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Press release: American Portfolios Addresses SRI through the Launch of its Nine Points Investment Management Impact Portfolios
American Portfolios (AP) has added to its long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility by launching the Nine Points Investment Management (NPIM) Impact Portfolios. Through Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), these portfolios select investments using Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria to provide advisors with a total portfolio solution. "SRI is more than a fad; it’s where the future of investment is moving," Director of Investment Research Jessica Skolnick, CFA states.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Are impact investors missing a trick by overlooking local communities?
For Durreen Shahnaz, an investment banker turned social entrepreneur from Bangladesh, impact investing seeks to "connect the Wall Streets of the world with the backstreets of underserved communities". But how realistic is this?
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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The Trump White House Gave These Mutual Funds a Big Boost
“This field is global in nature and has a tremendous amount of momentum,” says Jon Hale, director of sustainable investing research at Chicago-based Morningstar. “In some ways, the election has actually galvanized ESG investors.”
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Nestlé, Telenor Microfinance Bank partner to launch digital lending for farmers in Pakistan
Under this program, Telenor Bank has been disbursing loans to dairy farmers digitally. The bank has pioneered one of the country’s first data driven digital method in deciding the loan limits with near instant loans. Hence, the loans are disbursed directly to the farmers via Telenor Bank’s mobile banking platform, Easypaisa mobile wallets.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Press Release: IFC, Convergence Join to Support Blended Finance for Health and Education Investment
Convergence and IFC will together fund the platform design, including product offering, with potential for raising as much as USD 500 million for investment and advisory support.
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UBS to Launch Sustainable Investing Indexes
UBS (UBS) soon plans to push further into sustainable investing with a series of indexes that can be used to create ETFs and other investment products for retail investors, annuities and retirement funds.
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- Investing
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- impact investing, SDGs
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ESG is incomplete: An investor’s perspective
While the sweeping uptake of ESG research and ratings within the investment industry is a welcome evolution, many recent adopters use a check-the-box approach. More investors, both individual and institutional, demand that their investments achieve both financial and ethical returns. To cater to this increasing demand, managers are touting the fact that ESG and other sustainability criteria are, at the very least, considered in the investment process.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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IntelleGrow launching US$31M venture debt fund to invest in social enterprises
IntelleGrow has already backed 180 companies across agriculture, energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare, and water and sanitation
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- impact investing
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