Is the ESG portfolio less turbulent than a market benchmark portfolio?

Abdessamad Ouchen ()
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Abdessamad Ouchen: Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University Fez

Risk Management, 2022, vol. 24, issue 1, No 1, 33 pages

Abstract: Abstract Given that there is no consensus on the fact that ESG portfolios are characterized by very high returns and very low risks compared to conventional portfolios, this study aims to empirically verify whether the series of returns of an ESG portfolio is less volatile than the returns of a benchmark market portfolio. To verify this hypothesis, we used the Markov-switching GARCH models in order to model the process of the series of daily returns of the ESG portfolio “MSCI USA ESG Select,” as well as those of the market benchmark portfolio daily returns series “S&P 500,” during the period June 01, 2005 to December 31, 2020 as well as that excluding the COVID19 crisis and from June 1, 2005 to October 29, 2019. It can be concluded that the ESG portfolio “MSCI USA ESG Select” is relatively less turbulentcompared to the market benchmark portfolio “S&P 500.”

Keywords: Markov-switching GARCH models; ESG portfolio; Volatility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C58 G11 G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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