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Sustainable strategies outperform in Q1, BlackRock research finds

Genevieve Cua

Published Wed, May 20, 2020 · 5:50 am
"We're seeing a broader range of E, S and G (environment, social, governance) factors that people are keen to explore. There is broad-based interest in sustainability across the region... Clients are going to lean in more.'' - Geraldine Buckingham, BlackRock chair for Asia Pacific

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BLACKROCK has found that sustainable funds and companies delivered stronger risk-adjusted performance in the first quarter, when markets were roiled by Covid-19-related upheaval.

The findings support the firm's research since 2018 that sustainable strategies do not entail a return tradeoff and have "important resilient properties''.

BlackRock also found that sustainable open-ended funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) attracted US$40.5 billion in new assets in the first quarter, a 41 per cent rise year-on-year. US sustainable funds alone attracted US$7.3 billion.

Geraldine Buckingham, BlackRock chair for Asia Pacific, said that in the surveys and discussions with Asian clients, sustainability...

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