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ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

BY KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020 12:40PM

ESG funds tallied up record inflows and touted better-than-market returns in the COVID-19 downturn but new academic research says there is no evidence that ESG scores contributed anything beyond traditional models.

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