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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Society isn’t working: Larry Summers

Former Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers, questioned the successful functioning of US democracy and America’s continued ability to “lead the world”.

FIS 2020: Positioning portfolios

For some investors, plunging equity valuations in March were an opportunity to ‘get back in’ at reasonable prices. More recently the rapid recovery has been a cause to position conservatively once again.

FIS 2020: The policy response

FIS 2020 will discuss how the unprecedented government stimulus in response to the pandemic could affect investor returns and specific allocations. Areas of concern include a sharp rise in zombie companies kept afloat by government support.

What does the future look like

Given the disruption and chaos currently facing the world, society and economies, this session looks at what an imagined future would look like.

The vaccine

This session looks at the development of a vaccine for COVID-19 and what cooperation is needed to fight the virus.

Ways to change the world

In conversation with the current recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Esther Duflo, this session looks at the phenomenon of inequality and the way in which economics and finance can help meet the challenge for a better, more equal, world.

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