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Facebook’s Crypto Launch Partner Kiva Is Introducing a Refugee Investment Fund
The fund will be part of Kiva Capital Management, a new shop that will join what the Global Impact Investing Network estimates as the $502 billion market for investments aimed at positive social change.
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- Finance
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Morgan Stanley Adds Six New $10,000 Minimum Impact Portfolios to Investing with Impact Platform
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management announced the launch of a new suite of Impact Portfolios with a $10,000 minimum on its Investing with Impact platform.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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African Fintech Dominates Catalyst Fund’s 2019 Startup Cohort
The organization announced its 2019 startup cohort and three out of the four finance ventures — Chipper Cash, Salutat and Turaco — have an Africa focus (Brazil-based venture Diin, was the fourth).
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Growing Universe of Impact Investors Satisfied With Results
The annual snapshot of the market reveals an industry that’s growing steadily and is increasingly diversifying, in terms of the types of investors as well as the breadth of their interests.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: Impact Investing Can Unlock the Potential of Blockchain in Africa
Impact investors should wake up to the potential of blockchain. The positives of security and transparency via distributed ledgers outweigh the negative perceptions, such as the ICO bubble.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Refugee Investment Network Launches to Connect Investors and Refugee Entrepreneurs for an Inclusive Future
On World Refugee Day, RIN gathers investors, entrepreneurs, humanitarian leaders, and donors to bridge the gap between capital and refugee-owned or -supporting ventures
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- Investing
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How Gender Equality Can Help Build Sustainable Peace
Persuading private investors to back projects that advance gender equality calls for concerted efforts to show that empowering women could reduce risks and enhance overall outcomes, especially in creating sustainable peace in conflict-affected regions around the world.
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- Finance
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A Landmark Impact Investment: Could This Innovative Experiment with Islamic Finance Provide a Model for Both Sectors?
Impact investing and Islamic finance are two segments of the socially responsible finance spectrum that rarely intersect – despite having much in common. But according to Umar Moghul, a transactional lawyer with experience in Islamic law, a recent impact investment by Mission Driven Finance in Somali Family Service of San Diego offers an example of how the two sides can come together to boost their mutual impact.
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