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Making an impact: a guide for private market investors – StepStone

The investment community has a better grasp of what it can do to fix environmental and social-equity problems, and it understands that it needn’t forgo attractive returns to do so.

Posted on Nov 09, 2021

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... In its earlier incarnations, impact investing was focused on emerging markets, capital preservation or concessionary returns. Today, the impact opportunity for private market investors has never been larger or more robust. Still, formulating a cogent impact strategy, rooting out impact washers and monitoring investments even after the investment period has ended are hurdles that investors need to surmount. Notwithstanding these challenges, the message is clear: The investment community has a critical role to play in enabling the flow of capital to investments with clear and authentic impact. As we look to the future, StepStone expect that these opportunities will be the cornerstones of private asset portfolios, bringing multiple dimensions of value to asset managers and their LPs.



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