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GBV Approaches to Investing: Values Alignment

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December 13, 2023

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Finance the Reduction of Gender-based Violence

In 2021, Criterion Institute and Tiedemann Advisors published an extensive report on strategies for private investors to address gender-based violence (GBV). The Values-Aligned approach is primarily for investors in public markets. It often starts with a passively managed public equity or fixed income portfolio, where then the investor has agency in electing what industries, sectors, or companies are screened out (negative screens) and/or what positive attributes or tilts are applied so that the resulting allocation is a better expression of their values.

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