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An ever-increasing number of portfolio managers discloses to include ESG criteria in their investment process. SFDR regulation entered in force in March 2021, supporting fund selectors with a precise classification of ESG strategies, in order to identify the purely sustainable investments and to avoid greenwashing.
2020 has proved to be a year of great volatility on markets, and 2021 started with inflation rise fears which caused an yield increase and led to a sector rotation into equity strategies. Although socially responsible funds do not guarantee a positive financial performance, also in the current market environment comparative returns analysis has shown that a company particularly attentive to ESG criteria has a lower risk of incurring into frauds, scandals,...
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