Certificate of completion issued to

Jacqui McFadden

For completing

Social Finance Pathway

Completion date

20 Jul 2025

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1 CPD credits

Certificate ID

bc93a3bac22bdeeb66a686e64a9a6574

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About Social Finance Pathway

2 Learning modules

30 minutes of learning

4.5 rating

Foundational level

What if your investments could make both a financial and social impact? Social finance is reshaping the way capital is used, focusing on generating both social and financial returns. Stuart Sweeney introduces you to social investment, providing an overview of its goals and processes. In the second part of the pathway, he further explores the role of social investors and explains the different types of social investment models. By the end, you’ll understand the approaches used to measure the success of social finance initiatives and their impact on society.

In this pathway

Understand the concept of social investment

Explore the different types of social investors

Assess the success of social finance initiatives

Pathway experts

Stuart Sweeney

Stuart Sweeney

35 years: Risk management & social finance

Stuart spent 23 years working on the fixed income side of finance, in London and New York. He covered bonds, derivatives and leveraged finance. Stuart also worked as a university teacher and researcher publishing books and articles on economic and political history. He moved into social investment two years ago.