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By Gianluca D’ALESSIO, Portfolio Manager, GreenEthica by FIA Asset Management
In recent years, the attention paid by investors, both retail and institutional, to ESG and socially responsible investments (SRI) has grown exponentially. But is it just a marketing «trend»? We dare say, quite the opposite. Results demonstrate that sustainable investments not only reduce risk, but also to consistently return superior performances when compared to non-ESG portfolios.
Socially responsible funds in Europe reached around € 668 billion AUM at the end of 2019, confirming the growing interest by final investors in this type of product (+56% growth rate over the past year). Last year 360 new sustainable funds were launched, bringing the total number of SRI...
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