What does it mean to create 'fit for purpose' capital? How can we reimagine and reinvent financial systems and solutions that work for women, diverse and non-binary entrepreneurs? This session explored these questions and more with SheEO's Vicki Saunders.
What is the current state of the gender lens investing field? Where are we vanguard? What more is possible? How do we get there? This expert Q&A session with gender lens investing founders and pioneers Joy Anderson and Suzanne Biegel will provided insight into the evolution of the field, where we are now, and where we can and ought to be going.
As ESG strategies become more widely adopted and sophisticated, this session analysed what it really means to invest in the 'S' as the next frontier in public markets. Against a backdrop of increasingly rigorous regulatory requirements and a greater attention to racial and social justice, we explored how data and analysis are evolving, the growth in investable products, and the role of shareholder and board engagement.
Whether investors are aiming for good, green jobs as part of a Just Transition, or putting inclusion firmly at the centre of their net zero and green economy strategies, applying a gender and equity lens has the potential to amplify the power of those investments. This session explored how, by integrating diversity into investment design and governance, allocators can promote equitable access to capital and ownership of solutions for the communities that need them most.
Getting more capital and support to underserved entrepreneurs and markets is a key goal of gender finance - and a growth opportunity for investors. This session shared best practice case studies and successful models, and identified the data, tools and analysis needed to deploy more capital where it’s needed most.
Getting more capital and support to underserved entrepreneurs and markets is a key goal of gender finance - and a growth opportunity for investors. This session shared best practice case studies and successful models, and identified the data, tools and analysis needed to deploy more capital where it’s needed most.
According to the Knight Foundation, 98.7% of assets under management in the US are managed by white men. Women and diverse fund managers remain under-resourced and underserved. We explored scalable solutions and innovative approaches to cultivate the next tier of underrepresented fund managers and change the face of capital allocation.
According to the Knight Foundation, 98.7% of assets under management in the US are managed by white men. Women and diverse fund managers remain under-resourced and underserved. We explored scalable solutions and innovative approaches to cultivate the next tier of underrepresented fund managers and change the face of capital allocation.
More actors are waking up to gender finance’s potential as a tool for social change. Find out how it can address development gaps, from healthcare and financial inclusion to the future of work. This session focused on innovative models and structures across blended finance, fund of funds and other structures that integrate gender and equity and mitigate systemic risk.
More actors are waking up to gender finance’s potential as a tool for social change. Find out how it can address development gaps, from healthcare and financial inclusion to the future of work. This session will focus on innovative models and structures across blended finance, fund of funds and other structures that integrate gender and equity and mitigate systemic risk.
This expert Q&A session helped participants identify opportunities to redefine notions of risk and build in JEDI and ESG as a core part of their investment strategies.
