Impact investing

Anand Dharan, CFA

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2024-08-31

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More green shoots: Tracking trends in sustainable debt issuance

While growth in the sustainable debt market has been uneven, certain pockets offer substantial opportunities. Two of our fixed income investment professionals weigh in.

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Thomas Canham

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2024-06-30

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Activism – History and evolution in Japan

Investment Director Hideo Ueki examines the history of shareholder activism in Japan, with particular emphasis on the differences between current and historical attitudes toward activism.

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Hideo Ueki, CFA

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2024-06-30

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Blue bonds: long-awaited innovation or yet to make a splash?

Blue bonds – which aim to support projects related to ocean conservation – are on the rise. How effective are they and what do investors need to know before they invest?

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Will Prentis

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2024-05-31

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How can impact investing help address the water scarcity challenge?

In acknowledgement of World Water Day, Louise Kooy-Henckel, Joy Perry and Paul Skinner highlight impact investing can help to address the world's water and sanitation crises.

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Joy Perry

Paul Skinner

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2024-03-31

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Assessing the impact of climate resilience

Oyin Oduya and Louisa Boltz discuss the case for impact solutions focused on climate adaptation and share high-level guidelines to help overcome the associated measurement challenge.

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Louisa Boltz

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2024-02-29

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Impact measurement and management practices

What constitutes an impact investment? How is impact measured? And, what are the benefits of impact investing? Our Impact Management and Measurement Practice Leader Oyin Oduya discusses our approach.

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2024-02-28

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Measuring impact in venture capital

We highlight why venture capital matters to impact investors and how to authentically measure and manage impact in this asset class.

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2023-10-31

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Impact measurement and management: addressing key challenges

Our IMM practice leader describes common impact investing challenges and suggests ways to overcome them.

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2023-10-31

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Local perspectives matter: Grassroots research in emerging markets

During a recent research trip across India, our impact investing team witnessed the rapid pace of change and growth mindset that are expanding the impact opportunity set.

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Joy Perry

Philip Brooks, CFA

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2023-07-31

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Impact investing: Increasing needs, broadening opportunities

Members of our impact investing team, offer a brief update on our impact platform, which continues to evolve amid an expanding opportunity set in developed and emerging market equities and fixed income.

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Joy Perry

Meredith Joly

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2022-12-31

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Global Impact Annual Report — Executive Summary

As a preview to our full annual report, we share a few key highlights from our impact platform in 2021.

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2023-07-31

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Global Impact Annual Report

Discover how we evolved our impact platform in 2021 and track the progress of select portfolio companies and issuers.

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2023-06-30

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Sustainable fixed income investing comes of age

ESG integration and sustainable investing have gained considerable traction in global fixed income markets. Investment Directors Anand Dharan and Meredith Joly and Fixed Income Trader Keenan Choy discuss this ongoing trend and some of its key implications for asset allocators.

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2023-06-30

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Fixed income impact investing: Growth, evolution, opportunity

Members of our fixed income team share their perspectives on the growing need for impact solutions, the expanding opportunity set and the team’s focus on engagement with issuers.

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2022-12-31

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Impact investing in practice: supporting the shift to alternative energy

In this case study, we explore how our impact team supports the shift to alternative energy while seeking to capture the associated return potential.

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2022-12-31

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Impact investing in practice: bridging the digital divide

How does impact investing work in practice? We illustrate our approach through a-real life example focused on helping to bridge the digital divide.

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2022-11-30

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The what, where and how of impact investing

Portfolio Managers Campe Goodman and Tara Stilwell answer essential questions on impact investing, from where to find opportunities to what it means for financial returns.

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