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18 September 2025 I Singapore

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AGENDA 2025

BE INSPIRED BY THE IMPACT & SUSTAINABILITY PIONEERS!

 

Free for asset owners/LPs, please apply for an invitation.

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The APAC region covers a large geographic area, encompassing diverse cultures, histories and a spectrum of economic development rates and levels. In the process of growing their dynamic economies, the APAC region faces various social and environmental challenges. Navigating this intricate context is paramount for institutional investors & asset owners seeking to create a positive impact on the environment and ensure the well-being of future generations, while safeguarding financial returns.

This year’s theme: BEYOND RETURNS: Investing for People, Planet & Financial Returns, reflects the growing imperative for institutional investors to balance financial performance with long-term impact. The Summit invites it's participants to explore how to navigate this complexity through three core lenses:

Resilience & Risk in a Changing World

 

Examining how impact investors respond to an increasingly complex landscape shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, climate volatility, and liquidity challenges. The programme will focus on how to manage risk, preserve liquidity, and navigate harder exits, all while maintaining long-term resilience and impact integrity.

Redefining Returns: Beyond the Financial 

 

Understanding the evolving expectations of investors and stakeholders, the programme covers impact integrity and intangible outcomes. It examines the balance between financial returns and authentic impact, navigating trade-offs and alignment amid macroeconomic shifts. 

Building with Integrity: Governance, Capital & Accountability

 

Analysing the foundations of credible impact, the programme focuses on corporate governance, authenticity, and scalable capital strategies. It explores blended finance mechanisms, family office readiness,  incentive structures, and transparency, highlighting how accountability shapes sustainable investment approaches.

Emerging Asia : Opportunity & Obligation

 

Exploring Asia-Pacific as a region of both immense opportunity and significant responsibility, the programme explores the convergence of emerging markets, climate impacts, and social inclusion. It highlights investment trends, sectoral challenges, and regional dynamics, offering insights into sustainable growth and global investor perspectives.

 

INDUSTRY PARTNERS 

We are delighted to have the leading organisations within the impact ecosystem supporting our mission and contributing to the growth of the industry with their advocacy, knowledge, and research. 

In collaboration with our  partners, we will co-create investment pathways that foster a sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and equitable future.

 

This year, Impact Summit Asia - Pacific 2025 will be hosted in collaboration with the inaugural  AT ONE IMPACT WEEK 2025 and the NO.17 Foundation, part of TPC (Tsao Pao Chee).

IN COLLABORATION WITH:

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INDUSTRY PARTNERS: 

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CIIP
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UNDP
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INTERESTED IN A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT?

Please get in touch with Prachi Modi : prachimodi@phenixcapitalgroup.com

AGENDA 2025 WAS SHAPED WITH THE INPUT FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS

ADVISING COMMITTEE

Ayako Kageyama

Ayako Kageyama

Head of Innovative Sustainable Finance,
Nippon Life Insurance Company
Bryan Goh

Bryan Goh

Chief Executive Officer,
Tsao Family Office
Chii Fen Hiu

Chii Fen Hiu

Director,
Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP)
Diana Watson

Diana Watson

Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment,
Tsao Family Office
Eliza Foo

Eliza Foo

Director of Impact Investing
Temasek
Hui Hsing Ma

Hui Hsing Ma

Co-Founder,
Blue7
Kavitha Menon

Kavitha Menon

Director
Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA)
Sook Yee Tai

Sook Yee Tai

Chairman
NO. 17 Foundation
Vikas Arora

Vikas Arora

Chief Impact Investing Officer,
AVPN

PRELIMINARY AGENDA 2025

09:00 - 09:20 Asset owner registration for the Investors’ breakfast workshop  

09:20 –10:10 

Investor's breakfast workshop                                                                                                    

09:00 – 10:15 General attendance registration & welcome coffee

10:20 – 10:35 

Opening remarks I Impact data deep dive by Phenix Capital Group Market Intelligence

In this session, Phenix Capital Group welcomes the delegates and will share the most current data in the impact industry globally and specifically in the Asia Pacific region.

10:35 – 10:50 

Keynote speech I What can't be measured still matters 

While the industry remains fixated on metrics and dashboards, we risk ignoring what matters most to the people we serve. This keynote discusses the outcomes of focusing on intangible benefits, such as investing with compassion and integrity, how to balance storytelling with data, and what happens when we stop chasing neat KPIs and start listening to communities. 

10:50 – 11:50 

Investor Panel | Risk and liquidity

In this panel, we discuss what are some of the measures investors can take to ensure a successful exit and what does a successful exit look like in impact? With liquidity tightening and exits elongating, impact investors are under pressure to deliver returns without compromise. This theme will unpack how to balance risk, return, and mission in environments where capital is harder to recycle. 

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11:50– 13:00  Lunch

13:00– 14:20 

InvestorConnect session

This dynamic session, consisting of short 15-minute speed meetings, is designed to give asset owners an efficient way to learn about a selected group of impact strategies of institutional quality and take an opportunity to enquire for more details, whilst making connections with other asset owners along the way.

