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Expert Opinions on topic areas can be a useful way of keeping up-to-date. To this end, a few of our Expert Opinions are being revised and new ones developed. If you would like to suggest an expert opinon on a particular topic, then please email your suggestion to administration@philanthropy-impact.org

Professionalising Philanthropy
Expert opinion
In contrast to the somewhat bleak findings by Oxfam recently regarding global wealth inequality, reports and surveys are consistently confirming that philanthropy is growing in importance for UHNWIs around the...
The US-Europe divide in the development of impact investing
Expert opinion
The United States is the birthplace of many financial innovations, from exchange traded funds (ETFs) to digital payment platforms. Innovation is in the DNA of our financial system. In the...
Blog by Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
Expert opinion
In recent months, many quality charities have lost the trust of their donors. Major donors – philanthropists – wonder if they should do something, and if so then what. As...
Role of artificial intelligence in impact investing
Expert opinion
While artificial intelligence (AI) is often thought of as an almost science-fictional term, it is slowly being drip-fed into our everyday lexicon and activities, perhaps without us really noticing, and...
Adaptation and digital innovation key to the evolution of philanthropy
Expert opinion
Philanthropic endeavours are becoming increasingly global and highly sophisticated, with investors and advisors having to adapt to work in line with this upward trend. In particular, High Net Worth family...
Purposely: embedding purpose into the heart of your business
Expert opinion
Purposely is a response to the government’s Mission-Led Business Review, which found that few companies realise they're legally able to embed purpose into the heart of their business. It's been...
UK and International Trends in Philanthropy
Expert opinion
I was asked recently by Philanthropy Impact to join an international panel on philanthropy providing an overview of the UK and touching on some broader trends which may be common...
Living Legacies: Coming to the UK?
Expert opinion
A review of progress since 2011.
The ‘what?’ and the ‘why?’ of SRI
Expert opinion
In its broadest sense, ethical or socially responsible investment (SRI) is the application of both positive and negative ethical, social and environmental criteria in the management of investment portfolios. As...
Choosing the Right Vehicle for Giving: Donor-Advised Fund or Foundation
Expert opinion
Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are a well-established vehicle for philanthropy in the United States – where contributions to DAFs reached $23.27 billion in 2016 1 – and their popularity in the...

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