Introducing our Wealth of Nations Impact Investing Conference

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ?

๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ’๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ is where ‘available capital meets investible opportunities’ in private markets.

When we apply an ‘impact lens’ to investing in private markets we focus on what positive social and/or environmental outcomes we can drive with our capital and the return we can deliver on that capital. Even if we were to be so bold as to just take ‘impact’ out of the equation, we would soon realise that we are in fact also investing in global mega trends. Trends that are shaping our future and cannot be avoided.

The United Nations Economist Network identified ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€. There is of course, climate change, but there are also demographic shifts, urbanisation, digital and disruptive technologies, and inequality.

This conference will spotlight those investible opportunities and how they all ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€.

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ – advancing gradually and in stages in the space – here are some of the reasons why we see this as the conference for you:

โ€ข ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ impact asset management firms from around the world sharing their journey and investible opportunities across private asset classes in impact.

โ€ข ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ covering climate change, greenwashing, and standards in impact.

โ€ข ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ advising on the impact space, their journey and approach.

โ€ข ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†, including, but not limited to, addressing such areas as social advances in regulations and standards in impact, and financing programs to address youth recidivism in the State of NSW.

โ€ข ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ to engage with your peers and the wider Australian impact community.

โ€ข A limited attendee event. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ for in-person events in Sydney and Melbourne.

Be great to see you – the leaders and the progressives in impact – at the conference.

๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜!

WoN Team