The focus of this session is on the impacts of growing inequality on economic growth, the implications for investor returns and what investors can do about it. Traditionally most investors haven't considered inequality a material issue. More recently however, some have argued that inequality has reached a level in some countries where it can undermine the stability of the financial system and that mainstream investors need to take this issue seriously. Questions we will be tackling as part of this panel include:
• What are the implications of inequality for institutional investors?
• How should investors be thinking about inequality as an issue and what can they do?
Moderator: James Gifford, Executive Director, PRI, (UK)
Speakers: David Wood, Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Harvard University, (US)
Elias Masilela, CEO, Public Investment Corporation (PIC), (SA)
