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Viewpoint: The new US DFI deserves the development community’s support. Here’s why.
Right now, there are budding entrepreneurs and innovators in developing countries with ideas that could help lift their communities out of poverty, improve health and education outcomes, and create sustainable economic development. They may be focused on how to raise smaller holder farmers’ income, or creating a ride-hailing app that ensures a safe taxi ride, or developing software that makes it easier for business to comply with local tax regulations.
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Just desserts – Sara Lee foundation to invest all assets into social change
“How we invest our assets and leverage our influence as an investor are powerful tools to make that change to happen.”
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EarnUp Partners with Acumen to Tackle Financial Inclusion in the U.S.
EarnUp announced its partnership with the nonprofit global venture fund, Acumen. EarnUp is the first recipient of Acumen's financial-inclusion investment under the Acumen America portfolio. For more information visit www.earnup.com.
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How immigrants are driving digital transformation of U.S. remittances
There are about 43.7 million immigrants in the United States, and remittances sent from here by foreign-born immigrants rose to $66 billion from $50 billion over the past five years, according to the World Bank.
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Big Investors Have Clout. They Can Use It With Gun Makers.
Over the past several weeks, there has been a lot of talk about investors ridding themselves of their shares in gun manufacturers and retailers after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. A number of public pension funds, like those in the state of Connecticut, have discussed the prospect of selling their shares.
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JPMorgan Quants Develop Model for Socially Responsible Investing
Strategists at the firm have built an “ESGQ” quantitative metric that combines a company’s long-term corporate responsibility score with faster-moving data that isolates newsflow on potential controversies. The analysis then tracks momentum in the ESG scores to measure changes in market sentiment and price behavior.
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Press release: Common Cents Report: Hacking Human Behavior to Improve Financial Health
Common Cents, a financial research lab at Duke University supported by MetLife Foundation, today unveiled its 2017 Annual Report. The report details behavioral interventions aimed at improving financial health for low- to moderate-income people with more than 27 organizations over the course of 2017, including startups, credit unions, non-profits, and local governments.
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New Women-Led RIA to Focus on Impact Investing: Portfolio Products
“Nia Impact Capital is the next step in our evolution and is inspired by our mission to create world-class impact investing solutions with an emphasis on women,” Hull said in a statement. “Our team is focused on supporting wealth professionals to meet the growing interest from their clients to align their wealth and their values.”
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