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The Sharks of Microfinance and the Future of Impact Investing
Both impact investing and microfinance are market-based solutions designed to address economic gaps within society. However, the notion of profiting from the poor is still a contentious debate at the cornerstone of these modern financial innovations, and impact investing is no exception with its primary target being emerging markets.
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The Future of Impact Investing: A conversation with Sasha Dichter, Acumen’s Chief Innovation Officer
Sasha Dichter is the Chief Innovation Officer at Acumen, a noted speaker and blogger - and a panelist at the William Davidson Institute’s upcoming BoP Summit on Oct. 21-23. He spoke with NextBillion Financial Innovation recently about Acumen’s approach to impact investing, growth and challenges in the sector, and the need for more risk taking and innovation.
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Weekly Roundup – 9/28/13 : A shot in the arm by lowering the risk
This week, a new $94 million impact investment fund J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is launching with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation looks to mitigate the risk for investors and pharmaceutical companies developing drugs for emerging markets.
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Scaling Impact Investing: Are there lessons from aid?
Will the impact investing sector ever be big enough to make a dent in the social problems it is trying to address? And what’s the best path to better financial returns and positive social or environmental impact? Acumen’s Head of Impact Tom Adams draws parallels to the history of development aid to ask how impact investing can truly scale.
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Sustainability Certification Dramatically Improves Smallholder Farms’ Access to Credit, New Study Finds
Smallholder farmers suffer from a lack of credit access, but sustainability certification can help change that, according to a new study published by the Rainforest Alliance and funded by the Citi Foundation.
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NexThought Monday – Making Social, Environment Standards – Standard: The days of pure financial reporting for public companies are numbered
As it turns out, environmental and social reporting doesn’t even require a change in legislation. Since 1982 public companies have been required to disclose “material” information in their 10-k filing requirements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under a legal framework called the S-K. The problem is, no one has defined what that means, until now.
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New Report: Bringing Impact Investing From the Margins to the Mainstream
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, today launched From the Margins to the Mainstream: Assessment of the Impact Investment Sector and Opportunities to Engage Mainstream Investors. The report provides a market assessment and recommendations for how mainstream investors can more actively engage in impact investing.
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Crowdfunding’s Evolving: The Next Big ‘Profitable’ Thing
It seems like ages ago that nascent start-ups like Facebook (FB_)and LinkedIn (LNKD_) were reinventing how billions of people around the globe would stay both socially and professionally connected. Fast forward to today and we're witnessing the progressive unfolding of one of the most democratic ways for individuals and start-ups to fund their ideas and enterprises.
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