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title: SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING: EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIA'S ESG FUNDS USING TRADITIONAL RISK ADJUSTED METRICS
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4899425/
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featured: 2024-07-24
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# SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING: EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIA'S ESG FUNDS USING TRADITIONAL RISK ADJUSTED METRICS

ESG investing in India is scrutinized, comparing the financial performance of ESG funds to market benchmarks and using traditional risk-adjusted metrics to debunk misconceptions about ESG's impact on profits.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4899425
- Identifier: SSRN 4899425
- Released: 2023-02-02
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 58 (2024-07-24): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-07-24/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
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- Topic: Other

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