Govt urged to increase co-investment in social impact investing

The Growing a Culture of Social Impact Investing in the UK report also said the government should work with the financial services industry to identify investment approaches that can be used to deploy capital to "tackle entrenched social and economic problems". It also called on companies to increase their focus on creating a demonstrable positive social impact alongside financial returns after it found some advisers were unclear on how to incorporate impact investing into portfolios and what the consequences may be if the investments fail to deliver expected social returns. The gover...