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An Impact Investing Milestone: The London Principles
The Impact Investing Policy Collaborative (IIPC) London Principles -- a critical piece of market infrastructure -- have just been launched at an international conference in the UK.
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Calvert Foundation developing impact investing initiative for diaspora communities
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is supporting the first phase of the initiative, a feasibility study, with a $200,000 grant.
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Africa: Invest in Ourselves for Profit and Social Good – Elumelu
When President Barack Obama announced his administration's US$7 billion 'Power Africa' initiative in Tanzania this month, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist Tony Elumelu was at his side. His Heirs Holdings investment firm pledged $2.5 billion towards an estimated $9 billion private-sector fund to boost the electrification project.
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Can Financial Markets Be Good?
In the Impact Investing industry we have been agreeing-to-disagree for a while now. The debate tends to take the form of investment priorities: financial-first vs. impact-first. Do you prioritize financial impact or do you prioritize social impact? I will argue that this debate is irrelevant and is an example of what Jed Emerson calls bifurcated thinking.
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Are social stock exchanges the great equalizer of development finance?
This past June, the world was introduced to two social stock exchanges.
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Indian Angel Network launches IAN Impact for social enterprises; to invest up to $333K in 6 firms per year
Indian Angel Network (IAN), a national network of angel investors investing in startups and early-stage ventures, has formed a sub-group called IAN Impact, which will focus on social enterprises addressing the problems of people living at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Ronnie Screwvala puts profit first in social impact ventures
Ronnie Screwvala, the managing director of Walt Disney India, logs in 70 hours a week for the entertainment company and yet devotes 10-15 hours to philanthropy and social impact businesses. "Whatever one makes from the business, 10-15% should always go back to society," he says.
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Q&A With Social Impact Investing Pioneer Andy Kuper
LeapFrog, the private equity firm founded by Andrew Kuper and Jim Roth, raises money to invest in “purpose-driven” businesses—businesses that have a social impact as well as delivering healthy economic returns. The firm's chosen field is micro-insurance and its first fund, which closed in 2010, is now almost fully invested in companies “up the value chain” of the insurance industry in Asia and Africa.
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