Market Update: 3 ways that Worthstone is having an impact in the social investment sector 1. PRESS RELEASE: London and Belfast planners back sustainable investment hub 2. VIDEO: Hear one of our Founder Partners – Chris Holmes (Almus Wealth) – talk about social impact investing 3. READ: How SITR and SIBs are opening up opportunities for IFAs to make a […]
Please click here to download the report as a pdf. This report is designed to document Worthstone’s impact following the March 2016 Social Investment Academy. Our vision is to see social impact investment established as an integral part of the financial planning process for individual investors in the UK and this event is the largest gathering […]
The key to understanding the difference between Socially Responsible Investment / Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) and Social Investment (SI) is first to establish our meaning and understanding of the terms because it is a murky world of overlapping phrases and terminology . Figure 1. Common examples of the crossover of terminology Due to this […]
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) published their sixth Annual Impact Investor Survey Data was collected globally from 158 separate impact investing organisations and respondents included: fund managers, foundations, banks, development finance institutions, family offices, pension funds and insurance companies. Survey highlights Survey respondents committed a total of $15.2 billion to impact investments in 2015 and plan […]
Big Society Capital (BSC) today published their annual review for 2015. The review reveals an impressive and encouraging picture for the nascent social investment market. Market Growth At the end of 2015, the review outlines that social investment in the UK was worth over £1.5bn and is being used by over 3,000 charities and social […]
Triple Point announced that it has delivered £1 million of SITR-qualifying social investment funding. This union between private investors and social enterprises has led to benefits in both the healthcare and education sectors. It looks to be the first of its kind delivered by a mainstream fund manager but there is hope an increase in […]