms who have an interest in financial data processing.

The jury will pick a winner and a runner-up paper.

Winners will be notified in September and the award ceremony will take place at the Swedish House of Finance in Stockholm.


Submit your thesis here