Are socially responsible mutual funds more resilient than conventational funds during the Lehman Brothers collapse?

• Main Authors: Sim, King Liang., Tan, Melvin Choon Teng., Cokro, Bernard.
• Other Authors: Tham Tze Minn
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51536
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper sheds light on the resilience of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds as compared to conventional funds in U.S. during the Lehman Brothers collapse. Through an event study methodology, our study looks at resilience in terms of performance and fund flows during the financial crisis....