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What’s Next for Impact Investing? The Value of a Formal Fund Structure To Maximize Impact
Impact investing has been building momentum both in the United States and abroad, promising to be a new model for sustainable development. Numerous reports in the past two years have pointed out the growth of the industry. Yet despite this promise, the industry faces many challenges. Here’s what some organizations are doing to address these challenges.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Why won’t corporations invest in socially conscious startups?
Though social impact investing is a growing asset class, corporations aren't buying into the promise of sustainability – yet.
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- Impact Assessment
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Incofin Investment Management endorses need for agricultural finance by launching new $200 million agRIF fund
Incofin Investment Management (IM) is seeking to raise around USD 200 million for its new agRIF fund which will focus on the unmet global demand for financial services that target smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture
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Unitus Seed Fund India Receives SEBI Approval for Impact Investing
Ravi Venkatesan joins as Venture Partner; Atul Bindal joins investment committee.
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Crowdfunding and Climate Innovation: The Next Steps are in Funding Impact Investing
The future of Impact Investing and Crowdfunding was on display in Nairobi, Kenya last week.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impact Investing, Framed: How the concept of “framing” can better position financial institutions for investment
There’s a misperception that community investments are riskier than other impact investments. In fact, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) performed well during the recession, while generating measurable social outcomes. Calvert Foundations Andrew Parrucci discusses how CDFIs can better position themselves for investment through the concept of "framing."
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- Impact Assessment
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Weekly Roundup – 12/14/13: LeapFrog Investments’ sale of microinsurer to Prudential might one of biggest exits in impact investing
Impact investor LeapFrog Investments announced this week that it had sold its equity stake in Ghanaian insurer Express Life to Prudential PLC, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies. Express Life sells micro-insurance and savings products to 730,000 mostly first-time buyers. For investors seeking a high-potential and highly scalable company that sells affordable goods and services to low-income people, this deal is one to bookmark.
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LeapFrog Investments divests Ghanaian insurance firm Express Life to Prudential
Specialist investor LeapFrog Investments has divested the majority stake it holds in Express Life to Prudential Plc. Express Life is an insurance firm based in Ghana founded by Obed Danquah.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa