Why impact investing needs a SFDR Art. 9 fund of funds approach – Alpha Associates

A fund of funds approach can help overcome key obstacles for institutional investors seeking exposure to a range of themes and geography.

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... Alpha Associates look at how a fund of funds approach enables institutional investors to access a diversified range of specialist impact fund managers whilst embedding enhanced impact practices across the underlying portfolio.

They also look at how to avoid the pitfalls of sustainable investing such as greenwashing, and how the product classification of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) leads to increased transparency of funds and comparability between financial products and enables investors to more easily identify investment products that align with their sustainable preferences.

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