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Key market trends that Social Finance see day-to-day in social impact work

Report

Social Finance UK commissioned by Impact Investing Institute. Author Ivjyot Singh Oberoi

PART 2 The Purposeful Investment Landscape

Impact Investment

Reviews the growing impact investing market in the UK, which is now estimated at £76.8 billion, and explore opportunities for transformative investments that address social, environmental, and economic challenges.

https://www.socialfinance.org.uk/insights/report-highlights-key-market-trends-that-we-at-social-finance-see-day-to-day-in-our-social-impact-work

This Social Finance report (commissioned by the Impact Investing Institute; author Ivjyot Singh Oberoi) documents the UK impact investing market growing to £76.8bn AUM at end‑2023 (a £19.3bn increase and 10.1% CAGR since 2021) and highlights practical market trends—place‑based investing, blended finance structures, expanding institutional participation (pension funds, foundations), and a focus on measurable outcomes—that directly support Part 2’s Impact Investment chapter by providing empirical evidence of the market’s scale, growth trajectory, and the mechanisms through which purposeful capital can be mobilised to achieve social and environmental impact.