Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings feature statistical and economic problems undermining their reliability as valid proxies for corporates’ social performance. To overcome this ratings providers specific bias, we focus on global sample of ESG-oriented Exchange Traded Funds...

The Milieudefensie et al v Royal Dutch Shell plc. landmark ruling establishes for the first time direct environmental liabilities linked to local damages caused by global emissions and deems a single company partially responsible for climate change, opening corporations to new legal jeopardy...

While previous papers mostly used the U.S. and U.K. data, we applied an international dataset to examine the flow–performance relationship of international equity and bond mutual funds. By incorporating a novel measure of asset managers’ market timing ability, drawn from the logic of...

Central bank informal communications became more frequent and acquired more mass media attention after the global financial crisis. Do investors react to the content (e.g., future expansionary or restrictive policy) of informal central bank communications? And especially, do investors have a...

Central banks' commitment to public interest goes beyond monetary policy. A wide range of areas are under the control of central banks (price and financial stability, services for the economy, e.g., economic analysis, payments, financial education, customer protection); central banks also have...

1. Introduction -- 2. Active Vs. Passive Management -- 3. Fund Size: Why is it Important? -- 4. Performance Measures and Styles -- 5. Mutual Fund Flows -- 6. Ratings -- 7. Diversification -- 8. Persistence -- 9. Volatility -- 10. Conclusion.