Impact Investing - Connell Grogan

Show Notes

In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking to Connell Grogan, the portfolio manager for Resonance. Resonance is an Impact investment company that works with social enterprises and charities to help them raise capital from like minded investors. They also create and manage award winning investment funds such as their Homelessness fund which has over £250million under management and houses over 2500 homeless people. Their funds deliver a financial return as well as a targeted social impact.

Highlights:

3:13 What resonance does and what it is for?

6:38 Presenting of new funds on investors

7:15 Difference between homelesness fund and housing associations

12:27 How impact investing has changed in the last decade.

14:45 Resonance's Investor Profile

21:14 Considerations on investments and underlying assets

22:26 Asset management and challenges with managing so many units

25:30 Choosing partners carefully

33:09 Delivering capitals in the right way

40:34 Advice to landlords on managing a residential portfolio

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