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Press release: ImpactAssets Drops Investment Minimums and Fees on Private Debt and Equity Impact Investment Options, Adds New Funds
Industry's lowest investment minimums open "deep" impact investing to a new tier of donors who are using philanthropic dollars to generate social, environmental and financial returns.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Two Trends and a Caveat: The Three Factors That Will Define Impact Investing’s Future
New players in impact investing will benefit everyone across the value chain, from investors to end users, who focus on underserved populations to have impact at scale, writes Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, founder and managing partner at Bamboo Capital Partners. Meanwhile, technological innovation will continue to propel the industry. But he also cautions that big momentum means big expectations – on both investors and investees – to deliver on their promise to generate both financial and social returns.
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- Investing, Technology
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Viewpoint: Let’s turn the World Bank into a mobilizer of private investment to fight climate change
At the outset of the One Planet Summit in Paris last December, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres outlined many of the grave challenges posed by climate change. Then the world’s top diplomat offered what was, coming from him, an unexpected solution, one that wasn’t directly related to strengthening political will or environmental regulations, technological breakthroughs or alternative energy sources.
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- Environment, Investing
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Demand from investors drives shift towards sustainable business in Asia
Firms are upping their environmental, social and governance game as asset managers offer their clients more sustainable investment funds in the region.
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- Asia Pacific
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces $170 mln investment to boost women’s economic empowerment
The investments, focussed in India, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, are aimed at advancing gender equality, spreading digital financial inclusion, increasing job opportunities, and supporting the agricultural sector
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- Investing
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Press release: OPIC unveils 2x Women’s Initiative to mobilize more than $1bil to invest in the world’s women
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) today unveiled its global 2X Women’s Initiative, which will mobilize more than $1 billion to projects that support women in developing countries, unlocking the multi-trillion dollar investment opportunity women represent. The announcement was made at the 8th Annual International Women’s Day Forum, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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- Investing
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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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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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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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- Investing
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- North America
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- data, ESG, impact investing
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