What impact investing needs as it grows and the role of fund managers

Managers cannot afford to lose focus

In response to growing concern about global issues, impact investing is in increasing demand, and has become essential in the view of many shareholders.

But the niche channels of private markets, to which impact investing has so far been confined, are no longer sufficient to support the expansion. The magnitude of environmental and social issues that we face requires large-scale solutions that only the public equity market is large enough to provide, with active engagement by fund managers to line up company practices with investors' values. One lesson that will likely stay with us long after Covid-19 will be the realisation of how connected we are. The big issues affecting our planet are not local. Good access to healthcare, educa...