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Who’s the Next Impact Target After Goldman Sachs Snaps Up Imprint Capital?
Goldman Sachs’ move to buy San Francisco-based Imprint Capital has the small community of impact investment asset managers and dealmakers buzzing about who might next be asked to dance by a Wall Street suitor.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Viewpoint: “Social Responsibility” in Investments is Open to Interpretation
Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker has a fascinating idea: People get nicer over time.
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- Impact Assessment
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Viewpoint: The Emperor Has No (Green) Clothes
A shiny new object is popping up in impact investment portfolios everywhere – behold, the green bond. A corporate or municipal fixed income instrument offering both market returns AND positive environmental impact, green bonds have emerged over the past six months as a significant area of new issuance. Corporations are issuing carve-out bonds whose proceeds go to infrastructure retrofits, while munis are hopping on the green bandwagon with bonds targeting a wide range of applications, from “clean and green” to affordable housing and school construction.
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- Environment
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- impact investing
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When Impact Investing Stays Local
By the mid-1990s, the Houghton family, whose wealth is derived from the glass and ceramic material manufacturer Corning, was into its sixth generation. Many of the cousins felt they had lost touch and were drifting away from the family.
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- Impact Assessment
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These Early Tesla Investors Are Pouring Millions Into Companies That Could Change the World
Ten years ago when Nancy Pfund first started making social impact investments, many people were skeptical about the idea of investing both for profit and social benefit. You either made money or you did good, but rarely both. "It was unheard of by most," she says. "There was a very limited set of investors who were prepared to take the plunge."
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- Impact Assessment
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Top Innovation Ecosystem Leaders Across India Converge at India Innovation Forum 2015
The inaugaral edition of India Innovation Forum (IIF 2015) in Bengaluru saw top Innovators, Entrepreneurs, VCs, Impact Investors, CEOs and Thought leaders come together on 11th and 12th of July, 2015 to interact, share ideas and raise important questions on Innovation ecosystem in India. They interacted with a diverse group 150+ select senior executives from top Indian and multinational companies.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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IDB Approves Climate-Smart Agriculture Fund
First-of-its-kind fund will support investments that increase rural livelihoods, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance biodiversity.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Hong Kong VC Firm Nest Expands to Nairobi to Support Continent’s Talents
Hong Kong VC and incubation firm Nest has recently announced its expansion into Africa, connecting local talent with Asian investors abroad.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa