Socially conscious funds on a roll

Socially conscious funds are one of the highest growth areas of the mutual fund industry and have outperformed their peers in recent time periods, according to a study released today by New York-based Lipper Inc.
NOV 26, 2008
By  Bloomberg
Socially conscious funds are one of the highest growth areas of the mutual fund industry and have outperformed their peers in recent time periods, according to a study released today by New York-based Lipper Inc. Since 2001, assets in socially conscious funds have grown 71% to $26.9 billion as of Oct. 31. Among them, green funds, which seek investments with a positive environmental impact, have experienced a 640% increase in assets to $1.1 billion, from $153 million over the same time period. Recently, socially conscious funds have also outperformed their peers on average. In the six-month period ending Oct. 31, they outstripped their classification average by 0.07%. Over the one-year period, the funds outperformed by 0.40% on average and 0.02% for the three-year period. The study also found that the funds tend to have higher-than-average expense ratios than their peers.

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