Why the Leaders Matter

The total assets controlled by the top 25 funds on the Leaders List—$5.9 trillion—is…

• Larger than the GDP of every country in the world except the United States and China
• Larger than the combined GDP of 145 countries
• 37 times bigger than all official development assistance (ODA) extended in 2017
• 28 times bigger than total loans and disbursements of the ten key multilateral development banks (MDB) in 2017¹

Channeling just 1 percent of the total capital of the Leaders toward responsible investing and related sustainable development goals would create a pool of resources…

• Larger than the GDP of 107 countries
• Equivalent to 130 percent of total loans, grants, investments, and guarantees provided to developing countries by the World Bank in FY 2018
• Almost three and a half times all financial services extended to developing countries by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in 2018
• More than four times the amount of interest free loans and grants to the world’s poorest countries extended through the International Development Association (IDA) in 2018

The 25 asset allocators on the Leaders List…

• Received an average total score of 96 (out of 100) on the Responsible Asset Allocator rating system
• Represent funds from Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and North America
• Punch above their weight, comprising 12.5 percent of total funds but 30 percent of total assets of the 197 asset allocators that were rated