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April 13, 2018
Following a Deutsche Bank Wealth Management Chief Investment Office (CIO) special on ESG investments last year, the team analysed decades of studies to prove whether financial performance and positive societal impact can go hand in hand and which ESG strategies have proven to produce the best results for investors.
More often than not, socially responsible investors do not sacrifice financial performance by reaching their non-financial goals. In several cases, ESG strategies outperform similar non-ESG portfolios, often for reasons to do with risk avoidance and security selection.
Even though the realm of ESG investment is highly diversified, empirical evidence shows how non-financial considerations can help companies improve their profitability and hence enhance investment returns for investors.
It has long been argued that integrating considerations about environmental, social and governance aspects into investment portfolios reduces the investable universe and thereby inevitably detracts from financial performance.
In this publication, the WM CIO shows why this is not the case and in which instances ESG aspects, far from representing a cost, can have a positive effect on both investment returns and risk considerations.
Click on the CIO Insights Reflections report link for details.
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