Stephen Muers's guest appearances

Stephen Muers

Public lecture podcasts

Financing Impact

Michelle Obama

Chris Martin

David Miller

Nancy Cartwright

David Nutt

Steven Lutz

Michael Barber

Fiona Reynolds

Diane Coyle

Joanna Lewis

David Bailey

Mark Sedwill

Robert Wade

Edward Luce

Martin Ford

OwlTail

Antonis Schwarz

In our first episode, Stephen Muers and Antonis Schwarz discuss how dormant assets can be leveraged to finance impact. Dormant assets are, for example, bank accounts which haven't been touched for many years and for which the owner cannot be found. In the UK, dormant assets have been used for over a decade to fund social impact investment. Stephen is the CEO of Big Society Capital, the financial institution through which these funds are channeled to investments that generate both a financial and a social return (e.g. social housing). Antonis is a philanthropist and impact investor who has long advocated to use dormant assets to finance impact in Germany. We discuss, amongst others, what political momentum there is for this in Germany in the aftermath of the elections. Links:  Big Society Capital  https://bigsocietycapital.com/  Proposal of the German Social Entrepreneurship Network (SEND) on dormant assets (in German)   https://www.send-ev.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2_Auflage_Nachrichtenlose_Assets.pdf   About Financing Impact: Financing Impact is a podcast about funding and scaling societal impact. To bring you fresh ideas, we conduct interviews with thought leaders from different backgrounds. This podcast is brought to you by SciFi, the Societal Impact Financing Initiative at ESMT Berlin.   For feedback on the show or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at scifi@esmt.org

In our first episode, Stephen Muers and Antonis Schwarz discuss how dormant assets can be leveraged to finance impact. Dormant assets are, for example, bank accounts which haven't been touched for many years and for which the owner cannot be found. In the UK, dormant assets have been used for over a decade to fund social impact investment. Stephen is the CEO of Big Society Capital, the financial institution through which these funds are channeled to investments that generate both a financial and a social return (e.g. social housing). Antonis is a philanthropist and impact investor who has long advocated to use dormant assets to finance impact in Germany. We discuss, amongst others, what political momentum there is for this in Germany in the aftermath of the elections. Links: <ul> <li>Big Society Capital</li> </ul> <a href="https://bigsocietycapital.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bigsocietycapital.com/</a> <ul> <li>Proposal of the German Social Entrepreneurship Network (SEND) on dormant assets (in German)</li> </ul> <a href="https://www.send-ev.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2_Auflage_Nachrichtenlose_Assets.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.send-ev.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2_Auflage_Nachrichtenlose_Assets.pdf</a> About Financing Impact: Financing Impact is a podcast about funding and scaling societal impact. To bring you fresh ideas, we conduct interviews with thought leaders from different backgrounds. This podcast is brought to you by SciFi, the Societal Impact Financing Initiative at ESMT Berlin. For feedback on the show or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at scifi@esmt.org

Dormant assets - with Stephen Muers and Antonis Schwarz

In this webinar, hosted by the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and Department of Social and Policy Sciences, Stephen Muers discusses culture and values in politics and policymaking; his experience in government; and what lessons can be learned.This webinar took place on 7 September 2020, as part of the MSc Public Policy online residential.

In this webinar, hosted by the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and Department of Social and Policy Sciences, Stephen Muers discusses culture and values in politics and policymaking; his experience in government; and what lessons can be learned. This webinar took place on 7 September 2020, as part of the MSc Public Policy online residential.

In conversation with: Stephen Muers