Social-impact investing: a viable asset class with an eye to the future
When social-impact investing (SII) first surfaced as a concept in the early to mid-2000s, the general impression was that it was about charitable giving and not investment fundamentals. But an array of new investment products is demonstrating there is a growing appetite by investors of all kinds – pension funds, governments and retail investors – to use their investment dollars to target critical societal needs. In a PE Hub Canada feature article, Shahir Guindi and Dale Ponder, national co-chairs of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, explore the rise of SII investing and highlight recent initiatives linking the pursuit of business and financial priorities with positive social-impact objectives.
20 March 2019•4 mins read
