Alexander Friedman, CIO at UBS, and Patty Stonesifer, former CEO of the Gates Foundation, write in the Financial Times that finance can fund a revolution in giving.

"Over the past 50 years, the financial industry has built a huge infrastructure to manage investments and along the way has been roundly criticised for seemingly subjugating the welfare of society to short-term profits. It now has an opportunity to change the debate by opening the capital markets to the social sector in a manner that is good for investors and great for the world."