Impact Investing Trends: Evidence of a Growing Industry

Global Impact Investing Network

The first analysis by the GIIN on global impact investors trends shows a strong sector growth in the last three years (2013-2015)

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Impact Investing Trends: Evidence of a Growing Industry (2016) is the first analysis produced by the GIIN on global impact investment trends, using data from the 2013-2015 annual survey, with both quantitative and qualitative insights.

The report provides evidence on the growth of the impact investing sector, in terms of size and level of maturity. Some interesting facts:

Growth of the assets under management (AUM) by 18% annually from 2013 alto2015
Impact Investors seem satisfied when it comes to social impact and financial performance
Respondents increasingly raised their commitments, reaching $9.1 billion in 2015, from 7.1 in 2013