GIIN To Colloborate With Law Firm On Investment Project

Robbie Lawther

11 July 2017

The as an advisory collaborator in its Market Roadmap Project.

GIIN, with Deloitte’s support and advice through its monitor institute, will lead a broad consultative initiative to identify the actions needed to enhance the scale and effectiveness of impact investing across the world, GIIN said in a statement.

Impact investing has an area of the financial services sector which has grown significantly over the past few years, especially among Millennials who are seen as being more interested in the non-financial aspects of investing, such as the impact of business on society and the environment.

Deloitte will provide guidance at every stage of the Market Roadmap Project, support the GIIN in research, design and data analysis.

The Market Roadmap Project will explore a number of questions, including:
-- What infrastructure, tools, products, and resources are needed for industry growth and effectiveness?
-- What is needed to further catalyze impact investing commitments from institutional investors? As more large scale investors build impact investing practices, how does the industry ensure the integrity of practice is preserved?
-- What does the future of impact measurement and management look like? • How can different types of investors collaborate for greater impact?
-- How can impact investing be made accessible to all investors?

“The impact investing market has reached a stage of growth and development that holds tremendous potential for a broad reimagining of the way the world’s capital markets work,” said Amit Bouri, chief executive and co-founder of the GIIN. “With forward-thinking, decisive action, we can capitalize on the potential of the impact investing industry to produce large-scale social and environmental action. But we need to begin planning now for the market we want to have in our future.”

“Since its inception, impact investing has seen a proliferation of investment instruments, infrastructure organizations, and intermediaries,” said Tony Siesfeld, managing director at Deloitte Consulting. “Deloitte is honored to be supporting the GIIN in formulating the next phase of impact investing and helping to redefine the capital market.”

WealthBriefing reported recently that the GIIN had promoted Giselle Leung as managing director, in a bid to engage with more mainstream financial players.