Impact Investing

INVESTING FOR IMPACT

Beyond preservation: Achieving the purpose of wealth across generations

The question has gone beyond sustaining the wealth to ensuring that it continues to be used intentionally and with meaning across generations

Globally, only about 2% of philanthropic capital goes into climate solutions, with most of this going into adaptation and resilience, rather than mitigation.

As philanthropic capital grows, Asia’s decade for climate action has come: Milken panellists

Families and foundations should not be discouraged by small amounts of funding, they say

GPIF president Kazuto Uchida has made clear he thinks that an investment approach targeting environmental and social goals “ultimately leads to” economic and capital markets growth.

World’s biggest pension fund puts impact investing on the agenda

Worldwide, impact-related assets under management stand at almost US$1.6 trillion

Developing nations such as Timor Leste receive significantly lesser ocean funding despite hosting rich marine biodiversity.

Only 1% of philanthropic funding goes to ocean conservation projects: panellist

NUS senior lecturer says this is despite about 70% of the world’s surface being covered by ocean

Fred Tsao’s Octave Institute and Number 17 Foundation offer a masterclass in intergenerational capital as a tool for system transformation.

How the new orchestrators blend capital, soft power and systems thinking

Today’s philanthropy is about different capital, deployed differently

Leading institutions are developing framworks that integrate financial performance with metrics such as lives touched, emissions avoided, jobs created or systemic barriers removed.
INVESTING FOR IMPACT

Impact as the new alpha: Redefining performance and legacy for families

Younger generations who are inheriting not just wealth but also responsibility want their capital to be as ambitious and meaningful as their aspirations

Panellists at AVPN Global Conference 2025 speak about the role of family offices in impact investing. From left: Ann Tan, managing director of CSP Singapore; Annie Chen, founder and chair of RS Group; Eric Ng, chief executive of Happiness Capital; Addy Cheng, founder and chief executive of Climate+; and Gurpreet Singh, founder of Roundglass Foundation.

Successful impact investing by family offices needs high level of collaboration, longer-term mindset

But next-generation leaders are becoming more engaged in family offices’ impact investing journeys

From left: Hemant Tucker, CEO & co-founder of Farro Capital; Mahesh Kumar, co-founder and managing partner of Farro Capital; Ravi Menon, chair of ImpactSG; Edmund Twohill, executive director and co-founder of ImpactSG; and Arush Tandon, founder and business development director of Safron Group.
TAKING HEART

Family office Farro Capital launches philanthropic arm amid growing demand

It also partners independent charity ImpactSG, with a S$600,000 commitment from five families

A collaborative model in philanthropy is akin to investment syndicates in venture capital, where families co-invest in causes. One family can bring capital, another brings insight and a third, networks or influence.
INVESTING FOR IMPACT

Singapore grows as a hub to further the ‘pact’ in impact

The most pressing challenges of our time are too complex and interconnected to be tackled by single actors. Investment for impact demands collaboration

How to balance personal values with disciplined portfolio construction?

Investing with soul - where profits meet purpose

Is there a way to incorporate our values into our wealth growing journey? Howie Lim finds out.