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Behind the Numbers: What impact is Trump having on ESG?
With the new administration trying to bring back coal, pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement, and favoring broad deregulation of business, has sustainable investing now become a risky proposition?
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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More Evidence of Solid Performance From Sustainable Funds
Investors in funds that incorporate environmental, social, and governance factors into their process appear not to suffer a performance penalty.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Do Credit Guarantee Schemes encourage banks to lend to SMEs?
A lack of access to adequate finance is one of the biggest constraints SMEs face worldwide. It is estimated that between 50% to 70% of SMEs in emerging markets are either not funded or under funded by the formal financial sector.
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- Uncategorized
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- microfinance
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Why ESG Investing Needs More Precision and Clarity
It’s hard to believe that roughly 26% of professionally managed money worldwide is pegged to environmental, social and government strategies (ESG). At the surface, this seems like an unrealistically high number, given that asset managers have offered scant details about how they define their ESG criteria. So, where does the truth lie? The short answer is we don’t know, and the reality is it probably doesn’t matter.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Piggy looks to build a simple app for first-time investors in India
The principle is still pretty straightforward: build an app to help users easily manage a diverse portfolio of investments that are attractive to the average human and first-time investor.
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- Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Microfinance Companies in India Seek Life Support
With demonetization being the black swan event for the microfinance industry, players are hard-pressed as they reel under cash-flow issues.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
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- microfinance
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Rockefeller Foundation, Nonprofit ETF Plan to Expand ESG Strategies
With a secured $300,000 grant from one of the nation’s foremost philanthropies, Impact Shares will be launching the first of its innovative social issue-related ETFs in late 2017, according to a note.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- impact investing
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OPINION: Socially responsible investing an expensive taste
Other benefits like peace and a livable planet notwithstanding, the financial cost of socially responsible investing appears to be high.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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