##{"id":78092,"date":"2018-12-04T11:13:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T00:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/?p=78092"},"modified":"2018-12-04T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T00:13:45","slug":"esg-focus-etfs-outperform-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/04\/esg-focus-etfs-outperform-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG Focus: ETFs Outperform in October"},"content":{"rendered":"

As world stock markets headed for correction in October, ESG-based exchange traded funds notably outperformed.<\/p>\n

By Greg Peel<\/p>\n

The month of October saw the US stock market (S&P500) fall -6.8%. Given Wall Street had previously rallied to new highs, at end-October the S&P was still up 3.1% year to date.<\/p>\n

Markets elsewhere have not fared as well. Europe fell -7.8% to be down -9.6% for the year, and emerging markets fell -7.6% to be down -15.1%.<\/p>\n

The ASX200 fell -6.1% to be down -4.8%.<\/p>\n

According to London-based research house EFTGI, total assets in Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) based exchange traded funds (ETF) globally fell -2.9% in October. Despite the falling market, global ESG ETFs saw US$1.1bn of inflows during the month.<\/p>\n

Year to date (to end October), the value of all ETFs listed globally rose by 2.5%. The value of ESG ETFs rose 25.9% in the same period.<\/p>\n

The first ESG-based ETF was listed in 2002 in the US. At end-October there were 200 ESG-ETFs listed globally covering a diversity of assets – not just shares – and 62 of those were launched this year. October alone saw 11 new listings.<\/p>\n

At end-October the net value of ESG ETFs was US$21.9bn.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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