Asset managers have been urged to collaborate with government, academics and regulators to help bolster the UK’s £150bn social impact investment sector. An influential government advisory group, chaired by Allianz Global Investors’ vice-chair Elizabeth Corley has today published 53 wide-ranging recommendations to help channel investment into products that focus on doing good in society. Chief...
A UK government advisory group focused on impact investing is urging collaboration between asset managers , academics and government entities to help attract more investors . While the UK 's social impact investing sector represents about £ 150bn ( $ 197bn ) many investors are either uneducated on the space or do n't have access to it . Just 9 % of UK retail investors have reportedly made an impact investment despite more than half expressing an interest . Only 12 % of institutional investors say they are fully educated on the area . Janus Henderson Investors , Standard Life Aberdeen and Hermes Investment Partners are among those involved with the advisory group .