Reuters GraphicsAnalysts said the data underlined that once-booming ESG funds were no longer immune from wider market dynamics.
BELOW PEAKNet assets across ESG funds fell in the second quarter and to below recent peaks, according to Refinitiv.
Morningstar's global director of sustainability research, Hortense Bioy, said their preliminary data suggested demand for more stringent ESG funds appeared resilient.
However, she said that managers' desire to meet European Union regulations had encouraged some firms to reclassify their ESG funds as traditional products, impacting investor flows.
The anti-ESG backlash had also hit U.S. firms' appetite for marketing sustainable funds, "which has had an impact on sales," Bioy said on the sidelines of a conference this week.
Persons:
outpacing, Edward Glyn, ESG, Hortense Bioy, Bioy, Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Patturaja, David Holmes
Organizations:
Equity, Reuters, Reuters Graphics Analysts, outflows, ESG, Reuters Graphics, Thomson
Locations:
Europe, United States, Calastone