impact investing Archives

21 Feb 2022

Impact investment needs to be measured to be sustainable

By Staff Writer

Each year millions is spent by the corporate sector, however, many organisations seldom report on the true impact of their CSI initiatives.

27 Jan 2022

ESG and investment management practices in SA

By Staff Writer

South Africa has a relatively small universe of investment opportunities, which has direct implications for the implementation of ESG-based investment practices.

18 Nov 2021

Alternative assets as an opportunity to deliver impact investments

By Staff Writer

Benedict Mongalo, MD of Novare Impact Investment Partners distinguishes alternative assets from traditional asset classes, and highlights the social and environment impact generated by alternatives.

28 Sep 2021

Thematic investing can better position portfolios for the future

By Staff Writer

The South African equity market, which represents less than 1% of the global equity market, does not offer much exposure to current global megatrends, so the new Discovery Global Megatrends Fund is an option for unlocking these opportunities and for providing diversification in portfolios.

01 Sep 2021

Thematic investing can better position portfolios for the future

By Staff Writer

23 Aug 2021

How to make ESG relevant in your practice

By Staff Writer

ESG generally refers to the environmental, social, and governance factors that investors are increasingly applying as part of their analysis process to identify material risks and growth opportunities.

01 Aug 2021

Growing Schroders’ private assets capabilities a key strategic focus

By Staff Writer

Schroders has united its specialist private assets investment capabilities under the newly launched Schroders Capital brand, created to deliver an enhanced service for our clients.

03 Jun 2021

How will impact investing change the way we invest in SA?

By Staff Writer

One of the lasting effects that COVID-19 is likely to have is the continuation of the heightened sense of how we invest, what the effect of the investments on the society and the environment is, and how to be more responsible when we invest. Increasingly investors are, along with the return of those investments, questioning the purpose of their investments.

12 May 2021

Climate change tracker hits record low as progress gathers pace

By Staff Writer

The current pace of progress will result in temperatures rising by 3.6°C above pre-industrial levels, events of the first quarter of 2021 suggest. The implied temperature rise last summer was 3.9°C. In this update Schroders’ Global Head of Sustainable Investment comments on changes in oil and gas investment and carbon pricing.

20 Apr 2021

How impact investing can help reverse losses in the battle against inequality

By Staff Writer

For all the noise against rising poverty, hunger and unemployment, the numbers are still going the wrong way. Yet, the world is awash with cash following unprecedented stimulus that spurred stock markets to record highs, interest rates to all-time lows and a global scurry for everything from mielies to cryptocurrencies.

01 Feb 2021

Mdluli Safari Lodge sets new standard for impact investing in SA

By Staff Writer

In these challenging times, good-news stories are hard to come by. Impact Capital Africa (ICA) is therefore pleased to share the unique South African success story of Mdluli Safari Lodge in the Kruger National Park, which has earned the highest-achievable ICA +Impact Sustainable Development Goal Investment Grade core rating of AA+.

20 Oct 2020

ESG makes an impact on the world and the bottom line

By Staff Writer

The evolution of impact investing will see ESG considerations align with growth and improved investment returns Investment managers and analysts who focus on long term operational business risks, and select stocks based on those considerations, will by default be creating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) portfolios and will record overperformance over time, fund managers...