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When impact investing fees undermine the impact

I want to invest in solutions to problems I care about but every impact fund charges such high fees that I wonder if my money would do more good just donated directly.

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The financial cost of values-based investing raises questions about whether moral satisfaction justifies reduced efficiency in creating positive change.

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