Impact investing’s case for scale

Impact investing’s case for scale

Impact investing has come a long way in the past two decades, going from a niche strategy to a $1.5 trillion industry, but there are still challenges for it to reach institutional scale due to the lack of products and insufficient evidence of outperformance in some parts of the market.

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Kotkin weighs in on geopolitical risks

Global tensions are an important consideration in decision-making. At a recent roundtable, geopolitical expert professor Stephen Kotkin discussed the risks related to China and the US.

Chinese market’s many pros and cons

The Asian giant has a vibrant tech sector, a growing middle class, and a government making changes to improve access. It’s enough to make many take on the market’s volatility and other issues.

Pooling funds worth the trouble

Combining pension funds involves merging cultures, acting as both an investor and a body that answers to its constituent funds, and more. A panel of CEOs discussed the difficulties and benefits.

Tech alters infrastructure assets

AI and other advances are making assets like toll bridges more challenging. Opportunities are emerging from privatisation but the days of 'set-and-forget' may be coming to an end.

Looming downturn forces moves

Asset owners are diversifying, cutting costs and allocating assets to low-volatility strategies to put their portfolios in position for difficult times, a high-level panel discussion found.

Bridgewater urges investors to get real

Investors need to face the reality of lower returns and adjust their portfolios accordingly, the co-CIO of hedge-fund giant Bridgewater said.

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