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Why Faith-based Organizations are Shifting to Impact Investing
A 2010 global study of faith institutions showed that 77% of 103 respondents practice impact investing.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing, philanthropy
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A Recipe for Change: Can Blended Finance Help Trigger an ‘Impact Revolution’?
There’s a lot of uncertainty about how to mobilize the massive amounts of private capital necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. One promising possibility, says Christina Moehrle at Roots of Impact, is to explore innovative, “fusion food”-style approaches like blended finance – a growing market with over $100 billion mobilized to date. She explores blended finance’s potential to empower small businesses to reach impact at scale – along with the challenges of aligning both public and private stakeholders around impact.
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- Investing
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Aavishkaar plans to raise $300 million for South Asia fund
Aavishkaar Group’s eighth fund, which is aiming for a first close by end-2019, will consciously avoid India and China and focus on smaller markets of Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar and Laos, among others.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Press release: New UNCDF report examines how to get blended finance right in the world’s 47 least developed countries
Presenting the report, UNCDF’s Executive Secretary Judith Karl said: “While turning the ‘billions into trillions’ is essential, it should not just be about quantity, but also about quality and geography. Increased public and private financial flows must be made to work also for the world’s most vulnerable countries and for communities at risk of being left behind. We need to shift the dynamics of how resources are allocated and to come up with better ways of making finance work for poor people.”
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- Investing
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Chopping Block to Starting Block: How OPIC (Now IDFC) is Writing the Next Chapter in U.S. Development Finance
The Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) just survived a near death experience. The agency was among the proposed cuts when the Trump administration came into power and began budget negotiations. But with the passage of the BUILD Act, OPIC will transform into the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, with a new budget and a new set of financial tools. We caught up with David Bohigian, Executive Vice President of OPIC, at SOCAP18 to find out what these changes mean for entrepreneurs and others seeking development finance.
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- Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Press release: New Series Offers Impact Investors Diverse Approaches to Investing Across the Continuum
Omidyar Network curates articles from leading impact investors who take a nuanced approach to considerations of risk, return, and impact.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Press release: Gender Lens Investing Assets Rise 85% in Past Year and Now Exceed $2.4 Billion
“The growth of Gender Lens Investing is one of the most positive developments in a year overshadowed by the gender pay gap, lack of women on boards and sexual harassment scandals,” said Patricia Farrar-Rivas, CEO of Veris Wealth Partners. “GLI is one of the best opportunities to mobilize capital and remedy social issues we need to put behind us.”
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- Investing
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Press release: Sustainable investing assets reach $12 trillion as reported by the US SIF Foundation’s biennial Report on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends
The US SIF Foundation’s 2018 biennial Report on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends, released today, found that sustainable, responsible and impact investing (SRI) assets now account for $12.0 trillion—or one in four dollars—of the $46.6 trillion in total assets under professional management in the United States. This represents a 38 percent increase over 2016.
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- Investing
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