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Press Release: Aeris Insight Brings Enhanced Transparency and Accountability to Impact Investing with the Launch of Aeris Atlas and Aeris Impact Management Assessments
Aeris has analyzed and rated community investment funds for 15 years and has developed proven, consistent, methodologies for assessing a fund manager’s ability to manage risk and deliver impact. Over that time, Aeris has built a deep bench of analysts—each with decades of professional experience.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Schroders Finalises Majority Stake Purchase in Impact Investor BlueOrchard
UK-based fund manager Schroders has concluded the purchase of a majority holding in Swiss impact investment management firm BlueOrchard.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Temasek Raises S$385M for Impact Investing Fund, Targets Agriculture
The fund will look for companies that demonstrate commitment to generating a positive, measurable social or environmental impact, alongside the ability to deliver compelling risk-adjusted returns.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing
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Barclays Launches Impact Banking Unit as Investors Demand More Than Market-Beating Returns
Banks from UBS to Citigroup have been boosting their so-called impact funds, in response to customer demand for investments that seek profit and social good.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Goodwell Investments Launches €20M Fund for Inclusive Economy in Africa
Half the fund will be invested in financial services, as the financial sector. The remainder will go to agriculture, health and sanitation, energy, and transport.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Impact Investors Can Alleviate India’s Unemployment Crisis
India’s labour market is languishing, and a practical solution to the problem could come from impact investors.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: Calvert Impact Capital Passes $500 Million Milestone in Distribution of Community Investment Notes™ via Incapital Network
"Incapital's distribution network has been instrumental in helping us grow our business and in increasing access to investments that deliver deep impact as well as a financial return," said Calvert Impact Capital President and CEO Jenn Pryce. "Channels like Incapital's are essential for moving money at the scale we need to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals."
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- Investing
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- impact investing, SDGs
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Citi, OPIC and Ford Foundation Launch Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises
Citi Inclusive Finance, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Ford Foundation today introduced Scaling Enterprise, a $100 million loan guarantee facility, which will enable Citi to provide early-stage financing in local currency to companies that expand access to products and services for low-income communities in emerging markets. The announcement was made at the 2019 SOCAP Conference.
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