Mauricio Rodriguez - Co-Head Sustainable & Impact Investing at Barclays - Sustainable & Impact Investing Is Ready For Capital At Scale To Start Making A Difference
Episode 15, Jul 01, 2019, 08:30 AM
Mauricio Rodriguez was the Co-head of Sustainable and Impact Investing at Barclays until June 2019. He was instrumental in the development of Barclays behavioural finance framework for Impact Investing, the development of a methodology to integrate impact considerations across the investment process, and the launch of a Multi-Impact Growth Fund to Funds. Mauricio joined Barclays in 2010 to support the growth of equity capital markets business at the investment bank and was a key contributor in the structuring and execution of multiple high profile EMEA transactions in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors.
In this episode, Mauricio shares his extensive experience and insights in Impact Investing, and how the market is growing and ready for capital at scale to start making a difference and solve the challenges we are facing.
Prior to being at Barclays, he was a relationship manager for structured products at J. P. Morgan. He's a member of the development board at Ashden, which is a UK based organization, part of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust that champions and promote sustainable energy solutions in emerging economies to reduce carbon footprint and improve socioeconomic outcomes. Mauricio holds a Bachelor’s of Science with honours in Civil Engineering from EAFIT University and a Master of International Business Administration from Bournemouth University. He is also a Chartered Analyst of Alternative Investment (CAIA charter holder), and an alumnus of Impact Investing Program from SAID business school at the University of Oxford.
BONUS Episode in SPANISH: please note that we also recorded a separate episode in spanish with Mauricio too, in order to be able to share his knowledge with our spanish speaker listeners. To be published separately.
BONUS Episode in SPANISH: please note that we also recorded a separate episode in spanish with Mauricio too, in order to be able to share his knowledge with our spanish speaker listeners. To be published separately.
Highlights of this episode:
- Why businesses are getting behind addressing global problems
- How Barclays is supporting impact entrepreneurs through Unreasonable Impact
- Paris Accord commitments and potential tax on meat and sugar leaving room for innovation
- Why Barclays started to consider moving towards impact investing back in 2009
- The origin of the development of an impact investing team within Wealth Management at Barclays
- Creating impact investing solutions for portfolios to help advisors communicate impact with clients
- Why Barclays is focused on structuring and distributing structured products with impact
- Creating an impact investing framework and interface throughout the investment process with Bridges Fund Management
- Applying behavioural science to impact investing
- Why Mauricio is planning to head back to Latin America
- Soft Bank’s $5 Billion Technology Fund in Latin America
- Crisis across Latin America: Human displacement
- Tenacity & passion
Useful links:
Mauricio Rodriguez’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricio-rodriguez-caia/
Bridges Ventures - https://www.bridgesfundmanagement.com/
Clara Barby - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarabarby
Unreasonable Impact - https://unreasonablegroup.com/initiatives/unreasonable-impact/
Unreasonable Impact - https://unreasonablegroup.com/initiatives/unreasonable-impact/
Memphis Meat - https://www.memphismeats.com/
Impossible Burger partnership with Burger King -
MSCI > Powering better investment decisions for a better world - https://www.msci.com/
Sustainalytics - https://www.sustainalytics.com/
Vigeo Eiris - http://www.vigeo-eiris.com/
Paris Accord on Climate Change - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement
Investment Week, Sustainable Investment Awards - https://events.investmentweek.co.uk/sustainableinvestmentawards
Dodd-Frank Act - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act
Soft Bank invests in Latin America
Antioquia in Colombia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioquia_Department
Seth Godin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Godin
Time Stamp
[02:26] What is impact investing?
[06:00] Investing sustainably doesn’t mean sacrificing returns
[10:00] Global problems can be addressed by businesses
[15:20] Stranded assets, Paris Accord, and taxes on negative impact
[19:00] Creating Impact on the back of the 2007 financial crisis
[24:20] Creating a self-service platform of impact funds
[30:30] Product development and innovation by financial services making a difference
[30:30] Product development and innovation by financial services making a difference
[35:37] Creating an impact investment framework throughout all investments with Bridge Fund Management
[40:00] Behavioural science and Impact reporting for Fund of Funds
[45:45] Going back to focus on Latin America
[48:00] Growth of private equity in Latin America
[50:00] Soft Bank & Marcelo Claure
[50:00] Soft Bank & Marcelo Claure
[52:00] Why would you want to get in touch with Mauricio
[59:40] Inspiration from a close friend, Father Juan Carlos Velasquez
[61:00] Tenacity & passion to be an Impact Leader
[59:40] Inspiration from a close friend, Father Juan Carlos Velasquez
[61:00] Tenacity & passion to be an Impact Leader
[63:00] Advise and call-to-action
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