'Impact' funds can and should make money

'Impact' funds can and should make money
A Restore Passenger Rail protester is carried away by police after gluing herself to the road. (Image: NZME)
Greg Hurrell
Impact investment funds should be just as focused on making money for investors as they are on doing good, a forum in Wellington heard this week.Investment firm Harbour Asset Management held a one-day responsible investment forum in the capital on Wednesday to share ideas on impact investing. Harbour launched a sustainable impact fund in November 2021. As at March this year, it was valued at about $5.8 million. It had 24.4% of funds invested in Australasian equities at that date.The fund's senior credit analyst, Øyvinn Rimer, sa...

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