Sovereign Bonds and Socially Responsible Investment

This article investigates how the mean–variance efficient frontier defined by sovereign bonds of 20 developed countries is affected by the consideration of socially responsible indicators for countries in investment decision-making. For a global rating of socially responsible performances, we show t...

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Autor principal: Drut, Bastien (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2010
Em: Journal of business ethics
Ano: 2010, Volume: 92, Número: 1, Páginas: 131-145
Outras palavras-chave:B mean–variance efficiency
B sovereign bonds
B Socially Responsible Investment
B spanning tests
B Responsible investing
B extra-financial ratings
B Portfolio Selection
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Resumo:This article investigates how the mean–variance efficient frontier defined by sovereign bonds of 20 developed countries is affected by the consideration of socially responsible indicators for countries in investment decision-making. For a global rating of socially responsible performances, we show that it is possible to build portfolios with an increased average rating without significantly harming the risk/return relationship. This result differs when considering sub-ratings related to the environment, social concerns and public governance. The results are good news for responsible investors and suggest that socially responsible portfolios of sovereign bonds can be built without a significant loss of mean–variance efficiency.
ISSN:1573-0697
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0638-3