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Impact investing grows as investors find more opportunities

Monday, July 03, 2023

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:Impact investing continues to grow, according to a new report from the Global Impact Investor Network. Impact investing assets under management grew by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% between 2017 and 2022.

Impact investing strategies are also doing relatively well. 79% of impact investors in the survey reported that their financial performance met or exceeded targets. A further 88% of respondents reported that their impact investments were meeting or exceeding their impact targets.

Impact investors are also managing diverse portfolios. Impact investors are investing in impact opportunities in private equity (69%), private debt (22%), and real assets (17%). At the sector level, impact investors are primarily targeting energy, financial services, healthcare, and microfinance. Six in ten investors also allocated to impact opportunities in food and agriculture.

According to the findings, impact investors are primarily using the UN Sustainable Development Goals as their framework for impact investing. 96% of investors in the survey target at least one SDG. The three most popular SDGs used for impact targets are - decent work and economic growth; climate action, and gender equality.

Pension funds are leading the way here. They account for the greatest proportion of impact investment managers' capital at 20%. Family offices are coming in second with 15%, development finance institutions at 14%, and insurance compani......................

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