![Impact Investment: Barriers and Opportunities](https://www.benefitscanada.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2011/01/sprout.jpg)
In mainstream investment circles, most investors are not yet familiar with the term impact investing. The JP Morgan and Rockefeller Foundation report: “Impact Investments: An Emerging Asset Class”, and the growing body of research on related topics does not easily fit into traditional asset allocation paradigms at the moment. Most people have not been exposed to the concept of investing in civil society organizations, and the often jaw-dropping stories of social entrepreneurs are way off in the shadows of business entrepreneurs.
Another extremely important issue is the barrier that prevailing narrow interpretations of fiduciary duty can create. There are examples, such as the work Mercer released on climate change earlier this year, which demonstrate that it is in the best interests of institutional investors to seriously consider the financial implications of environmental change on their portfolios.
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