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The financial performance of ethical funds: A comparative analysis of the risk-adjusted performance of ethical and non-ethical mutual funds in UK
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Economics.
2009 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The review of the ethical funds literature shows the significant growth of the Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) in the last few decades. The increase of the interest towards SRI indicates that ethical issues have become more essential for the investors. However the number of surveys reveals that financial performance remains of an important concern for the socially responsible investors. Therefore the benchmark analysis of the expected returns and management fees of the ethical mutual funds is chosen as a topic for this thesis research. The risk-adjusted measures are used to analyze and compare the performance of the ethical and non-ethical mutual funds in United Kingdom. The analysis does not indicate the significant difference in the expected returns between the two groups of funds. However this study concludes that on average ethical funds charge higher management fees. Thus investing in ethical funds is more costly but gives about the same returns as investing in conventional funds.

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2009. , p. 64
Keywords [en]
Socially responsible investments, ethical funds, corporate social responsibility, risk-adjusted performance, management fee
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Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9603OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-9603DiVA, id: diva2:224922
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Available from: 2009-08-03 Created: 2009-06-23 Last updated: 2009-08-03Bibliographically approved

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