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Greenlabelling: How valuable is the SFDR Art 9 label?

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  • Bernd Scherer

    (EDHEC Risk Institute)

  • Milot Hasaj

    (Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG)

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Do SFDR Art 9 funds induce more significant inflows than Art 8 funds? Using the industry-wide reclassification of SFDR labels in 2022 as a natural experiment, we find statistical evidence that SFDR labels matter in attracting flows. We see a substantial and statistically significant effect of, on average − 10.27% reduced flows in the immediate month following reclassification. After this adjustment, there is no difference in flows between old and new Art 8 funds (i.e. those recently reclassified from Art 9). Virtually all funds became Art 8. Our results confirm the regulator's view that SFDR labels help to channel capital flows into greener funds. They also support the commercial hopes of the asset management industry for attracting flows into ESG investment products.

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  • Bernd Scherer & Milot Hasaj, 2023. "Greenlabelling: How valuable is the SFDR Art 9 label?," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 24(7), pages 541-546, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:assmgt:v:24:y:2023:i:7:d:10.1057_s41260-023-00319-y
    DOI: 10.1057/s41260-023-00319-y
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    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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