INTERDISCIPLINARY ELECTIVES

FIN 654: Impact Investing

This course provides an introduction to the emerging field of impact investing, where traditional investment objectives are modified to include social and environmental considerations. The first part of the course exposes students to portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the analytical tools of portfolio management. Subsequently, using these traditional tools of financial investments, students learn to identify and evaluate the impact of social factors on portfolio decisions, financial risk, asset prices, and performance evaluation. Students also learn about the psychology of impact investing that influences the tradeoffs between financial and social returns.