Money making women-focused funds raises eyebrows
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It has been backed by research that companies with a relatively high percentage of women in power perform better than those dominated by men. It is a proven theory as most of the women-focused funds and investment strategies - a tiny slice of the $6.6 trillion-socially responsible investing world - have been standout performers over the years. Baron's Women & Girls Equality Strategy, offered to private banking clients, outperformed its benchmark in 2013 and 2014, though it's slightly under so far this year.
Several global mutual funds with a similar emphasis were bringing in double-digit returns until the recent market swoon.
Managers including Baron and Eve Ellis, who runs
70% millennials are saying they'd be likely to make investments based on social issues, such as gender equality, according to a 2013 study by
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Most of the funds try to capture the types of returns the McKinsey report says women in leadership roles can bring. But in South Korea, UBS Hana's She&Style concentrates on companies that make "products appealing to female consumers", including cell phones and makeup.
That approach is "really kind of a stretch" to include in the gender-lens investing world, said Barbara Krumsiek, senior industry fellow of Georgetown University's Women's Leadership Institute and a former chief executive officer (CEO) of Calvert.. That might not matter to every one: She&Style has earned an 18%return this year, with holdings in cluding Amorepacific Corp, a maker of skin-care products, and Hanssem Co, which makes kitchen furniture.
Among major holdings at the end of June were advertiser
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