Evidence to date on the performance of Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) has almost exclusively been conducted within equity markets. We provide new evidence on the potential of SRI for other asset classes, by assessing the performance of SRI fixed-income funds. This is the first...

We investigate the occurrence of greenwashing in the US mutual fund industry. Using panel regression methods, we test whether there exist differences in the portfolio investment behaviors of active equity funds that are self-declared to be driven by ESG motives when compared to all other funds....