We partnered with Pensions for Purpose and hosted an online session highlighting the benefits of social impact investing for both investors and communities. The session unpacked the value of diversification across the health, housing and education sectors, including how it can contribute to risk mitigation, speed of deployment and depth of impact achieved. Speaker James Murray, Head of Social Infrastructure, shared examples of ways these challenges have already been addressed and how investors have benefited.
Traditionally, fiduciary duty has been mentioned by asset owners as something that restricts allocation to social impact. This session sought to challenge that view, by emphasising how impact assets can generate uncompromised returns for investors, with the added outcome of directly benefiting communities. The event was open to asset owners such as pension fund trustees and in-house executives, as well as investment consultants and other institutional investors interested in social impact investing.
