02015naa a2200241 i 4500 acta87243 20250506112206.0 250506s2025 hu o 100 eng d 978-963-688-040-8 10.14232/gtk.nfdsib.2025.12 doi SZTE Egyetemi Kiadványok Repozitórium hun eng Szládek Dániel The performance of Hungarian sustainability and ESG mutual funds [elektronikus dokumentum] / Szládek Dániel University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Doctoral School in Economics Szeged 2025 195-205 Conference in cooperation with the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies Sustainable and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments are gaining prominence worldwide. The question from a financial viewpoint is whether investors need to sacrifice financial return when making their investment decisions to purchase sustainable or ESG mutual funds. In other words, does investing in socially better or greener mutual funds offer a relatively lower return than traditional investment strategies? This paper identifies the Hungarian sustainability and ESG mutual funds and analyses the riskadjusted performance of these mutual funds to answer the question. The results indicate that ESG funds perform better on average only in the bond type category, while funds investing traditionally have better risk-adjusted performance in the mixed and absolute return fund type categories. For equity type funds, the results are ambiguous. Társadalomtudományok Közgazdasági és gazdálkodástudományok Felelősség - társadalmi, Pénzügy, Befektetés Globalisation, integration, cooperation - what is at stake in the current turbulent times? Szeged 2024. március 22-23. http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/87243/1/navigating_the_future_2025_195-205.pdf Dokumentum-elérés