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“Impact investing” inches from niche to mainstream
WHEN investors gathered in Amsterdam in late 2016 for perhaps the largest annual conference on “impact investing”, the mood was upbeat. The concept of investing in assets that offer measurable social or environmental benefits as well as financial returns has come a long way from its modest roots in the early 2000s.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Measuring Impact With Meaning: 50 Funds That Are Best For The World
Some players in the market, in seeking a simple solution, have settled on measuring impact through a few metrics. But the oversimplification of how to do so creates a risk that impact investing becomes meaningless to the mainstream capital markets. One solution is highlighted in BLab's recently released inaugural Best for the World Funds list, which includes 50 fund managers who are doing impact management with meaning.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing, research
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Opinion: Global health is good business — Trump should get in the prosperity
As President-elect Trump considers submitting a fiscal year 2018 budget request to Congress, scores of government funding issues will be intensely debated. America’s investment in global health is one area that should stand outside the political fray.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- North America
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- impact investing
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MFA Design for Social Innovation to Host Design Summit
MFA Design for Social Innovation (DSI) at the School of Visual Arts in New York will host Measured Summit, a two-day gathering in January 2017, to mark its fifth anniversary as the only master of fine arts degree in Social Innovation Design.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- innovation, product design
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Social Business Roundup: A New Leader at Rockefeller, a New Investment in Global Health, and a New Mobile Money Frontrunner in India
When Raj Shah left USAID as its administrator in 2015, he went on to form – not a charity, not an NGO – but a private equity fund, Latitude Capital, which invests power and infrastructure projects in emerging markets. Now that he's been named president of the Rockefeller Foundation, what course will Shah chart? We cover that question, and several other intriguing developments, in our social business roundup.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Better Ventures Closes $21 Million Fund to Back the Next Tesla or Patagonia
Oakland-based venture capital firm Better Ventures recently closed its second fund at $21 million according to cofounder and managing director Wes Selke.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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World Bank Invests in Myanmar’s Financial Inclusion, $100M in Credit
The World Bank established the Financial Sector Development Project to support Myanmar’s SMEs — the latest sign of progress in the country’s economy.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Retirement Plan Sponsors Remain Cautious on Impact Investing and ESG
2016 was an effective year for providers and recordkeepers searching to incorporate socially and environmentally conscious investment themes; yet fear of fiduciary risk and industry jargon are slowing progress among defined contribution (DC) plans.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
- Region
- North America
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- ESG, impact investing