Essays about: "Socially Responsible SR -Target"

Found 4 essays containing the words Socially Responsible SR -Target.

  1. 1. MSCI Climate Paris Aligned Indices : A quantitative study comparing the performance of SR indices and their conventional benchmark indices

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Linnéa Casselryd; Agnes Lantto; Alicia Julienne Zanic; [2021]
    Keywords : MSCI Climate Paris Aligned Indices; Socially Responsible Investments; Sustainable Indices; Performance; Beta; Sharpe Ratio; Jensen´s Alpha; Spanning Test; Ordinary Least Squares;

    Abstract : There is no clear consensus about whether green investments perform better, worse orequal to conventional brown investments. With the rising popularity of socialinvestments, it becomes increasingly important to understand these investments. READ MORE

  3. 2. The difference in risk adjusted performance between socially responsible and conventional equity mutual funds - Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Sebastian Alm; Otilia Esping; [2020-07-01]
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    Abstract : This thesis aims to study the difference in risk-adjusted performance between socially responsible (SR) and conventional equity mutual funds from a Swedish perspective. The study uses mutual fund data from the time-period January 2010 to January 2020. READ MORE

  4. 3. Comparing the Volatility of Socially Responsible Investments, Renewable Energy Funds and Conventional Indices

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Alice Annelin; [2014]
    Keywords : Volatility; Socially Responsible Investments; Renewable Energy Funds; GARCH; Correlations;

    Abstract : A growing concern among investors for social responsibility in relation to the business world and its effect on the environment, society, and government has increased and therefore different types of stock indices and funds that incorporate socially responsible ideals have been developed. However, a literature review revealed that there does not seem to be much information about the volatility of Green Funds or Socially Responsible Investments (SRI). READ MORE

  5. 4. Social Responsibility: what’s the big deal? The influence of news media on future business people : A study on the three CSR-dimensions in media

    University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Anja Deeg; Ann-Lisa Niemann; [2012]
    Keywords : CSR; Media; perception;

    Abstract : The current study aims to provide insight into future business people’s perception of Social Responsibility topics in news media generated in the European Union. Furthermore, the study develops an understanding of the link between the perception of future business people and the three CSR-dimensions in media. READ MORE