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From the Margins to the Mainstream

Assessment of the Impact Investment Sector and Opportunities to Engage Mainstream Investors


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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Scientific
  • Overview

Recommendation

Many investors believe that they must forego profits to advance social or environmental goals with their investments, but the World Economic Forum’s Michael Drexler and Abigail Noble say otherwise – advancing good causes and earning good returns can go together. “Impact investing” is a relatively new investment approach that seeks to generate financial returns and to have measurable, positive social effects. This report presents a well-organized, balanced view of impact investing and addresses its obstacles and benefits. getAbstract recommends this intriguing study to foundation executives, family offices, private equity firms, asset managers, institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals considering impact investments for their portfolios.

Take-Aways

  • “Impact investing” – investing to earn returns and to create a measurable, positive social impact – now accounts for $40 billion in assets.
  • High-net-worth individuals and family offices are impact-investing leaders.
  • Mainstream institutional investors have been slower to climb aboard.

About the Author

Michael Drexler is senior director and head of investors industries at the World Economic Forum USA, where associate director Abigail Noble heads impact investing initiatives.