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Carbon portfolio management

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  • Alexander Afonin
  • Don Bredin
  • Keith Cuthbertson
  • Cal Muckley
  • Dirk Nitzsche

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The aim of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is that by 2020, emissions from sectors covered by the EU ETS will be 21% lower than in 2005. In addition to large CO2 emitting companies covered by the scheme, other participants have entered the market with a view of using emission allowances for the diversification of their investment portfolios. The performance of this asset as a stand alone investment and its portfolio diversification implications will be investigated in this paper. Our results indicate that the market views Phases 1, 2, and 3 European Union allowance futures as unattractive as stand alone investments. In a portfolio context, in Phase 1, once the short‐selling option is added, there are considerable portfolio benefits. However, our results indicate that these benefits only existed briefly during the pilot stage of the EU ETS. There is no evidence to suggest portfolio diversification benefits exist for Phase 2 or the early stages of Phase 3.

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  • Alexander Afonin & Don Bredin & Keith Cuthbertson & Cal Muckley & Dirk Nitzsche, 2018. "Carbon portfolio management," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(4), pages 349-361, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:ijfiec:v:23:y:2018:i:4:p:349-361
    DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.1620
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