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The Other Capital in Impact Investing: Why Human Capital May Matter More than Money, and What Investors Can Do About It
Money is not enough for impact businesses to succeed, according to Paul Breloff of Shortlist; they need an answer to their human capital challenges to unlock their world-changing potential. Here he discusses why human capital matters, why it's being under-supported by impact investors and what it will take for more investors to see it for what it is – an area of great opportunity.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Foreign investors to pour nearly $1 trillion into emerging markets in 2017: IIF
The projection follows a strong first quarter for emerging market investment that saw the strongest portfolio inflows since 2014. The IIF's projection is $290 billion higher than its estimate just four months ago, shortly after Donald Trump took office as U.S. president and the organization listed possible American protectionism as its top threat to emerging market portfolio flow growth.
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- Investing
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Is Higher Ed the Next Big Frontier for Impact Investing? Some Funders Think So
Impact investing, with its promise of both financial returns and measurable social benefits, is one of the hottest trends in philanthropy. But as more legacy foundations look to harness the "other 95 percent" of their capital to their mission, and as newer business-minded donors flood into the field, plenty of questions remain about where and how impact investing is likely to be most useful or effective.
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- North America
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- philanthropy
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Press release: TFC Financial Management Launches Sustainable and Responsible Investment Strategy
"Our clients, their families and prospective clients are increasingly expressing interest in SRI and their desire to have investment portfolios be more aligned with their personal values and social impact priorities," said TFC Chief Executive Officer Renée Kwok, CFP®. "We are pleased to be able to offer this strategy, designed to provide long-term investment returns as well as positive social and environmental impact, as both dimensions are important to these clients."
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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New investment initiative for African startups
Orange Digital Ventures Africa is the Group’s investment vehicle for early-stage innovation projects in Africa in areas such as new connectivities, FinTech, the Internet of Things, energy and e-health.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, innovation
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Asia catches the sustainable investment bug… at last
Asia ex-Japan has been a latecomer to the trend, accounting for just 0.2% of global socially responsible investment (SRI) assets. SRI assets in the region still increased 15.7% from 2014 though and investors are counting on a lot more to come.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing
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Think twice before investing in a social welfare initiative at your company, study says
By analyzing a sample of information from firms dating back to 1992 until 2014, Javakhadze found that corporate social responsibility programs don't consistently yield sufficient results – be it tangible, in the form of revenue, or intangible, as in company morale – and, consequently, diminish shareholders' returns.
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- Investing
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AP2 sets $50 million for TPG impact investing fund
The 300.6 billion Swedish kronor ($34.5 billion) pension fund will invest in the global growth equity and middle-market buyout fund managed by TPG.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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