Spear’s Briefing: Exploring the benefits of impact investing

The latest Spear’s Breakfast Briefing tackled impact funds –what they are, what they aren’t, and why we should all care. Emelia Hamilton-Russell reports ‘Impact investing’ – a concept almost unheard of just ten years ago – is today worth £15 billion in the UK alone, and is expected to grow exponentially over the next decade, with some experts predicting it will be worth £48 billion by 2027 in Britain alone. Broadly understood, impact investment is a strategy designed to make money while doing good for society  and involves investment in organisations or funds that provide a financial return that runs alongside measurable social returns. Industry leaders from some of London’s top family offices, banks, and sustainable companies came together at the Spear’s breakfast briefing at Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair this week to push past the headlines and discuss the fundamentals of impact investing – how wealth managers can choose organisations with […]