WEALTH WATCH
STEPHEN CRANSTON: Impact investors an alternative to ‘unevolved’ asset consultants
The Alexander Forbes Benefits Barometer sounds like a useful, snapshot service. Initially designed as a counterpoint to its investment-focused Manager Watch, it was planned to focus on the health of employee benefits structures around SA. I made myself unpopular in the office recently when I tried to print out the new barometer, which is 479 pages long. The tome is produced by the Forbes Research Institute. Under the institute’s strong-willed head, Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser, the barometer resembles the Beveridge Report, the founding document of the British welfare state, with some of the recent National Development Plan thrown in. With topics such as "multistakeholder collaboration, social impact bonds" and "value chain aligned programmes", you can see this won’t be mistaken for the sequel to Goldfinger. But I was pleased to see the barometer take an interest in impact investing. And while this might not be as riveting as Game of Thrones, it is a critical topic that deserves our atten...
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