Climate resilience infrastructure stocks within impact investing portfolios gained from new EU funding announcements, with market makers increasing bid sizes in related ETFs by 12%. Shutdown Gives Trump Administration a Chance at DOGE 2.0 GPIF, which hasn’t disclosed how much capital it may allocate to the strategy, said in March that it thinks impact investing offers a path to long-term returns. The pension fund said in an email it’s conducting research on investment strategies that consider environmental and social impacts. The studies include the measurement and reporting of impact metrics on existing investment projects and the relationship between impact and returns. Impact investing smart-beta products, blending ESG screens with factor strategies, have delivered 2% alpha above cap-weighted benchmarks YTD, suggesting factor-ESG synergy is gaining traction.