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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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Why the world is approaching an inflection point on climate investing

A push towards standardised data and more appropriate incentives is bringing greater amounts of private sector capital into play on the path towards net zero emissions by 2050.

Tech wipeout brings lucrative opportunities for savvy investors

“Horrible” sentiment towards technology stocks is dragging down the value of some of the “best business models on the planet,” experts say.

Bridgewater advises downside protection as turning point appears

Investors should shape strategies that protect against the downside, said Jeff Gardner, senior portfolio strategist, Bridgewater Associates.  Speaking at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at the Chicago Booth School of Business, he said that investors should prioritise protecting against losses in the current environment: increasing returns can be additive to long-term wealth, but missing the big

Solutions to Europe’s energy crisis

Chris Hulatt, founder, Octopus Group, and Olivier Rousseau, executive director of France’s FRR, reflect on the European energy crisis. Speaking at FIS Chicago, they warn of consumer pain ahead, urging governments to do more to build renewable energy infrastructure. Cripplingly high energy costs in the UK where the average annual household bill is forecast to

The future of globalisation: Friend shoring and telemigration

FIS delegates heard how globalisation will give way to new trends in nearshoring or friend shoring, telemigration, and cause companies to diversify their supply chain.

Lessons from the mining sector: Engage with the issue, not the company

The Church of England Pensions Board led change in the mining industry by engaging with the issue rather than individual companies. The process led to the introduction of new standards on tailings dams.

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