Performance evaluation of funds in the Czech Republic

The thesis compares the performance of Czech equity mutual funds, focusing on less common indicators and performance assessment methods. This means mainly a modern ratios that takes into account both of yield and risk of the investment. The introductory theoretical part deals with the basic characteristics, legislation, typology and histoty of the funds in the Czech Republic since the early years of its existence to the present. Selected indicators for assessing performance of funds (Sharpe, Treynor, Calmar Ratios, Jensen alpha, Information Ratio and Maximum Drawdown) and also comparison funds with benchmark is applied in the analytical part. The thesis highlights the problems with the interpretation of ratios in the case of falling markets, and also proposes solutions to these problems