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Cash Is King: An Overlooked Way for Foundations to Multiply the Impact of their Investments
The top 1,000 U.S. foundations alone have over $31 billion in cash deposits – and according to Catherine Berman at CNote, that money could be used to amplify their impact. She argues that foundations could drive massive change – and advance their missions – by moving these funds out of traditional accounts and into community development financial institutions and credit unions.
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- fintech, impact investing
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‘Opportunity Zones’ Fall Short on Helping Low-Income Communities, Study Finds
“Opportunity zones,” a cornerstone of the White House plan to combat racial inequality, have mainly helped large real estate projects while many low-income communities have yet to benefit, according to a new study.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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Impact Investing in COVID-19 Times: A Three-Step Mission
Despite the economic crunch, the joint pursuit of profit and purpose may have a very bright future. But first, we need to return to basics.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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Press Release: GIIN’s Annual Impact Investor Survey Finds Maturing Market and Positive Outlook for Future of Impact Investing Despite Headwinds
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) published today the 10th edition of its Annual Impact Investor Survey, which finds the USD $715 billion global impact investing market maturing, even amid the worldwide pandemic. This year’s survey, the most comprehensive overview of the market, provides data and insights from the GIIN’s largest number of respondents ever.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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How Managing Wealth Differently Can Contribute to a More Equitable Recovery
With the COVID-19 pandemic’s racially disparate death rates to uprisings sparked by ongoing deadly police brutality, all disproportionately affecting black communities, there may be no better time to rethink how that wealth gets managed and how it might be managed differently in order to contribute to a different social outcome.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment, Investing
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Press Release: Top Tips for Getting a Job in Impact Investment
Impact investment is the fastest growing sector of the financial industry. In a 2019 deal that signalled the scale and potential of the sector’s future, the British asset manager, Schroders (with over $400 billion of assets under management) acquired a majority stake in BlueOrchard.
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- Finance
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- ESG, impact investing
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COVID-19 and the Pursuit of Financial Inclusion in Pakistan
When Pakistan implemented a national lockdown in mid-March, economic activity for the world’s fifth most populous country was brought to a halt. In a country where nearly 40% of people live in poverty and more than 24 million workers either earn daily or piece-rate wages or are self-employed, the ensuing economic crisis has hit the population hard.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Pandemic-Proof Projects? Spring Lane Looks to Sustainable Waste
This impact investor is backing startups that promise to divert organic waste from landfills and turn it into clean energy and compost.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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