{"id":799,"date":"2013-03-26T14:22:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T19:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=799"},"modified":"2013-03-26T14:22:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T19:22:46","slug":"impact-investing-panel","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/event\/impact-investing-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Investing Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact while also earning a financial return.  <\/p>\n<p>In 2012, <strong>$8 billion<\/strong> of committed impact investments were reported by nearly 100 firms responding to the third annual JP Morgan Survey of impact investors.  <\/p>\n<p>What does impact investing mean for institutional and high net worth investors?  For investment managers and advisors?  For organizations on the receiving end of impact investments?  <\/p>\n<p>Please join these outstanding leaders over lunch for a Boston Security Analysts Society Impact Investing panel on April 3rd in Boston:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Luther Ragin<\/b> &#8211; Chief Executive Officer, Global Impact Investing Network<\/li>\n<li><b>Matt Patsky<\/b> &#8211; Chief Executive Officer, Trillium Asset Management<\/li>\n<li><b>Kyle Johnson<\/b> &#8211; Consultant, Cambridge Associates<\/li>\n<li><b>Dan Fireside<\/b> &#8211; Capital Coordinator, Equal Exchange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Panelists will explain key features of impact investments, discuss impact investing from those different perspectives, and address questions of importance to the broader investment community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How does Impact Investing differ from Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Environmental\/Social\/Governance (ESG) investing and other forms of \u201csustainable\u201d investing?<\/li>\n<li>Who is making impact investments and where are the investments being made?<\/li>\n<li>How are the impacts and the payoffs measured?<\/li>\n<li>What is impact investing\u2019s role in an overall investment strategy?<\/li>\n<li>Can impact investing be implemented in all asset classes?  How does it fit into thinking about asset allocation?<\/li>\n<li>How do you balance the traditional view of an investment with the perspective needed to achieve \u201cimpact\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The BSAS Impact Investing panel will take place from 12:15 pm &#8211; 2:00 pm on Wednesday, April 3rd at the<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Hyatt+Regency+Boston,+Boston,+MA&#038;hl=en&#038;sll=42.036922,-71.683501&#038;sspn=2.035754,4.070435&#038;oq=hyatt+regency&#038;hq=Hyatt+Regency+Boston,+Boston,+MA&#038;t=m&#038;z=14\"> Hyatt Regency Boston<\/an, One Avenue de Lafayette, Boston.  \n\nPlease visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsas.org\">Boston Security Analysts Society<\/a> web site at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsas.org\"> www.bsas.org<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsas.org\/BSAS_Programs_Events\/PEC01-01.asp?ID=401\">use this direct link to register<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact while also earning a financial return. In 2012, $8 billion of committed impact investments were reported by nearly 100 firms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[86],"class_list":["post-799","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-bsas","cat_bsas","","tg-column-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}