Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development
Information asymmetry with regards to sustainable investments limits private investors’ ability to make educated investment choices. This thesis explores how information asymmetry can materialize in the sustainability communication of five mutual funds through a qualitative content analysis of Key I...
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| author | Wahlqvist Odenman, Gunnar Nordgren Motsanos, Filip |
| author_browse | Nordgren Motsanos, Filip Wahlqvist Odenman, Gunnar |
| author_facet | Wahlqvist Odenman, Gunnar Nordgren Motsanos, Filip |
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| description | Information asymmetry with regards to sustainable investments limits private investors’ ability to make educated investment choices. This thesis explores how information asymmetry can materialize in the sustainability communication of five mutual funds through a qualitative content analysis of Key Investment Information Documents. The collected data is analyzed using a theoretical communication model that visualizes noise related to vocabulary, grammar and context - perpetuating information asymmetry in the fund companies’ communication efforts. The results indicate that, although efforts are taken by the European Union to reduce information asymmetry within the financial sector through the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, information asymmetry still exists. An information asymmetry that may inhibit sustainable development, by impeding the ability of private investors to make sustainable investment choices. An issue that possibly could be minimized through stricter guidelines for the content of sustainability communication. |
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| spelling | RepoSLU171652021-09-16T01:01:36Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17165/ Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development Wahlqvist Odenman, Gunnar Nordgren Motsanos, Filip Economics and management Information asymmetry with regards to sustainable investments limits private investors’ ability to make educated investment choices. This thesis explores how information asymmetry can materialize in the sustainability communication of five mutual funds through a qualitative content analysis of Key Investment Information Documents. The collected data is analyzed using a theoretical communication model that visualizes noise related to vocabulary, grammar and context - perpetuating information asymmetry in the fund companies’ communication efforts. The results indicate that, although efforts are taken by the European Union to reduce information asymmetry within the financial sector through the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, information asymmetry still exists. An information asymmetry that may inhibit sustainable development, by impeding the ability of private investors to make sustainable investment choices. An issue that possibly could be minimized through stricter guidelines for the content of sustainability communication. Informationsasymmetri relaterad till hållbara investeringar begränsar privata investerares förmåga att fatta hållbara investeringsbeslut. Denna uppsats utforskar hur informationsasymmetri kan materialiseras i fem fonders hållbarhetskommunikation genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av Key Investment Information Documents. Insamlade data är analyserad med hjälp av en teoretisk kommunikationsmodell som visualiserar brus relaterat till vokabulär, grammatik och kontext. Detta brus vidmakthåller informationsasymmetri i fondföretagens kommunikationsinsatser. Resultaten indikerar att informationsasymmetri fortfarande existerar. Detta trots att åtgärder har vidtagits av Europeiska unionen för att reducera informationsasymmetri inom den finansiella sektorn genom Förordningen om hållbarhetsrelaterade upplysningar. Informationsasymmetri som kan inhibera hållbar utveckling genom att hämma privata investerares förmåga att fatta hållbara investeringsbeslut. Ett problem som möjligen kan minimeras genom striktare riktlinjer för innehållet i hållbarhetskommunikation. 2021-08-20 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17165/1/berger_et_al_210606.pdf Wahlqvist Odenman, Gunnar and Nordgren Motsanos, Filip, 2021. Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development. First cycle, G2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-510.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17165 eng |
| spellingShingle | Economics and management Wahlqvist Odenman, Gunnar Nordgren Motsanos, Filip Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development |
| title | Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development |
| title_full | Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development |
| title_fullStr | Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development |
| title_short | Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development |
| title_sort | information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development |
| topic | Economics and management |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17165/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17165/ |