Alternative investments
Alternative investments
Podcast
7.9.2022
For private investors, financial returns are often the most important investment objective. The demand for sustainable investments shows that returns are no longer everything. Unlike traditional investments, however, investors are faced with the challenge of measuring both financial and social returns.
As a special form of sustainable investing, impact investors aim to achieve positive, measurable social and ecological effects, i.e. "impact", in addition to financial returns. They want to make a difference by financing sustainable solutions and making their contribution transparent. Anchoring the idea of impact in the entire investment process is therefore a decisive criterion for impact investments.
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In his excellently graded seminar paper, Dennis Hoffmann, a working student at FINVIA, not only sheds light on the investment process for impact investments, but also finally clarifies two terms that are often used interchangeably in common parlance: ESG Investing & Impact Investing.
Read here a clear distinction between these two concepts of sustainable investing. It is recommended reading for anyone who wants to acquire a solid academic and user-oriented basis for practical investment activities in the field of sustainability.
Alternative investments
7.9.2022
Barbara Wokurka
What if investing is about more than just financial returns? The growing demand for sustainable investments shows that investors are increasingly looking for social returns. Read here to find out exactly how this can be achieved with ESG & Impact investment opportunities.
For private investors, financial returns are often the most important investment objective. The demand for sustainable investments shows that returns are no longer everything. Unlike traditional investments, however, investors are faced with the challenge of measuring both financial and social returns.
As a special form of sustainable investing, impact investors aim to achieve positive, measurable social and ecological effects, i.e. "impact", in addition to financial returns. They want to make a difference by financing sustainable solutions and making their contribution transparent. Anchoring the idea of impact in the entire investment process is therefore a decisive criterion for impact investments.
In his excellently graded seminar paper, Dennis Hoffmann, a working student at FINVIA, not only sheds light on the investment process for impact investments, but also finally clarifies two terms that are often used interchangeably in common parlance: ESG Investing & Impact Investing.
Read here a clear distinction between these two concepts of sustainable investing. It is recommended reading for anyone who wants to acquire a solid academic and user-oriented basis for practical investment activities in the field of sustainability.
About the author
Barbara Wokurka
Barbara Wokurka is responsible for impact investing at FINVIA. She can look back on 30 years of professional experience working for financial service providers and in the real economy in the areas of corporate finance and asset management.
She laid the foundations of her career at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and London in the Corporate Finance division before joining Porsche AG in 1999 to set up and head up asset management for the Group. In 2007, she moved to Quoniam Asset Management GmbH, where she initially looked after German Tier 1 clients and then took over sales management for the international market as a partner, including the establishment and management of the Quoniam branch in London.
