NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Friday, May 12, 2017

One of the biggest impediments for impact investors is risk. What if you put too much of your assets into an affordable-housing project or low-income health-care center that eventually fails in its mission and leaves you sitting on a sizeable loss? That’s a thought scary enough to steer away risk-sensitive impact investors. Recognizing this conundrum, the Global Impact Investing Network did a deep-dive study on unique finance options that might be attractive to skittish impact investors.