A7: Impact Measurement: Art or Science

A7: Impact Measurement: Art or Science

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Many local authorities invest in impact: an asset class aiming to generate financial returns and achieve positive impact. Measuring financial returns is easy but how can we approach impact measurement? What is important? How do we quantify impact? Is it qualitative or quantitative metrics that are useful? There is no such thing as a perfect company so how do we think about net impact? Is impact measurement art or science?

Baillie GiffordBaillie Gifford has over 100 years of global investment experience and over 30 years serving LGPS clients. Our primary goal is to add value over the long term – we achieve this through a single focus on active management. This means that our priorities are aligned with those of our clients as we commit to improving LGPS member outcomes through long-term sustainable investments. We are long-term investors, not speculators. Our investment philosophy focuses on growth while our universe is global. Accordingly, we believe that fundamental analysis and proprietary research are core to a successful, long-term, bottom-up investment approach. From our head office in Edinburgh we are able to harness this intellectually curious and rigorous approach – where the sharing of ideas and robust debate between our investment teams are central to our investment process. The result is a successful business that continues to grow organically. We now manage and advise over £232bn in specialist equity, fixed income and multi-asset portfolios for a global client base.

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