A money system to change the system: A Q&A about systemic investing

Author Future of Good Team
Systemic investing is a buzzy phrase in social finance, but what does it really mean?

Why It Matters

Vinod and his guests explore the ways systemic investing can pick up where the limits of traditional financing drop off. They also talk about potential blind spots and impact measurement.

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Systemic investing is the corporate buzzword du jour, but what is it, exactly, and what does it mean for Canada’s social purpose organizations?

Vinod Rajasekaran, Future of Good CEO & Editor-in-Chief, is joined by Dominic Hofstetter, Executive Director at the TransCap Initiative, and Peter Bryant, Senior Program Officer at Builders Initiative on an engaging discussion on systemic investment.

The topic is especially timely as TransCap Initiative hosts a summit this week, where systemic investment logic is front and centre.

Launch points include:

  • On what: You’ve spoken and written about a ‘systemic investment logic.’ What is this logic? In simple language, what is systemic investing?
  • On why: What are the limitations of traditional finance? Why does systemic investing matter today? How does it overcome conventional limitations?
  • On reception of the white paper: Your organization TransCap Initiative wrote a white paper on systemic investing. What type of reactions and responses did you get on this? Were there surprises?
  • On for whom: Who is systemic investing for? Who is it not for?
  • On the summit: What is the purpose of the systemic investing summit? What are the desired outcomes?
  • On examples: What are a couple of examples of systemic investing taking place right now? This is an emerging field, but where is there early promise and activity?
  • On assessing traction: Impact measurement is a big subject right now, and the notion of ‘verified impact’ is even more so. What are the indicators of positive outcomes for systemic investing?
  • On pitfalls and blind spots: What are the blind spots of systemic investing that you’ve heard or noticed? What or who could you be missing out on? Is there any sense of “greenwashing” in this space?
  • 10 years from now: It’s the year 2034; what does the field of systemic investing look like? Who’s in, who’s out? What has it had to navigate? How will AI impact the processes?

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