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African Development Bank to Launch $270M Fund for Social Impact Investors
The African Development Bank is setting up a new US$270m social impact fund to support small and medium-sized enterprises.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Foundations and Family Offices Create a Fund to Support Impact Investing
The founding donors also include Ian Simmons and Liesel Pritzer Simmons’ family office, Blue Haven Initiative, and a corporate member, the Visa Foundation.
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- Investing
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Press Release: Nuveen Identifies Emerging Themes for Impact Investors in Inaugural Private Markets Report
The report, Raising the Bar – Impact Investing in a Changing World, highlights Nuveen’s 30-year track record as an impact investor and how during its three-decades of market leadership it has produced transparent and measurable social and environmental outcomes along with risk-adjusted financial returns for investors.
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- Investing
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Africa Ripe for More Impact Investments, Says Report
“There is much need for impact investing in Africa to drive the continent to reach its full potential,” the report says, adding that impact investing can offer capital to tackle some of the greatest challenges across various sectors including microfinance, affordable healthcare and housing, agriculture and energy.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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What Is Sustainable Finance? That’s a $4 Trillion Question for Investors
Major fund managers, including BlackRock Inc. and Amundi Asset Management, are running into a roadblock as they seek to put more money into emerging-market sustainable investments: a lack of common global definitions that would make it easier to identify what to buy.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Digital Impact Investing Is Here Now
In an often bleak political epoch, what a ray of light—capital and digital are working in partnership and we are moving the dial on impact.
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- Investing
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Press Release: VisionFund International Raises AUD20M Through Its First Bond in Australia to Help Fund Global Financial Inclusion Initiatives
Offered in Australia to eligible institutional and high net worth investors, the bond is known as a ‘Kangaroo bond’ as it is issued in Australia in Australian dollars by a non-Australian entity. The five-year bond is unsecured and unsubordinated and offers a fixed rate of five per cent per annum, paid semi-annually.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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A 24-Year-Old Is Suing Pension Fund for Not Being Green Enough
The Federal Court battle is shaping up to be a unique test case. Are pension funds in breach of their fiduciary duties by failing to mitigate the financial ravages of a warmer planet?
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- Environment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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