EMBARGOED: 00.01AM 14 November 2017 Government report shedding new light on social impact investing The Government’s “Growing a Culture of Social Impact Investing in the UK” report is released today. It identifies a growing demand for this type of investing and includes recommendations and practical tools to help IFAs meet their clients’ needs. Worthstone, the […]
Advisers commonly ask us “How do you structure a dialogue on social impact investments to draw out a client’s interest in this area without taking them on a guilt trip?!” Every investment has an impact but how can you start to categorise what those impacts might be in order to better understand client objectives, manage […]
On the 12th October 2017, UN PRI and PwC published a report outlining “why the investment community should adopt an active role in achieving real world impact through implementation of the SDGs.” On the UN PRI website they outline the 5 key messages from the report: The SDGs represent the globally agreed world’s most pressing […]
We’ve done the legwork for you and here are 3 news-worthy items to keep you up to date on the latest sector news: Nobel Prize winner Richard H. Thaler recently won “for his contributions to behavioural economics”, here’s a topical paper released here for the first time focusing on impact investing from a behavioural economic viewpoint. […]
In the run up to our Social Investment Academy on the 29th November 2017, we asked our affiliate supporters how capital managed through their funds is a force for good and this is what they said… “The Columbia Threadneedle UK Social Bond Fund is run in partnership with Big Issue Invest (BII), the social investment arm of […]
Every investment decision has an impact Impact investment products sit on a wealth continuum The sizeable universe of funds allows for constructing a diversified investment portfolio with a positive impact focus. There is an impact dimension to every investment decision we (or our clients) make but traditionally we haven’t been able to quantify or understand […]