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Impact investing needs a common language
The field of sustainable and impact investing has shown tremendous growth over the last few years. But there are still too many asset owners sitting on the sidelines, interested in making an impact but not yet investing for it.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Press release: Bamboo Capital Partners and Persistent Energy Capital enter strategic partnership to fuel the future of off-grid energy in emerging markets
Bamboo Capital Partners (“Bamboo”), an impact investment private equity firm delivering social and financial value, has entered a strategic partnership with Persistent Energy Capital (“Persistent”), an investor in and builder of start-up and early stage enterprises in the off-grid energy sector in emerging and frontier markets.
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Shell and FMO to finance impact projects in Africa and India
The parties have signed a memorandum of understanding, agreeing to co-fund and co-create project opportunities in the energy access and clean energy sectors in the two regions, including investment in financial institutions with specific goals to increase access to finance, reduce inequality and promote green financing and agribusiness.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing
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Press release: Aisling Capital Closes $280 Million Fund to Improve Global Health
Aisling Capital will assist companies developing therapeutics to complete their clinical studies, navigate approval and ultimately reach commercialization. Portfolio companies gain access to Aisling Capital's strategic counsel and deep experience in both financial and medical fields, along with its unmatched network that extends from regulatory organizations to leading pharmaceutical companies and financial institutions.
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- Health Care, Investing
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The U.S. government is investing about $200 million in overseas venture capital funds
The program, unveiled Wednesday at a conference by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, will dedicate around $200 million over the next few years in 10 to 15 venture funds that focus primarily on making a social impact in overseas countries. The exact amount of money allocated could change, but is expected to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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- Investing
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- North America
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Crowdfunding is a critical source of alternative financing for SMEs in Malaysia
According to findings of its research study released on Wednesday, the key priorities to boost crowdfunding include building an informed community among small business owners and the general public, grooming entrepreneurs.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- crowdfunding
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Report: Millennials Are Interested in Social Investing, But Have Not Started
Released last Monday, the study found that 54% of millennial investors say that they are not investing in socially conscious options, but have plans to do so in the future.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Report: Shift to innovative financing necessary to achieve 2030 SDGs
“It is imperative to implement innovations that can divert private capital toward development objectives to help bridge the SDG financing gap,” UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Secretary of Escap Shamshad Akhtar said.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- global development, SDGs