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Capital Flows
August 16, 2023

Explainer: what is behind ESG fund outflows?

By Alex Janiaud

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High inflation and rising interest rates have hampered ESG fund performance over the past year (Photo: Ben Stansall/Getty Images)

With money pouring out of sustainable funds, experts are citing poor ESG fund performance, a difficult economic backdrop and anti-ESG sentiment as primary factors. Net flows into global sustainable funds sat at $18bn at the end of the second quarter 2023, representing a significant drop from the $31bn recorded in ...

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