* For asset owners & fund managers. 

Thematic table talks: various impact themes and asset classes 

For non-asset owners, the Phenix Capital Group team will facilitate a group discussion along with an expert on the importance of having good governance. Using live case studies, we’ll examine what strong governance looks like in practice, why investors must go beyond compliance checklists, and how poor governance undermines both returns and reputations in the impact space.

Good governance is often the difference between a sustainable, scalable impact and a failed investment. Yet in emerging Asia, where regulatory frameworks are still catching up, governance standards can vary widely.

14:20– 14:40  Networking coffee break

14:40-15:40 

Panel discussion I Portfolio protection

Climate change, regulatory shifts, political instability, and currency fluctuations are converging, making portfolio protection more complex than ever. For investors with long-dated capital in education, fintech, and agri-tech, how do you hedge against risks that are systemic, not cyclical? This panel focuses on risk mitigation tools and strategic foresight models being used by top funds across Southeast Asia. We’ll explore scenario planning, sector diversification, and adaptive strategies that prioritize both mission and margin 

15:40-16:10  

Case study | Policy innovation 

This session will dive into MAS’s initiatives in climate disclosures, blended finance, and ecosystem development. What lessons can we draw from Singapore’s leadership? Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken a bold stance on green finance by actively positioning the country as a regional climate finance hub. How is MAS balancing financial stability with innovation? Join us for a deep dive into one of the most proactive public-private partnerships shaping Asia’s impact capital landscape 

16:10-16:50 

Fireside chat | Unlocking capital at scale

Blended finance is one of the most promising tools to de-risk capital and accelerate development in emerging markets. Yet despite the headlines, real examples remain scarce. What’s holding back adoption? This panel will dissect the mechanics of successful blended structures, the role of concessional capital, and how DFIs, family offices, and private funds can collaborate more effectively.

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Closing remarks                                                                                                                           

17:00 – 18:00  Closing reception drinks 

OUR 2024 ADVISORY BOARD

We are proudly collaborating with impact thought leaders as our agenda advisory board to identify current challenges, opportunities and forward-looking topics in the impact investing universe to build a beneficial & thought-provoking programme.


• Abhilash Mudaliar, Chief Impact Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation 

• Éléonore Dachicourt, Managing Director - Head of Sustainability, Asia, BNP Paribas Wealth Management  

• Janet Shum, Sustainable Investing Specialist, APAC, Citi Global Wealth

• Jinfeng Zhou, Secretary-General, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation

• Maud Savary-Mornet, Senior Advisor, The GIIN 

OUR 2024 PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

IN THE COMPANY OF LEADING ORGANISATIONS!
We thank our partners and sponsors for supporting Impact Summit Asia 2024. 

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Asian Venture Philanthropy Network
Centre for Impact Investing and Practices

SILVER SPONSORS

Jonathan Rose Compagnies
Mediterrania CP
Northern Arc Investment Managers
Ocean Born Impact
SWEN Capital Partners

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS

Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
CAIA
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China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (1)
Investor Group on Climate Change
Impact Alpha
Sustainable Finance Initiative

MEET YOUR IMPACT

INVESTING PEERS!

A LIMITED NUMBER OF COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS IS

AVAILABLE FOR ASSET OWNERS & INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS!

INTERESTED IN A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT?

For more information on speaking engagements, please get in touch with Prachi Modi: prachimodi@phenixcapitalgroup.com

WHAT IS IMPACT INVESTING


 

Whereas ESG investing looks to integrate environmental, social and governance factors when subject to an investment’s performance, impact investing goes a step further by seeking investments that contribute to measurable social and/or environmental impact.

 

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPACT INVESTMENTS

  • Intentionality: intent to achieve a social or environmental goal is clearly expressed and the investor identifies outcomes that will be pursued.

  • Additionality: thesis or narrative describes how the investor’s actions will help achieve the goal and how the outcome would not have occurred without the investment.

  • Measurement: impact measurement framework in place to assess the level of expected impact and monitor progress against the goal.

 

SPECTRUM OF CAPITAL

Impact Summit Asia programme is focusing on the financial-first impact investment opportunities, offering experienced impact investors the stage to share best practices with their industry peers. 

Defininf impact investing - Spectrum of capital, Phenix Capital Group

 

 

First published by Bridges Fund Management (2015), the Spectrum of Capital maps out different investment approaches, depending on investors’ desired risk, return and impact profile, and categorizing them in a range from traditional investment to philanthropy.

 

  •  Financial-First Impact Investments: select funds in specific sectors, impact themes, or in alignment to the SDGs. In this approach, there is no trade-off between return and impact, and thus all investments should achieve fully commercial risk-adjusted returns.


  •  Impact-First Impact Investments: funds are selected to maximize impact over returns. These investments may target lower risk-adjusted returns to deliver greater impact.