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What Counts as a “Green” Investment, Anyway?
To plug the gap, “sustainable investing” is spreading from a niche area of the financial sector into the mainstream. Investing along environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria is one of the fastest-growing strategies in finance.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- ESG, greenwashing, impact investing
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Will Values-Based Investing Ever Take Off?
“ESG is so hard to define—people can’t even articulate what they’re trying to achieve,” says Joshua Miller, an investment strategist and estate planner with CIBC Private Wealth Management. At a presentation for clients in February, he says, investors saw data showing that companies scoring highly on ESG criteria tend to outperform. “I didn’t find anyone saying it’s bunk,” he says. “But a lot of people said, ‘We need more convincing.’ ”
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Creating an Inclusive Fintech Ecosystem? Here Are Three Facts Accelerators Should Consider
BFA's Catalyst Fund started with one goal: to support early-stage inclusive fintech entrepreneurs in developing accessible, high-quality and relevant financial solutions for the underserved. After three years of operations, the accelerator has worked with 20 startups across 13 emerging markets, helping to create better credit, payment, insurance, savings and investment solutions that improve the financial health of people with low incomes. Maelis Carraro and Rasima Swarup at BFA share some of the fund's lessons on how to build an inclusive fintech network.
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- fintech
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Morgan Stanley Adds Six New $10,000 Minimum Impact Portfolios to Investing with Impact Platform
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management announced the launch of a new suite of Impact Portfolios with a $10,000 minimum on its Investing with Impact platform.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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African Fintech Dominates Catalyst Fund’s 2019 Startup Cohort
The organization announced its 2019 startup cohort and three out of the four finance ventures — Chipper Cash, Salutat and Turaco — have an Africa focus (Brazil-based venture Diin, was the fourth).
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Growing Universe of Impact Investors Satisfied With Results
The annual snapshot of the market reveals an industry that’s growing steadily and is increasingly diversifying, in terms of the types of investors as well as the breadth of their interests.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Refugee Investment Network Launches to Connect Investors and Refugee Entrepreneurs for an Inclusive Future
On World Refugee Day, RIN gathers investors, entrepreneurs, humanitarian leaders, and donors to bridge the gap between capital and refugee-owned or -supporting ventures
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- Press Release
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- Investing
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A Landmark Impact Investment: Could This Innovative Experiment with Islamic Finance Provide a Model for Both Sectors?
Impact investing and Islamic finance are two segments of the socially responsible finance spectrum that rarely intersect – despite having much in common. But according to Umar Moghul, a transactional lawyer with experience in Islamic law, a recent impact investment by Mission Driven Finance in Somali Family Service of San Diego offers an example of how the two sides can come together to boost their mutual impact.
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