Sustainable Investing

Sustainable Investing: Socio-Economic Impacts of Exchange-Traded Funds examines the social and economic effects of sustainable investing ETFs and their impacts on the global financial system. The book presents the key issues with regard to sustainable investing, discussing exchange-traded funds mechanisms and categories in comparison to competing investment funds. The book outlines the theoretical determinants of ETF markets development and the effects of their diffusion, both at the investor and firm levels, as well as financial system, entire economy, and society levels. The book presents various possible implementations of sustainable investing, and covers the methodological aspects of their identification and categorization.

Hybrid investment products-such as exchange-traded funds that combine the investment features of mutual funds with the trading features of stocks-are one of the most rapidly growing categories of investment funds with their total global value reaching almost $5 trillion. The book examines the linkages between ETFs and the FinTech sector in the context of sustainable development, as well as global sustainable development policies in relation to their effects on the popularity of sustainable investing. The book concludes with a discussion of the significance for other entities that may be affected, such as policy makers and recipients of funds invested through sustainable investment strategies.

Autorentext
Adam Marszk is associate professor in the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. His research focuses on financial innovations, financial markets, sustainable investing, financial systems in underdeveloped economies, economic integration, and portfolio management. He has published articles and books in the top economic journals, including Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Journal of Macroeconomics. He has served as coordinator and investigator in research projects financed by national and international institutions and was the winner of the Jan Uphagen's Award for the Best Young Scientists. In 2017 he was awarded the START scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science. Since 2017 he is also CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society Poland. Ewa Lechman, Ph.D. Habil, is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology (Fahrenheit Universities), Poland. Her extensive research interests concentrate on economic development, ICT, and its role in reshaping social and economic systems and various aspects of poverty and economics in developing countries. She was the 2013 winner of an Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence and is a member of the editorial boards of international journals on technology diffusion, the digital economy and economic development. She coordinates and participates in international research and educational projects and also works as an independent expert assisting with innovation assignments, including the evaluation of small and medium enterprise proposals, EU-financed programmes, and policy design regarding innovativeness, digitalization, education and social exclusion.

Klappentext
Sustainable Investing: Socio-Economic Impacts of Exchange-Traded Funds examines the social and economic effects of sustainable investing ETFs and their impacts on the global financial system. The book presents the key issues with regard to sustainable investing, discussing exchange-traded funds mechanisms and categories in comparison to competing investment funds. The book outlines the theoretical determinants of ETF markets development and the effects of their diffusion, both at the investor and firm levels, as well as financial system, entire economy, and society levels. The book presents various possible implementations of sustainable investing, and covers the methodological aspects of their identification and categorization. Hybrid investment products-such as exchange-traded funds that combine the investment features of mutual funds with the trading features of stocks-are one of the most rapidly growing categories of investment funds with their total global value reaching almost $5 trillion. The book examines the linkages between ETFs and the FinTech sector in the context of sustainable development, as well as global sustainable development policies in relation to their effects on the popularity of sustainable investing. The book concludes with a discussion of the significance for other entities that may be affected, such as policy makers and recipients of funds invested through sustainable investment strategies.

Inhalt

1. Introduction
   
   2. Sustainable Investing: Methodological and Theoretical Background and Concepts
   3. Exchange-Traded Funds: Methodological and Theoretical Background and Concepts
   4. Sustainable Investing Exchange-Traded Funds: Methodological and Theoretical Background and Concepts
   5. Sustainable investing Exchange-Traded Funds: Markets
   6. Adoption Determinants of Sustainable investing Exchange-Traded Funds
   7. Consequences of the Spread of Sustainable investing Exchange-Traded Funds
   8. Conclusions and Recommendations
   9. Annex: Methodologies