Socially Responsible Mutual Funds – A Profitable Way of Investing

Slapikaite Indre () and Tamosiuniene Rima ()
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Tamosiuniene Rima: Faculty of Business Management Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vilnius, Lithuania

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 2013, vol. 60, issue 1, 202-214

Abstract: In the presented paper there is analyzed the idea, essence and strategies of socially reponsible investing, there is also made a review of socially responsible mutual fund market worldwide and in the Baltics, and made a research on the relation between financial and social performance of mutual funds. Finally, there are presented results of a comparative analysis of S&P 500 TR and Index Morningstar Moderate Target Risk to their benchmarks. The presented results show the trends of socially responsible market and the effectiveness of socially responsible mutual funds comparing to their benchmarks. The specifics of socially responsible mutual market in the Baltics and research of the link between financial and social performances of mutual funds may lead to the further scientific researches.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2478/aicue-2013-0017

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