09:00 - 10:45

Laurie J. Spengler (United States of America)
President and Chief Executive Officer - Shorebank International

Steve Friedman (United States of America)
Founder and Managing Partner - Eos Partners L.P.

The Opportunity for Alternative Investments and Credit in SRI

To date, socially responsible investing is largely long-only and equity oriented, and alternative investments, especially credit, have been dramatically under-represented. As the SRI investor universe and AUM grows, investors will likely demand diversity of investment strategies and asset classes and more sophisticated investment vehicles that have exhibited better risk/reward characteristics over time, such as Hedge Funds. Learn about how Hedge Fund investments can be adapted to SRI with no loss of return or complications. SRI asset allocators are not prevented from participating in this attractive, liquid and diverse universe. These alternative investment strategies dramatically expand SRI investors’ choices and capabilities.

Mariana Bozesan (Germany)
Founder and President - AQAL Investing

The Future of Impact Investing

This presentation introduces the concept of Integral Impact Investing as an evolutionary model for sustainable capital management. It argues that the major collective threats faced by humanity today are addressed only partially by the current development strategies and investment schemes. It emphasizes the important role of capital and business in alleviating today’s challenges and questions the sustainability of current investment practices in all investment fields such as Venture Capital, Public, and Private Equity. Moreover, it provides an integral investing framework that may fill the current void while potentially reducing the investment risk and increasing the social, environmental, cultural, and happiness impact.

Steve Beck (United States of America)
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - SpringHill Equity Management, LLC

Social Venture Capital in Africa - Challenges and Opportunities

Social venture capital investment in small, growing businesses in Africa satisfies a latent demand for capital, fuels scalable, sustainable development in low-income communities and can generate compelling financial returns for investors. This presentation will outline the challenges of impact investing in Africa, and explore investment themes that show most promise for a sustained, scalable impact on poverty and its effects. The speaker will illustrate challenges and opportunities by profiling several SpringHill investments.

Klaus Tischhauser (Switzerland )
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - responsAbility Social Investments AG

From Today’s Impact to Tomorrow’s Growth

Compelling impact investment stories are increasingly attracting investor interest. However, it’s a long way from an individual case to an investment product that aligns investors’ desire for impact with their traditional investment needs like liquidity, risk mitigation, security and return. Starting from the conventional impact investment theme – Microfinance – this presentation highlights how those who look for impact today will earn growth in the future and which challenges need to be addressed. One of the largest private Asset Managers specialized in Impact Investing will outline its strategy to invest in the basic needs of people living at the so called Base of the Pyramid with the potential of becoming tomorrow’s growth markets.