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Susan Dziubinski: Hi, I m Susan Dziubinski with Morningstar. Morningstar recently introduced the Morningstar ESG Commitment Level, which allows investors to pinpoint the extent to which funds incorporate environmental, social, and governance considerations into their investment processes. Joining me today to unpack this new metric and to talk about a few highly rated funds that score well on this new measure is Russ Kinnel. Russ is Morningstar s director of manager research and editor of
Morningstar FundInvestor.
Russ Kinnel: Glad to be here.
Dziubinski: Russ, first tell us a little bit about the Morningstar ESG Commitment Level what it is and what it measures.
Susan Dziubinski: Hi, I m Susan Dziubinski with Morningstar. Funds that invest in particular themes, ranging from artificial intelligence to cannabis, have flooded the market. Are these funds merely gimmicks, or can they be useful tools in an investor s kit? Joining me today to provide us an overview of some new Morningstar research about thematic funds is Ben Johnson. Ben is Morningstar s director of global ETF research. Ben, thanks for being here today. Ben Johnson: Thanks for having me, Susan.
Dziubinski: Ben, how has the number of thematic funds and investor interest in them grown over time? Johnson: We ve seen dramatic growth in thematic funds over the course of the past few years. In fact, if you look back over the three years through the end of March 2021, assets under management worldwide in thematic funds tripled to nearly $554 billion. That represented 2.1% of all of investors assets that are invested in managed investment funds worldwide. That s up from 0.6% if yo