1、INDEPENDEN T P U B L I C AT I O N BYRACONTEUR.NET18/09/2022#0828markets.Investments are expected to make a return,but these will vary depending on an investors goals.According to a 2020 survey,GIIN found 67%of respondents were targeting risk-adjusted market-rate returns,18%were content with below ma

2、r-ket-rate returns,and 15%expected some-thing closer to capital preservation.Yet the market,while growing,remains small.At the end of 2019,GIIN estimated that around 1,720 organisations globally had about$715bn of impact-type invest-ments under management.This may change as big players dip their toe

3、s into the impact market.In 2020,the global asset manager Schroders partnered with Big Society Capital,one of the UKs leading impact investors,to launch the Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust.This London-listed fund invests in firms tack-ling“pressing social problems”and aims to achieve a sustainable

4、return.“We are targeting the deepest level of impact and find organisations who use all their resources to contribute to solutions tosocial challenges such as homelessness,mental health,unemployment and fuel poverty,”says Andrew Beal,managing director of investor engagement at Big Society Capital.Ab

5、out two-thirds of the trusts investments are linked to inflation,he says,and it is targeting returns equivalent to CPI plus 2%once it is fully invested over three to five years.“The trusts investments are largely uncorrelated to mainstream markets,so we would expect the portfolio to show resilience

6、in times of market volatility,”Beale adds.Another well-known impact investor is Nesta Group,which was set up by the government but now operates as an independent charity.It targets private equity-style investments,in areas such as ed tech,food tech and climate tech,investing both from its endowment