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Private Equity in Senegal Gets Jump-Start With State-Backed Fund
The fund will target mid-sized companies in industries spanning from agriculture to healthcare by providing mezzanine finance, which is typically a combination of debt and equity.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Empowering Female Entrepreneurs: Solutions to Five Key Barriers to Women’s Financial Inclusion
In developing countries, only 59% of women have a bank account – an issue VisionFund is addressing through its Women’s Empowerment Fund. But though the fund has supported thousands of female-led businesses, it has also faced persistent challenges – many of which are unique to women. Johanna Ryan, VisionFund's Global Director of Impact, discusses five obstacles the fund has encountered, and how they've responded.
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EXTENDED: SOCAP19 Summer Special Ends Sept 6: Register Now – And Get $250 Off With NextBillion’s Discount Code
SOCAP19 is coming sooner than you think, and NextBillion is proud to once again serve as a media partner. The conference, convening Oct. 22-25 in San Francisco, is expecting over 3,000 impact investors, entrepreneurs and innovative cross-sector practitioners, and will feature over 150 breakout sessions and 500 speakers. Register by Aug. 30 to get their Summer Special pricing, and use NextBillion's discount code for an additional $250 off.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Study: Investors Want ESG, but Advisors Are the Missing Link
“Financial professionals have a huge opportunity in front of them to proactively discuss ESG investing with clients,’ said Todd Hedtke, chief investment officer for Allianz Investment Management, in a statement. “It’s important to work with them to identify what issues are important and help them build their portfolio in a way that reflects their values.”
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Filling Critical Gaps, a Foundation Looks to Realize the Promise of Opportunity Zones
In March, Kresge committed $22 million of that to backing two established fund managers—Boston-based Arctaris and Ft. Lauderdale-based Community Capital Management (CCM)—to anchor their Opportunity Zone Funds. Together, the fund managers are expecting to raise and deploy more than $800 million in zones nationally.
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Apollo Jumps Into Impact Investing With Plan to Raise $1 Billion
Alternative asset managers are starting funds devoted to meeting environmental, social and governance targets as they seek to gather a steady stream of fees and diversify offerings for investors as demand grows.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Rhino Bonds: Can Big Finance Really Save Big Beasts?
Since the 1970s, the population of black rhinos, primarily found in South Africa, has plummeted from 65,000 to just 5,500 due to poaching driven by demand from China and Vietnam for rhino horn.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Venture Capital Funds Led by People of Color Face More Bias the Better They Perform, Stanford Researchers Find
In their evaluations of high-performing venture capital funds, professional investors rate white-led teams more favorably than they do black-led teams with identical credentials, a new Stanford study finds.
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- Investing
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- venture capital
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