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You Can Now Invest in a ‘Racial Justice’ Index Fund
The new “Racial Justice” criteria joins more than a dozen other causes promoted by OpenInvest’s indexing technology—which allows investors to prioritize values including gender equality, LGBTQIA+ rights, and ethical supply chains and also combat issues like fossil fuels, deforestation, and greenhouse gas emissions, among others.
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UK Seeks to Boost Impact Investing Sector With New Initiative
“By combining the energy, supporter base and achievements of these two groups, the institute aims to provide a focal point for impact investing in the UK to accelerate the potential for finance to address social challenges,” a statement on the institute’s website reads.
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Press Release: OPIC Backs Asset Manager Deetken Impact and Mission-Driven Company Pro Mujer to Empower Women in Latin America
Deetken Impact and Pro Mujer team up to invest in women and girls, delivering strong financial returns and meaningful, measurable social and environmental benefits. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation has committed $10 million to grow the fund.
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Viewpoint: As Impact Investing Grows, Its Purpose Strays
Rise suffered a black eye in March when boss Bill McGlashan resigned after being arrested as part of an investigation into U.S. university admissions fraud, but the sector hasn’t skipped a beat.
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Tapping Opportunity Zones, Social Impact Investor SoLa Raises Its Biggest Fund
Muoto created SoLa Impact Fund in 2012, aimed at investing in properties in economically distressed areas of South Los Angeles. So he was perfectly positioned to leverage Opportunity Zone legislation. To that end, he recently raised his third and largest fund.
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This Hedge Fund Superstar Thinks Climate Change Will Impact All Your Investments—And Soon
“Climate change is something we have to include in every single analysis, every investment,” he says
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Viewpoint: Scaling Impact Investing Using Blockchain Technology
Most opportunities empower socio-environmental causes in developing or underdeveloped nations where typically there are no standards and norms to regulate this sector. This creates transparency challenges for investors who lack visibility into how their patient capital is being used (or potentially misused).
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Press Release: LISC Names Annie Donovan as New COO
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has named Annie Donovan, former director of the federal Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) and a national thought leader on community investing, as its new chief operating officer.
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