CSP Newsletter: Spring 2025
This spring, big things are growing at CSP…
Dear friends,
Spring is a time of growth and new life, and we’re definitely feeling it this time around. As we prepare for our biggest year yet, we can feel the new energy bursting forth. Key updates:
Leadership: Kripa Sethuraman has joined our team as deputy Managing Director for CSP Zurich! Kripa brings with her deep expertise in the private wealth space, an entrepreneurial mind, and warm and fun approach. We’re so pleased to have her on board!
With CSP Singapore and CSP North America well established, this is the last piece coming together towards a fully global CSP structure — you will hear more about that soon! ☺
Programming: We have four Investor’s Guides in the pipeline for 2025 that are deeply interlinked with our key programs. Check out for example the brand-new Investor’s Guide to Systemic Investing and the Investing for Systems Change program below.
Towards impact,
Switching mindsets, changing systems: Announcing the ‘Investor’s Guide to Systemic Investing’!
Systemic investing takes impact investing literally into a new dimension. Instead of working with linear “point” solutions, it builds on the understanding that all investments exist within complex systems of which our actions can be a part. How can investors and their advisors integrate this mindset and the emerging toolkit that comes with it? We outline four key insights, introduce practical case studies, and clarify your next steps in our latest Investor’s Guide.
To realize this groundbreaking document, we worked closely with key organizations at the forefront of this practice: MIT Sloan, TransCap Initiative, TWIST, and The ImPact, with support from RS Group and Katapult Foundation. They’re also all involved in our one-of-a-kind training on the topic: Investing for Systems Change, taking place May 21–23 in Zurich.
The full report is now available here.
Join us for the Investor’s Guide launch in Zurich
Bring your excitement, questions and curiosity! On Tuesday, March 25 we’ll celebrate the release of the Investor’s Guide to Systemic Investing in-person in Zurich. We’ll share key insights from the Guide, provide perspectives on the Investing for Systems Change training, and get deeper into the content with a panel discussion featuring Dominic Hofstetter of TransCap Initiative (pictured), Romain Leroy-Castillo of Swiss Sustainable Finance and our own Falko Paetzold. Register here and we’ll see you there.
Want to dive deep into this approach? Register for ‘Investing for Systems Change’!
Our Investing for Systems Change program builds on the takeaways from the Investor’s Guide to Systemic Investing and helps you as an investor take your impact to the next level. Learn from pioneering leaders in the field — representing MIT Sloan, TransCap Initiative, TWIST, The ImPact and more — and get hands-on practice applying the key concepts together with motivated peers. Can’t wait to impact systems? Download the brochure to take your next step.
Upcoming Trainings
Ready to get started creating impact? Join IING Cohort 11!
If you’re a next generation wealth holder who wants to have a positive impact with your assets but don’t know where to start, our flagship program Impact Investing for the Next Generation (IING) is the place for you. Understand your options, clarify your goals and take your first steps towards impact with the support of our world-class faculty. By signing up for IING, you’ll not only connect with like-minded peers in your cohort, you’ll also have the support of 250+ alumni who are all on similar journeys. Ready to get started? Find all the details here.
Our exclusive program for Family Offices
When embarking on a new challenge, it can be invaluable to have someone who has forged a similar path offer guidance about what to expect and how to overcome any obstacles along the way. That’s what our Learning from Leading Impact Family Offices program is all about. It’s the perfect place to start for principals and family office staff who want to get serious about impact. This year it takes place in Zurich, June 23–25. Find everything else you need to know about this program here.
Additional Highlights
CSP’s Falko and Francesca co-author CFA UK Training Manual Chapter
We’re literally (co-)writing the book on impact! CSP’s Falko and Francesca co-authored the chapter on impact investing strategies and the regulatory landscape as part of the forthcoming Official Training Manual for the Certificate in Impact Investing offered by the CFA Society of the UK. This text will be a key resource for financial professionals seeking that certification.
Experiment locally, innovate globally: The benefits of experimental CSR
Companies can make their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts more impactful when they allow employees to adapt CSR policies to local contexts. That’s the key insight from CSP Collaborator Emilio Marti and co-authors Andromachi Athanasopoulou, David Risi and Eva Schlindwein. Their new brief, which builds on research published in the Journal of Management Studies and Harvard Business Review, breaks down how an experimental approach to CSR can boost its effectiveness.
Book Discussion with Falko and author Felix Oldenburg in Zurich
Many of us live in wealthy societies, yet somehow there is a lack of funding for collective problems that only become more expensive over time. On April 11, Falko will participate in a discussion with author Felix Oldenburg and journalist Janina Breitling about Felix’s book “Der gefesselte Wohlstand” (EN: Shackled Prosperity) and how understandings of private wealth and philanthropic giving might change to meet this moment. The event is free and will take place in German. Registration is required.
Share your passion, amplify impact: Become a CSP Ambassador!
CSP Program Alumni and Collaborators have long been amplifiers of our work, telling colleagues and connections about what CSP does and why impact matters. Especially for our intimate wealth holder
trainings, we rely heavily on such peer-to-peer recommendations to make sure our programs find the right participants.
Now you, too, could become part of this passionate and motivated network. For each (non-alum) course participant you bring in we have an incentive for you. Learn more about our Ambassador program.
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