Purpose: This paper aims to analyze the portfolio characteristics and the performance measures of sustainability-themed mutual funds, compared to ethical mutual funds that implement different sustainable and responsible investment strategies. Design/methodology/approach: The study refers to a...

This research analyzes the risk-adjusted returns and the investment style of sustainability-themed funds, a fast-growing category of sustainable and responsible mutual fund. Sustainability-themed funds are compared with sustainable and responsible mutual funds that implement different approaches...

This research analyzes the relevance of pricing models to the behaviour of banking service customers, in particular, how bank pricing models influence the acquisition and retention of retail customers.The survey is based on a dataset of 90,000 bank current account holders at an Italian...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on public guarantees granted to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by the Italian national credit guarantee programme (Fondo Centrale di Garanzia – Central Guarantee Fund – (CGF)). The CGF provides a direct guarantee to banks...

Purpose: Recognising the growing importance of environmental and sustainable activities and the role of communication strategies in soliciting their financing, this work investigates the influence of message framing, green emphasis and quantitative information on the probability of green...