Scaling Solutions: The Fixed Income Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight

As global challenges grow more urgent and capital-intensive, the impact investing market is evolving to meet the moment. Scaling Solutions makes the case for fixed income as the next frontier in impact — a $140+ trillion asset class hiding in plain sight.

While traditionally prized for stability, fixed income investments hold immense untapped potential to drive social and environmental change at scale. From funding vaccine access to supporting disaster recovery and affordable housing, fixed income is already addressing urgent social and environmental challenges and could vastly increase the size of the impact investing market if more capital is mobilized with greater intention.

Scaling Solutions presents a new narrative for impact investing via fixed income and offers practical guidance for investors to act today, using the same standards and frameworks that are already widely used across the impact investing market. Featuring original research, case studies, and tactical allocator resources, this report is a must-read for those ready to unlock more capital for impact.

“The connection between bonds and investing in resilience remains opaque. The perception persists that fixed income is solely an asset class for risk mitigation and yield; it’s not solutions-oriented. Yet fixed income has always been the asset class of choice for scaling and sustaining proven projects, products and services — or, in other words, solutions you can count on. Fixed income… has the attributes that make the asset class an ideal anchor for any portfolio investing to build a future that’s resilient and prosperous.” – Noelle Laing, CIO of Builders Vision