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Think Big: Behind a Push to Unlock Billions in New “Catalytic” Capital for Global Development
The Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) 2018 Impact Investor Survey shows a diverse and growing market. But the survey also finds a “particularly” wide gap in “appropriate capital across the risk/return spectrum.” Of the $288 billion in impact investment assets today, only 5 percent are allocated below market.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: ESG Investing Isn’t The Only Way To Make An Impact
In many cases, we are seeing direct environmental benefits too, thanks to VC’s support for increased automation and the sharing economy.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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With So Many Financial Instruments Out There – When and How to do Results-Based Financing
The field of results-based financing has taken root, and several new mechanisms have sprouted – from humanitarian impact bonds to outcomes funds. But while development impact bonds and their many variations are getting attention, too many organizations are working backwards to fit them into a particular program or context, write Kate Sturla and Ellen Anderson at IDinsight. They suggest three questions foundations, investors and intermediaries should ask to first diagnose their objectives, then select the right instruments to meet them.
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Viewpoint: How Philanthropy Can Help Impact Investing Reach Its Potential
To be sure, catalytic capital is not for all investors. Rather, it is one of a range of financial tools needed to supplement traditional grant making and conventional investing. But catalytic capital must be part of the solution if we are to address the Sustainable Development Goals’ massive funding gap, which is estimated at $5 trillion to $7 trillion.
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- Investing
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US Fund Managers Grapple With Socially Responsible Investing
Some firms looking to establish ESG protocols are trying to set strict quantification for guidelines and develop indices that rely on them.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: The World Needs A Vast Portfolio Of Solutions To Match Our Portfolio Of Problems
The reality is helping people and the environment to overcome their challenges is complex.
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- Investing
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If I See One More Post About the Lack of Progress on Impact Metrics, I’m Gonna Lose It
It's a popular sub-genre in media coverage of impact investing: Think-pieces lamenting the sector's lack of progress on impact measurement. But Sara Olsen, Founding Partner and CEO at SVT Group, has had enough of this critique: "We do have the tools to understand the impact of the global capital marketplace, in all its diverse and terrible glory," she argues. And those who don't recognize this are muddying the waters – or worse, giving businesses and investors a good excuse to ignore the many options that exist for measuring their impacts on people and the planet.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Morgan Stanley Arm Reps With ESG Analysis Tool
The Morgan Stanley Impact Quotient, colloquially dubbed IQ, is the latest example of the financial services industry's growing acceptance of and appreciation for impact or sustainable investing principles.