Scientific Beta

Financial Newswire: "New research has raised question marks about the benefits of ESG investing, suggesting that over the past decade such investments have not necessarily outperformed. The research, undertaken by Scientific Beta, was based on a Sustainable Investing Portfolio composed of sustainable exchange traded funds (ETFs) investing the the US equity market." 

Financial Newswire 04/10/2023

"(...) New research has raised question marks about the benefits of ESG investing, suggesting that over the past decade such investments have not necessarily outperformed. The research, undertaken by Scientific Beta, was based on a Sustainable Investing Portfolio composed of sustainable exchange traded funds (ETFs) investing the the US equity market. According to Scientific Beta its results show that, over the past decade, the Sustainable Investing Portfolio did not outperform its benchmarks. “If anything, realised returns of the Sustainable Investing Portfolio were marginally lower than its benchmarks. Indeed, average annual returns were 0.2% lower than the proxy for the US equity market, and 0.1% lower when we account for the portfolio’s market risk exposure,” the analysis said. (...)"

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