Event Summary - Building Bridges 2024

Private Investments in Emerging Markets: Solutions to scale and impact

SDG Impact Finance Initiative (SIFI) hosted an event at the 2024 edition of Building Bridges, in Geneva, Switzerland. The event addressed the two key barriers to impact investing on which SIFI focuses currently: misperception of risk and illiquidity. The event started with a panel discussion featuring Ana M. Camelo Vega (Senior Economics and Finance Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)) – CCSI is partnering with SIFI on a study on the potential of blended finance to mainstream impact investing, Lapo Guadagnuolo (Global Head of the Centre of Excellence for Methodologies, S&P Global), Sylvain Goupille (Founder and Managing Director, Octobre), and Deniz Harut (CEO, Agri3 Fund). This panel discussion was followed by interactive conversations bringing together professionals from asset managers, banks, impact investors, insurers, foundations and governments. These discussions yielded actionable insights into ways to address misperceptions of risk and illiquidity.