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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What economic transparency means to sovereign investments

A lack of transparency and sound data remain huge challenges in many emerging markets. The panel discussed the link between governance principles, asset prices, trust in government and investment volatility and what investors can do about it.

Finding growth in emerging markets

This session argued that investors should look to companies with strong secular growth to find alpha in emerging markets.

Technological innovation – the (investment) world reimagined

What technological tools are investors using in a remote environment including more innovative ways to do due diligence? What behaviours and processes have changed because of COVID and lockdown?

Investor case study: Using AI in investments

Wei Xie explained the OPTrust focus on two subdomains of machine learning - reinforcement learning and uncertainty modelling - and how they can be used together.

Investing in the innovation economy

This session examined the venture capital landscape and how it has changed due to the pandemic.

In conversation with a venture capitalist

Todd Ruppert in conversation with serial entrepreneur and technology investor, Joe Lonsdale.

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