Investment Uncut: Jeremy Rogers - Can you really do well by doing good?

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Impact investing has rapidly moved up the policy agenda – with the Better Futures Fund, the Mansion House Compact and renewed questions around fiduciary duty all signalling that finance can no longer ignore social outcomes. But what does it actually mean to invest for both financial return and societal benefit – and can those aims truly align rather than trade off? 

In this episode, we speak to Jeremy Rogers (CIO at Better Society Capital) to cut through the noise. We explore the current impact investing landscape, how “societal return” is actually measured, whether it ever conflicts with financial return, and how technology and innovative finance structures could reshape the market over the next decade. 

What’s one thing you would like listeners to take away?

• Investment is about seeing the world differently and an impact lens can help reveal new opportunities. Given how narrow many markets are today, investors should be asking where else returns can come from, and what value they could be unlocking. 

Any recommendations?

• The Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust plc Annual Impact Report

• Great Britain? How We Get Our Future Back by Torsten Bell

• May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It by Alex Edmans

• A Guide to the Professional Interview: A Research-based Interview Methodology for People Who Ask Questions by Geir-Egil Løken, Svein Tore Bergestuen and Asbjørn Rachlew