Portfolio Characteristics

Environmental and social considerations play a role not only in the selection of investment managers, strategies and funds, but also in the development of RS Group’s long-term oriented strategic asset

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Evolution of the Grant Portfolio

In 2009, when Annie began exploring areas where she would like to provide grant funding, she did not start with a Total Portfolio Management lens, but instead saw philanthropy as

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Our Key Approaches of Grant-Giving

As explained in the previous section, RS Group’s grant portfolio has shifted gradually over the years from a relatively opportunistic one to a more intentional and strategically-driven one. While in

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Key Thematic Areas

Although RS Group’s grant portfolio has evolved over the years, the core of our mission and the main impact themes have always stayed the same: social and economic equity, sustainable

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At a conceptual level, RS Group understands its aggregate performance to comprise of financial returns together with positive social and environmental impacts, all of which are “rolled up” into the

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With the increasing global attention on SRI and impact investing, there has been a lot of debate and research on whether this style of investment can generate competitive returns against

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Philanthropy Performance

Given the challenges of illustrating impact across the portfolio, we came to the decision that it would be most appropriate to illustrate our philanthropic impact on a project by project

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The Total Portfolio Management Approach at Work

Under a Total Portfolio Management Approach, “performance” occurs when different segments of the portfolio are managed to generate various types of returns aimed at achieving both financial and impact goals

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Advocacy and Knowledge Development

                               Understanding that social change propositions need to be backed up with facts, we have also

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Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk): Incubating Hong Kong’s Social Innovation Sector

Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk)¹ is a “social purpose organization” founded in 2007 to address Hong Kong’s most pressing urban problems through social innovation and entrepreneurship. It employs a unique

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