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Socialt ansvarsfulla fonder under olika marknadsstadier: positivt eller negativt?
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Business Studies.
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Business Studies.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Research has shown that the selection criteria, so-called screens, of socially responsible funds (SRF) affect their financial performance. The difference is particularly distinguishable during market crisis, where the exclusion of unethical industries (negative screening) has proven to be an inferior strategy compared to selecting companies with good social performance (positive screening). Few academic papers compare SRF with different screens to each other under market turmoil, instead comparing them to conventional funds. We examined the Swedish fund market during crisis and non-crisis by dividing SRF according to their screens. The results indicated that the financial performance between SRF with positive and negative screening was not significantly different during neither the crisis nor non-crisis period. In contrast to previous literature, SRF did not exhibit any risk reducing characteristics during market crisis. 

Abstract [sv]

Forskning som utvärderat socialt ansvarsfulla fonder (SRF) har sett indikationer på att deras investeringsstrategier som berör sociala och miljömässiga aspekter, så kallade screens, påverkar deras finansiella prestanda. Skillnaden mellan SRF med olika screeningstrategier har visat sig extra tydligt under marknadskriser, där exkluderingen av oetiska branscher (negativ screening) har visat sig vara en sämre strategi än att välja in företag med god social prestanda (positiv screening). Studier som undersöker SRF under olika marknadsstadier jämför sällan screeningstrategierna mot varandra, utan drar istället paralleller mot konventionella fonder. För att belysa hur olika screeningstrategier påverkar den finansiella prestationen undersöktes den svenska fondmarknaden under kris samt icke-kris genom att dela in svenskförvaltade SRF efter vilken typ av screening de tillämpade. Fonderna utvärderades genom regressionsanalyser för att kalkylera alpha. Resultatet indikerade att den finansiella prestationen mellan SRF med positiv och negativ screening inte var signifikant skild under varken kris eller icke-kris. I kontrast till tidigare studier uppvisade SRF inte riskreducerande egenskaper under dåliga ekonomiska tider. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 43
Keywords [en]
Socially responsible funds, ESG, Investments, Market crisis, Screening
Keywords [sv]
Socialt ansvarsfulla fonder, ESG, Investeringar, Marknadskris, Screening
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41154OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-41154DiVA, id: diva2:1444222
Subject / course
Business Studies
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2020-06-22 Created: 2020-06-20 Last updated: 2020-06-22Bibliographically approved

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