Respondents show optimism over impact investment opportunities, an improved landscape for specialist recruitment and progress towards impact measurement harmonisation, but are less happy about regulatory developments.
The courses offered by the impact investment consultancy aim to provide institutional investors with the tools to tackle the challenges they face in integrating impact investing into their portfolios.
A study published by Bridgespan Group lays out the challenges that are unique to African-based impact funds and suggests solutions needed to stimulate investment flows.
The SpainNAB-led Funds Task Force identifies key characteristics for impact investing and proposes a label to differentiate impact investments from other types of sustainable investing.
The collaborative grouping of standards setters and impact tool providers has published new guidance and tools designed to drive faster adoption of wide-ranging impact management.
Private equity is the most popular way for UK pension funds to make impact investments, but a wider geographical spread and greater attention to additionality would improve effectiveness, according to Pensions for Purpose.
The vast majority of impact investors say financial returns from their impact investing strategies meet or exceed their expectations, according to the latest research by the Global Impact Investing Network.
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