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How One Investment Fund Is Tackling America’s ‘Glaring Inequality’ Problem
Acumen, a New York-based nonprofit global venture fund, today announced it has begun investing in US startups aimed at serving underprivileged Americans.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Behind the Most Successful Microfinance IPO in India’s History: What does gender lens investing have to do with it?
The recent domestic IPO for the Indian microfinance firm Ujjivan far exceeded the domestic-only IPO record set by another microfinance firm just days earlier. As a $50 million inclusive finance company focused on women in the lowest economic strata, Ujjivan's success is a powerful statement about the value of serving low-income women with financial services, and the ability of mission-aligned investors to help them achieve impressive returns, both social and financial.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: The Business Rationale for Investing in Nature
The business rationale for investing in ecological restoration and nature-inspired biomimicrysolutions is coming into sharper focus. The business case is simply built on effectively and efficiently addressing core business issues. It is that straightforward.
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- Environment, Investing
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- impact investing
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PayPal Will No Longer Protect Your Crowdfunding Cash
PayPal is changing its purchase protection rules to reflect increasing risks associated with crowdfunding. The new language, which will go into effect in June, state that “payments on crowdfunding platforms” will no longer be eligible for Purchase Protection.
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- Investing
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Report: Internet Investors Worried About South African Regulation
South African investors believe regulatory policy is inhibiting investment in Internet companies.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- regulations
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More Than Half of Surveyed SRI Financial Professionals Are Offering Fossil Fuel-Free Portfolios to Investors
For the first time ever, more than half (51 percent) of surveyed SRI financial professionals are offering fossil fuel-free portfolios to investors, up sharply from 22 percent in 2013 and 42 percent last year, according to The SRI Conference 2016 Fossil Fuels Divestment Survey released today by First Affirmative Financial Network.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Why Equity Crowdfunding Could Be Dangerous for Investors and Entrepreneurs
The new rules are well-meaning, but flawed. In the very near future, equity crowdfunding will no longer be reserved for the ultra-wealthy.
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- Investing
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- crowdfunding
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Report: Fintech Investments in Asia Pacific Reached US $4.3 Billion in 2015
The fintech sector in Asia Pacific is booming, according to Accenture's 'Fintech and the evolving landscape' report.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- fintech
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