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MacArthur Commits $150 Million to Make Impact Investing Easier for Others
Solving really big problems, like extreme poverty around the world and climate change, will take trillions of dollars, says Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation. "To bring that kind of capital to bear on the problems we hope to solve, we will need to work closely across philanthropic, public, and private sources of capital."
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Press release: Grant awarded to pilot ‘SHIFT KENYA’, first of its kind model to increase access to finance for healthcare SMEs
“SHIFT is the kind of blended finance solution that gets us excited. Not only does it aim to strengthen local capital markets and get local institutional investors off the sidelines, but if successful, SHIFT has the potential to be expanded and replicated in other sectors and countries outside of healthcare and Kenya,” says Joan Larrea, CEO of Convergence.
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Vanguard taps Wellington for first active ESG fund
Vanguard will boost its ESG line-up with the launch of its first actively managed ESG fund, the Vanguard Global ESG Select Stock fund, which will be available for investment in mid-2019.
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Press release: OurCrowd Partners with Social Finance Israel to Launch Impact Fund Targeting $30M
OurCrowd, a global investment platform and Israel’s leading venture investor, has announced it is partnering with Social Finance Israel, the Israeli impact advisory leader, to launch an Impact Fund focused on venture-backed businesses solving some of the world’s greatest challenges. The fund will invest in companies with demonstrated alignment to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Omidyar Network spins out its fintech investment arm as Flourish, with up to $300 million
Equipped with up to $300 million in capital for operations and investments, the new Flourish will continue to invest around the Network’s core mission of backing companies with a dual focus on making a social impact and achieving quality financial returns.
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Viewpoint: Why investing in women and girls will take off in 2019
Bart Édes of Asian Development Bank writes about the growing body of evidence suggesting that empowering women is critical to boosting global prosperity.
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Is social impact investing really only for millennials?
Those aged 35 and older are at least as likely to want investments that have a positive impact as so-called millennials, those aged 25 to 34.
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American sustainable funds outperform the market
Data released last week by Morningstar, a data-provider, showed that sustainable American funds outperformed the broader market and recorded their third-consecutive year of record inflows.
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