Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Sustainability preferences under stress: Mutual fund flows during COVID-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet VoxEU Media type Web Date 19/08/20 Description Socially responsible investing has been at the centre of recent regulatory scrutiny and academic debate. This column explores how retail investors’ preferences for socially responsible investments respond to market distress, as revealed within mutual fund flows during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results suggest that funds with the highest sustainability ratings experience sharper declines in flows. This suggests that there tends to be a shift away from sustainability among retail investors’ preferences in the face of an economic shock, highlighting a source of fragility in the increasingly popular socially responsible investment market. Producer/Author CEPR URL https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/sustainability-preferences-under-stress-mutual-fund-flows-during-covid-19 Persons Robin Dottling