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Durreen Shahnaz wins Oslo Business for Peace Award
Durreen Shahnaz, an investment banker and media executive-turned-social entrepreneur from Bangladesh, has won the Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017 for transforming the way financial and capital markets are moving beyond profit maximising to maximising purpose and impact.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing
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India’s Fortis Healthcare said to mull buyout of Singapore-listed RHT Health Trust
Fortis Healthcare Ltd, India's second-largest private hospital chain by market value, is weighing a buyout of the Singapore-listed business trust that owns some of its clinics, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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Asian Development Bank and Credit Access Asia Sign $32 Million Deal to Improve Financial Inclusion in Asia
The Asian Development Bank signed a €30 million ($32 million) equity investment agreement with CreditAccess Asia, a holding company headquartered in Amsterdam, that operates microfinance institutions across Asia, currently serving approximately 1.8 million customers, 99.8% of whom are women.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Latin America impact investors set sights on social returns
After six weeks at the Aravind Eye Hospital in the Indian city of Madurai, talking to everyone from the janitors to the head of the low-cost eye-care centre, Javier Okhuysen and his partner flew back to Mexico City with a business plan, and opened their pilot eye clinic four months later.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Latin America
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- ESG, impact investing
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500 Startups launches fund to invest $10M for entrepreneurship in Latin America
Seed funding and networking guru 500 Startups launches its second Latin American Regional fund to bring $10 million in commitment to Spanish-speaking startups. The fund, Luchadores II, will be first anchored by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), and has plans to invest in over 120 companies through the Mexico City-based LatAm 500 Seed Program over the next 2 years.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Latin America
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World Bank Announces $57 Billion Fresh Investment in Nigeria, 52 Others
The World Bank, yesterday, announced fresh investment of $57 billion in Nigeria and the 2 other countries in the sub-Saharan African region. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the global multilateral agency after a meeting with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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JP Morgan asset management creates sustainable investing team
JP Morgan Asset Management has formed a leadership team to create a sustainable investing strategy and help clients achieve their environmental, social and government investment goals.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Are Sustainable Funds More Expensive?
Socially responsible investing, also known as sustainable, impact, or ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing, has been steadily growing in popularity in recent years. A year ago, we launched the Morningstar Sustainability Rating for funds to help investors measure to what extent any mutual fund's portfolio aligns with ESG principles.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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