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Press Release: DAI Acquires International Asset Management Firm, MicroVest
Acquisition in high-growth ESG/impact investing arena enhances DAI's ability to spur investment in emerging and frontier economies
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- Investing
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- Global
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India Affordable Housing Offers $0.62 Trillion Investment Opportunity in Next 5 Years
India’s affordable housing offers funding opportunities worth $0.62 trillion for private funds over the next five years in the backdrop of the government’s push for this segment. However, it is yet to become a major theme for the funds in the country with very few private equity funds dedicated to financing affordable homes, said industry experts.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, housing, impact investing
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Why The OG Of Impact Investing Won’t Stop
When Jacqueline Novogratz started Acumen in 2001, the idea of “impact investing” was not well received by traditional financial firms. Today, Acumen has invested more than $135 million in more than 100 social enterprises worldwide and has shaped a model that’s been adopted by even the most adamant naysayers.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Press Release: Opportunity International and Oikocredit Announce USD $100 Million Impact Investment Agreement to Advance the Education Sector in Low-income Countries
Opportunity International and Oikocredit announced an innovative, three-year collaboration to increase access to and quality of education in low-income countries through the investment of up to USD $100 million in financial institutions.
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- Global
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- ESG, impact investing
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The Battle for the Planet: How Climate Change Investments Can – And Must – Save the World
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighted the grim trendlines of global warming – a problem that, if left unchecked, will have a catastrophic impact on the planet. But as Bonnie Foley-Wong at Pique Ventures explains, the financial impacts of climate change have already begun, and investors – whether as individuals or institutions – can play a key role in developing and scaling solutions. She highlights seven areas and themes that investors can focus on to help build a planet where future generations can thrive.
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- Environment, Investing
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Kinara Capital Secures $9.3 Million From Invest in Visions GmbH
Classified as an ESG Impact Fund by the European Union, Kinara Capital will further IIV’s microfinance fund mandate of enabling credit access to small businesses.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, impact investing, microfinance
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Dutch Pension Giant Spurns Fossil Fuels as Funds Shift Before COP26
Dutch pension fund ABP will divest 15 billion euros ($17.5 billion) of investments in fossil fuel producers by 2023, it said on Tuesday, as many of the world’s biggest investors set out new climate policies ahead of next week’s COP26 summit.
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- Environment
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- Global
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Impact Reporting for All: Developing an Approach That Works for Both SMEs and Their Funders
In 2020, nearly $2.3 trillion was invested with the intention of generating positive social or environmental impact – but impact measurement was only used across 28% of that total amount. What is stopping the managers of the other 72% of impact capital from measuring their investments’ impact – and how can those obstacles be addressed? Kevin Horgan, Geoff Kendall and Joanna Robertson at Future-Fit Foundation explain why the difficulty of impact reporting is at the heart of this issue, and present a solution that they believe could revolutionize the impact investment landscape.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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