Essays about: "Ethical funds"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 48 essays containing the words Ethical funds.

1. 11. Seeking Climate Justice in the Financial Sector: Interpreting the fiduciary duty of Estonian pension funds based on their contribution to reinforcing/tackling climate change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Uku Lilleväli; [2019]
   Keywords : ethical finance; responsible finance; ESG integration; fiduciary duty; climate change; climate lobbying; climate risks; pension funds; financial institutions; Estonia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate change – considered as the most acute risk to our planet – is mostly fuelled by the oper-ations of influential corporates who are financially supported by financial institutions, which have traditionally specialised on profit-maximisation and neglected climate risks in investment processes. However, considering economy’s increasing financialisation and the growing science behind the financial materiality of climate risks, disregarding these risks potentially harms in-vestment returns and the society more broadly. READ MORE

3. 12. Sustainable investments : Transparency regulation as a tool to influence investors to choose sustainable investment funds

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten; Linköpings universitet/Affärsrätt

   Author : Frida Petersson; [2019]
   Keywords : sustainable investments; transparency regulation; funds; sustainability; investment funds; sustainable investment funds; EU; EU taxonomy on sustainability; sustainability benchmarks; sustainability disclosures; sustainability ratings; sustainability labels; behavioural economics; Theory of Planned Behaviour; Ethical Investment; ESG; SRI; Responsible Investment; Engel-Kollat-Blackwell decision-making model; intention-behaviour gap; investor behaviour; Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks and amending Directive EU 2016 2341 COM 2018 354 final; Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation EU 2016 1011 on low carbon benchmarks and positive carbon impact benchmarks COM 2018 355 final; Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment COM 2018 353 final; Action Plan: Financing Sustainable Growth COM 2018 97 final;

   Abstract : In March 2018 the European Commission published the Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth. One of the main objectives with the actions presented in the action plan is to reorient capital flows towards sustainable investments, i.e. to influence more investors to invest sustainably. READ MORE

4. 13. Blockchain Technology : a new domain for Cyber Forensics

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologi

   Author : Muhammad Ahsan Rasool; Hafiz Muhammad Shafiq; [2018]
   Keywords : Blockchain; Bitcoin; Ethereum; Ethereum Virtual Machine; Smart Contracts; vulnerabilities; Securify; Remix IDE; Solidity; Locked Funds; Initial Coin Offering; cryptocurrency; attacks; bytecode analysis; wallet; Public Key; Untested Code;

   Abstract : Traditional database with no prior security measures is becoming challenging in the era of data technology. Database storage on a central location with single point of failure and vulnerable to cyber attacks is getting exposed to big risk of being hacked with the evolution of powerful machines and modern hacking techniques. READ MORE

5. 14. ETHICAL INVESTMENTS : The cost of a clean conscience oropportunity to change the world?

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Anders Nordbrandt; [2018]
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   Abstract : Problem background: Swedish savings in mutual funds have increased by 53 times in 30 years, to a total of 3 837 billion kronor, where of a large share is through the Swedish pension system. A growing share of this capitalis invested in socially responsible investment products, where a popular approach is to use a negative screening to exclude companies based on ethical values. READ MORE

6. 15. Sustainable Investment: A Win-Win Situation? An Evaluation of Mutual Ethical Equity Funds on the Global Market Using a Five Factor Model

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Josefine Bankel; Carolina Elvind; [2017-03-24]
   Keywords : Portfolio Evaluatio; Investment Style; SRI; ESG; Ethical Funds; Sustainability; Global; Emering Markets; Equity Fund; Mutual Funds; CAPM; Fama Frensch Five Factor Model;

   Abstract : This study investigates the performance and investment styles of mutual ethical equity funds on the global market. To examine this, the Fama French Five Factor model is applied by adding the new variables to Fama French Three Factor Model step by step, discovering new results about performance and investment style. READ MORE