By Detlef Glow
By following the news about product releases and trends, it is clear that sustainable investing is one of the hot topics in the European fund industry since there are new fund launches literally every day. Also, the assets under management seem to grow constantly on an above-average pace for years. But do these statistics indicate real, sustainable growth, or are they misleading?
Looking at the number of fund launches, you can see that it is not only fund launches driving the news with regard to environmental, social and governance ((ESG)) investing. Some