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Course Contents – Impact Investing: From Insight to Impact

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the Landscape: Gain a comprehensive overview of the impact investing ecosystem, including key actors, instruments, and market trends.
  • Evaluate Investment Strategies: Analyze and compare different impact investing mechanisms such as shareholder engagement, private equity, credit, impact-linked finance, and blended finance.
  • Create and Measure Impact: Understand how impact is defined, created, measured, and reported across asset classes and investment strategies.
  • Identify Risks and Trade-Offs: Critically assess the financial, social, and reputational risks and trade-offs associated with impact-driven investments.
  • Drive Strategic Change: Explore how to align investment strategies with organizational or personal missions to drive meaningful social and environmental outcomes.
  • Apply Practical Tools: Use case-based learning and real-world frameworks to design and implement effective impact investment strategies.
  • Reflect on Professional Purpose: Identify career opportunities in the impact space and reflect on your own potential to contribute to systemic change through finance.
     
Your Benefits

Gain an in-depth understanding of both traditional and innovative impact investing approaches – including shareholder engagement, private equity, impact-linked finance, and blended finance – through sessions led by top academics and practitioners.

Network with peers and industry experts in a dynamic and interactive environment across three days.

Through interactive exercises, case studies, and expert insights, you’ll develop actionable skills and frameworks you can immediately apply to your work and investment strategy.

Dedicated sessions, such as career reflections and a fireside chat with impact leaders, help you explore how your skills and values can shape a meaningful career in impact finance.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the Landscape: Gain a comprehensive overview of the impact investing ecosystem, including key actors, instruments, and market trends.
  • Evaluate Investment Strategies: Analyze and compare different impact investing mechanisms such as shareholder engagement, private equity, credit, impact-linked finance, and blended finance.
  • Create and Measure Impact: Understand how impact is defined, created, measured, and reported across asset classes and investment strategies.
  • Identify Risks and Trade-Offs: Critically assess the financial, social, and reputational risks and trade-offs associated with impact-driven investments.
  • Drive Strategic Change: Explore how to align investment strategies with organizational or personal missions to drive meaningful social and environmental outcomes.
  • Apply Practical Tools: Use case-based learning and real-world frameworks to design and implement effective impact investment strategies.
  • Reflect on Professional Purpose: Identify career opportunities in the impact space and reflect on your own potential to contribute to systemic change through finance.
Your Benefits

Gain an in-depth understanding of both traditional and innovative impact investing approaches – including shareholder engagement, private equity, impact-linked finance, and blended finance – through sessions led by top academics and practitioners.

Network with peers and industry experts in a dynamic and interactive environment across three days.

Through interactive exercises, case studies, and expert insights, you’ll develop actionable skills and frameworks you can immediately apply to your work and investment strategy.

Dedicated sessions, such as career reflections and a fireside chat with impact leaders, help you explore how your skills and values can shape a meaningful career in impact finance.

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