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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Asset owners proving trust goes hand-in-hand with transparency

Transparency is key to building trust according to executives at Norges Bank and the United Nations Staff Pension Fund. They discussed the benefits, and limitations of transparency at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at the University of Oxford.

AI is a copilot, not a driver, of asset owner organisational change

The use of AI in asset owners’ investment operations continues to proliferate but increasingly they’re setting clear boundaries around what it is and is not permitted to do, while resisting the temptation to allow AI to dictate organisational change.

Great power competition: The unlikeable, but undeniable, mega theme

The fragmentation of global power, and big increases in defence spending, alongside climate change and the rise of AI, have been identified by Wellington Management as major generational changes that will impact markets for decades to come.

Private market investors ponder transition investment

Investors putting capital to work in private market transition assets face unknowns around government policy, but the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford has heard that private credit also fits well with the long term nature of transition investments and brings valuable relationships with investee companies.

Why investing in biodiversity champions pays

Delegates at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium, Oxford University heard how an allocation to biodiversity champions, without any tech exposure, only slightly trails the MSCI World in a reflection of how it is possible for investors to make money in biodiversity solutions.

Biodiversity: Regeneration set to become big investment theme in future

Regeneration will become a key investment theme in the future according to multiple biodiversity themes, according to Gabriel Micheli, senior investment manager, thematic equities, Pictet Asset Management.

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