The ability of impact investing to earn both a financial and social return is appealing, all the more so in light of the excesses of finance over the last decade. But taking the sector from concept to reality requires pragmatic approaches to addressing the needs of capital providers as well as investees. Global organisations are starting to take note of these needs, with the recent publication of the World Economic Forum’s excellent report ‘From the Margins to the Mainstream’ which focused on the needs of institutional investors.
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