Executive Summary  Our third annual survey on the impact investment market sheds light on this nascent and growing market by collecting data on investors' expectations and experiences in 2012, as well as their plans for 2013.  Respondents report that they committed USD 8bn to impact investments in 2012, and that they plan to commit USD 9bn in 2013.  Most respondents report that their portfolios' financial and impact performance are in line with their expectations, with nearly two-thirds of the sample targeting market rate financial returns on their impact investments.  Ninety-six percent of respondents measure their social and/or environmental impact, and four out of five fund managers highlight the importance of impact measurement for raising capital.  While respondents believe the market continues to be challenged by a lack of appropriate capital across the risk/return spectrum and a shortage of high quality investment opportunities, they indicate progress is being made evenly across these and other indicators of market growth.

Contents What is Impact Investment?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Executive Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Impact Investment Sector.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Main Findings and Conclusions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Case Studies and the Asset Allocation Framework.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Financial First Cash Shorebank Deposit Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 senior debt BlueOrchard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Mezzanine/Quasi Equity Instruments Triodos Investment Management.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Public Equities Generation Investment Management . . . . . . . . . . 20 Venture Capital Bridges Ventures CDV Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Private Equity ProCredit Holding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Real Estate JP Morgan Urban Renaissance Property Fund.. . . . . 23 other real assets Lyme Northern Forest Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 absolute return (hedge funds) BelAir SA Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 impact first Cash Charity Bank.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 senior debt Root Capital .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 quasi-equity instruments Bridges Ventures Social Entrepreneurs Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Venture Capital Aavishkaar.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Private Equity Acumen Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 real estate Ignia.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 other real assets Pico Bonito.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Layered Structures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm).. . . . . . . . . . 34 The New York City Acquisition Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Acknowledgements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Appendix.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37