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Annual GIIN survey reveals dynamic and diverse impact investing market
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has published the eighth edition of its Annual Impact Investor Survey, which reveals that the impact investing industry is growing steadily.
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Impact Investors Hold US$228 Billion in Assets
While not comprehensive, the annual survey “represents the largest exercise of its type in the market,”says Abhilash Mudaliar, the GIIN’s director of research.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing, research
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‘Playing patient investor, Omidyar has not made many exits from $1.3B portfolio’
Philanthropic impact investor Omidyar Network has invested close to $1.3-billion in non-profit and for-profit ventures globally since it was founded in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. But an investment principal at the fund confesses that the funder’s “patient” approach to funding means it has made few exits so far.
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CARE Enterprises and Bamboo Capital Form For-Profit Subsidiary
Bamboo Capital Partners and CARE Enterprises announced a strategic partnership, focused on businesses serving people living in poverty in South and Southeast Asia.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Press release: Fenix International’s inclusive employee ownership programme gives first-of-its-kind pay-out in Africa
The ‘Fenix Flames’ programme extends benefits to employees in lieu of traditional company stock options. As part of an employee benefits programme, the scheme was designed to offer a pay-out in the event of an acquisition or public listing.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Could Impact Investing Replace Charitable Giving?
Men are more likely than women to replace charitable giving with impact investing, the Women's Philanthropy Institute reports.
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Women Looking To Engage In Impact Investing
Women tend to be hungrier to engage with impact investing because it might resonate more with them than male counterparts, according to Mesch.
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World’s wealthy investing more in companies that care
Members, who include families and foundations as well as wealthy individuals, said the industry was becoming more mainstream.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing, philanthropy