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The Major Hurdles to Impact Investing
mpact investing faces too many challenges to be adopted by institutional investors en masse, according to Hewitt EnnisKnupp.
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- Impact Assessment
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Goldman Floats World Bank $50 million for Fund to Help Women Entrepreneurs
The new venture, called the Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility, aims to help close the estimated $300 billion credit gap that the IFC says exists for women-owned businesses.
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Opinion: Can ‘Impact Investors’ Save the Day for Cleantech Entrepreneurs?
The impact investing concept is differentiated from other related concepts like ESG (environment-social-governance) in that it involves proactive investments designed to make a positive difference.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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US Foundation Endowments – A Missing Piece to Maximizing Impact
A handful of foundations leverage their shares in public equity investments to directly engage the companies they hold in their portfolios.
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- Impact Assessment
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IntelleGrow raises Rs 28 cr from Omdiyar Network, Dell
MUMBAI: Social sector-focused non-banking lender IntelleGrow today said it has raised Rs 28 crore from Omdiyar Network and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
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- South Asia
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Does India Need Its Own ‘Impact’ Investors?
Indian entrepreneurs complain that India’s venture capital scene, particularly for “impact” investments, is limited.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Mara Group’s Ashish Thakkar On What Investors Get Wrong About Africa
Thakkar spoke to IBTimes about his new venture, his business style, and what’s ahead for Africa -- a region set to grow at record rates in the next few years.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Values-Based Investing Gaining Steam, Data Shows
The number of investment products focused on environmental, social and governance factors has risen steadily in the last seven years, according to data provided by Morningstar, climbing to 277 total funds as of Oct. 31, 2013, from 199 in 2007.
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- Impact Assessment
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