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January 28, 2013
How to trade at a social investment network
With the rising number of social enterprises that bring about meaningful environmental and social change across the world, the number of social investment networks that offer trading options for the stocks of these enterprises is rising too. This post offers insight into how to leverage this […]
January 28, 2013
2013 will offer impact investors new opportunities
This post, according to Luther M Ragin Jr, the CEO of GIIN, 2013 will offer impact investors new and more diversified opportunities. This is because of the opportunities that exist in this investment class for assets, getting past financial hurdles and being able to invest in diverse regions of the […]
January 28, 2013
New brand philanthropy – nonprofits investing in for-profits
This article enlists some of the key nonprofits institutions like WK Kellogg, Gray Ghost Ventures, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley which took the route of investing in for-profits which held the ability to being about social good through their general existence and operation. Read more here.
January 28, 2013
Private equity firms increasingly investing in social impact
While the private equity industry may have developed something of a bad reputation in the past couple of decades, its role in funding non-profit organizations which fund charities of social enterprises in return, or funding social enterprises directly is one that cannot be denied given recent trends. And the number […]
January 28, 2013
Is impact investment like Occupy Wallstreet?
This post reviews the position of impact investment in the world, as compared to the mainstream investment, as the Occupy Wallstreet movement equivalent of the financial services industry. Read more here.
January 28, 2013
Raising capital through impact investing
This post by the Social Business enlists the trends in impact investment across the world, and how they ensure that impact investment is available for social enterprises as seed funding, and most must be financially sustainable on their own soon after. Read more here.
January 28, 2013
What is impact investment and how does it work
Impact investment, as explained by Professor Cathy Clark in a Fuqua Q&A session. This post explains what impact investment really is, complete with a few examples, when it worked, and best practices. Read more here.
January 28, 2013
It shows a market based growth in impact investments and an increased level of satisfaction among impact investors. Read more here.
It also says that the impact investment industry is going to grow up to a total worth of US$9 billion in 2013. Read more here and here.
January 28, 2013
Perspectives on Progress
This is a research report released by JP Morgan and the GIIN (Global Impact Investment Network). It enlists the experiences, perceptions and plans for 2013 for 99 impact investors. Read the report here.
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