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UK social enterprises fear loss of funds with Brexit, survey says
Uncertainty over Brexit is having a negative impact on business across Britain, coinciding with a slowdown in the wider economy and rising inflation.
“It’s worth noting that one in 12 social enterprises gets some income from Europe,” Nick Temple, deputy chief executive of Social Enterprise UK (SEUK), which represents the growing sector, said at a briefing.- Categories
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Impact bonds in developing countries: Early learnings from the field
Achieving the SDGs will require governments and multilaterals to develop and apply innovative financing tools to make the best use of existing funds. Results-based financing represents one tool that governments and multilaterals can use to ensure that funds are directed most effectively toward populations in need.
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- Investing
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Sustainable Investments Are Not Always What They Seem
Developing countries in particular often have informal or incomplete land titling, and lack clear maps of existing individual and community land use, empowered community representation and local government, written contracts in local languages, and clear arbitration procedures.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- ESG, global development
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Social media giant Tencent gets into old-school finance
CICC, once dubbed the Goldman Sachs of China after it brought some of the country’s largest state-run firms to market, has been reducing its dependence on volatile investment banking fees and expanding its business catering to rich individuals. It completed a $2.5 billion purchase of China Investment Securities Co this year, plunging into the retail investor market.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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- fintech
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How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them
A recent report about the values and giving practices of high and ultra-high net worth adults–people with at least $1 million in liquid financial assets–by U.S. Trust, Bank of America’s private wealth management group, provides some answers.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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Telcoin wants to bring cryptocoins to the ‘unbanked’
There were more than 900 cryptocurrencies floating around the planet midway through the year, with a jumble of serious and weird names (InsaneCoin. Cabbage. VGINA). And now here’s another one: Telcoin.
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6 ways to change the world for as little as $20
Want to put your money where your heart is? Impact investing may be for you. This kind of investment aims to make the world a better place, and make you a profit.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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GSMA launches industry guidelines on international remittances through mobile money
Because of its reach and growing use among underserved people, mobile money is uniquely positioned to transform formal remittance markets and to advance financial inclusion.
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- Finance
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