In 2016, the global action community for impact investors – Toniic – launched the Impact Advisory Survey From this survey, 37 Impact Advisors provided their insights in helping investors move their portfolios into impact There were 6x key findings including that: there has been a significant increase in the depth and diversity of impact intermediary […]
The FCA is due to finish their consultation on guidance and rule changes relating to ESG, climate change and the ethical concerns of investments soon. As Q1 comes to a close and we await the FCA’s publication, it seems timely to take a look back on the FCA’s journey with social impact investing and Worthstone […]
The words ‘Impact Investing’ and the rhetoric around achieving positive impact via investments has been steadily increasing for some time. Here we provide evidence that challenges the common misconceptions still persisting including: the lack of sector growth financial concessions for impact gains a lack of available funds ‘impact washing’ and the lack of language that advisers […]
The 2018 Impact Investment Academy (formerly the Social Investment Academy) was our largest event to date. It saw nearly 150 attendees from across the UK and Ireland and our highest proportion of IFA/ wealth manager delegates so far. To see a PDF copy of the 2018 IIA impact report please click here OR on the image below.
Worthstone is pleased to announce the winners of the first Impact Awards, presented at its annual Social Investment Academy (SIA). The awards were presented at The Conduit Club in London last Thursday 8 November by Elizabeth Corley CBE, Non-Executive Vice Chair of Allianz Global Investors and chair of the PM-endorsed Implementation Taskforce for Social Impact Investment. […]
We asked our asset manager and discretionary fund manager Affiliate Supporters from this year’s Social Investment Academy to tell us how their real-life investments into impactful companies generate both positive impact and a financial return. Here’s what they had to say… KAMES CAPITAL With each of our sustainable investments we aim to generate both […]