ESG investment preference and fund vulnerability

Hu Wang

International Review of Financial Analysis, 2024, vol. 91, issue C

Abstract: It has been extensively demonstrated that ESG investment has an impact on funds, but whether and how ESG investment affects fund vulnerability is still an important topic to be explored. Herein, the micro data of fund holdings of stocks and bonds and firm ESG performance are used to measure the ESG performance and vulnerability of funds and investigate the relation between the ESG preference of fund investment and fund vulnerability. The findings demonstrate that the better ESG performance of funds significantly reduces their vulnerability. Besides, we verify how the ESG performance of funds affects their vulnerability through two channels, i.e., the investor attention channel and the fundamental channel, and find that the better ESG performance of funds increases portfolio liquidity and weakens the performance-flow relationship, thus reducing the impact of the flows of related funds11Related funds indicate funds that hold assets in common with the fund. on them and reducing their vulnerability. In addition, we also find that lower network centrality, stronger liquidity timing ability, and the proposal of the “dual carbon” goals strengthen the negative impact of the ESG performance of funds on their vulnerability.

Keywords: ESG investment preference; Fund vulnerability; Portfolio liquidity; Performance-flow relationship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.103002

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