Efficiency of the Public Pensions Funds on the Socially Responsible Equities of Mexico
In the present work, we test the mean-variance efficiency that Mexican public pension funds would have shown had these invested their local equity portfolio component only in socially responsible stocks. With a daily simulation (from 1 January 2005 to 31 July 2018) of the Standard & Poors (S...
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doaj-86dd2518638c419dbe9d109c10f2604d2020-11-25T00:17:17ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502018-12-0111117810.3390/su11010178su11010178Efficiency of the Public Pensions Funds on the Socially Responsible Equities of MexicoOscar V. De la Torre-Torres0Evaristo Galeana-Figueroa1José Álvarez-García2Faculty of Accounting and Management, Michoacán State University of Saint Nicholas and Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morelia 58030, MexicoFaculty of Accounting and Management, Michoacán State University of Saint Nicholas and Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morelia 58030, MexicoFinancial Economy and Accounting Department, Faculty of Business, Finance and Tourism, University of Extremadura, 10071 Cáceres, SpainIn the present work, we test the mean-variance efficiency that Mexican public pension funds would have shown had these invested their local equity portfolio component only in socially responsible stocks. With a daily simulation (from 1 January 2005 to 31 July 2018) of the Standard & Poors (S&P) Mexico target risk indices, we found that there was no significant difference between the more conservative pension funds that invested only in the Price Index and Quotations (IPC) sustainable index against the ones that invested in the conventional IPC. In the case of the more aggressive type of pension funds (those with a higher Mexican equity investment level), a lower mean-variance efficiency would have been observed had these invested in the IPC sustainable index. We also found, with a two-regime Markov-switching analysis, that socially responsible investment would have been better for most of these pension funds during distress time periods. Even if our results do not give strong short-term proof for the use of a socially responsible investment strategy in the most aggressive pension funds, we found that the benefits will be observed in the long-term, due to a better performance during distress time periods and the lag effect of mid and small-cap stocks in the performance.http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/1/178pension fundssocially responsible investmentasset-allocationMarkov-switching modelsportfolio back test and simulationSIEFORE |
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Oscar V. De la Torre-Torres Evaristo Galeana-Figueroa José Álvarez-García Efficiency of the Public Pensions Funds on the Socially Responsible Equities of Mexico Sustainability pension funds socially responsible investment asset-allocation Markov-switching models portfolio back test and simulation SIEFORE |
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Oscar V. De la Torre-Torres Evaristo Galeana-Figueroa José Álvarez-García |
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Oscar V. De la Torre-Torres |
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Efficiency of the Public Pensions Funds on the Socially Responsible Equities of Mexico |
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Efficiency of the Public Pensions Funds on the Socially Responsible Equities of Mexico |
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Efficiency of the Public Pensions Funds on the Socially Responsible Equities of Mexico |
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Efficiency of the Public Pensions Funds on the Socially Responsible Equities of Mexico |
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Efficiency of the Public Pensions Funds on the Socially Responsible Equities of Mexico |
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efficiency of the public pensions funds on the socially responsible equities of mexico |
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In the present work, we test the mean-variance efficiency that Mexican public pension funds would have shown had these invested their local equity portfolio component only in socially responsible stocks. With a daily simulation (from 1 January 2005 to 31 July 2018) of the Standard & Poors (S&P) Mexico target risk indices, we found that there was no significant difference between the more conservative pension funds that invested only in the Price Index and Quotations (IPC) sustainable index against the ones that invested in the conventional IPC. In the case of the more aggressive type of pension funds (those with a higher Mexican equity investment level), a lower mean-variance efficiency would have been observed had these invested in the IPC sustainable index. We also found, with a two-regime Markov-switching analysis, that socially responsible investment would have been better for most of these pension funds during distress time periods. Even if our results do not give strong short-term proof for the use of a socially responsible investment strategy in the most aggressive pension funds, we found that the benefits will be observed in the long-term, due to a better performance during distress time periods and the lag effect of mid and small-cap stocks in the performance. |
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pension funds socially responsible investment asset-allocation Markov-switching models portfolio back test and simulation SIEFORE |
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