Rupert Ayton

Chairman & Co-Founder, Center for the Development of Social Finance (CDSF)

Emerging or Just Merging: Is Social Investing a Brave New World or More of the Scary Old World?

Is modern portfolio theory dead? Is social investing alive? Are they different, or are they based upon the same principles? What are the social investment options available today? What will they be tomorrow? Rupert Ayton provides an experience-based context for unraveling these knotty questions and others, discusses current trends, and highlights specific examples.

Rupert Ayton has worked in the financial arena for more than 25 years. He is recognized as a leading thinker in the social finance sector and in 2004 founded the non-profit Center for the Development of Social Finance. Mr. Ayton has served on the California State Assembly’s Emerging Domestic Markets investment task force and now serves on the investment committee of the McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, an early proponent of SRI. Mr. Ayton is also Chief Financial Officer of Movilix Financial Services, LLC, an Oregon-based start-up serving the unbanked Hispanic community.