Nearly a Third of Non-Profit Institutional Investors Say They Make "Mission-Related" Investments, According to Cambridge Associates Survey.

Nearly a Third of Non-Profit Institutional Investors Say They Make "Mission-Related" Investments, According to Cambridge Associates Survey.

"In a survey of 159 non-profit institutional investors around the globe, 31% say they’re currently engaged in mission-related investing — making investments designed to align with or advance institutional goals or values as well as provide financial returns. Of that group, 44% say they have increased their mission-related allocation over recent years, and 62% expect to grow their mission-related allocation in the coming five years. None of the institutions that currently make mission-related investments expect to decrease their allocations."

[COMMENTARY]We see continuing good news that non-profit institutional investors are increasingly aligning their investments with their missions. It always surprised me how a charity invested in companies that produced products or services abhorrent to its mission. Often it was blamed on the fund manager′s fiduciary responsibility. However, it was often due to the timidity of the charity in properly instructing their fund managers in what they expected from them. See my editorial:Unethical Investing by Charities.
Nearly a Third of Non-Profit Institutional Investors Say They Make "Mission-Related" Investments, According to Cambridge Associates Survey, press release, February 15, 2017, USA.

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