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September 15, 2012
Big Society Capital estimates social investment market to be worth £1billion by 2016
According to a recent report published by the BCG (Boston Consulting Group), supported by the Big Society Capital, the social investment market is set to become worth as much as £1billion by 2016. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
Calvert Foundation’s new 2 per cent yield 5-year notes
This article compares the offerings of Calvert Foundation products to its investors, comprehensively taking into account a number of parameters. It compares the offerings to typical non-social investment oriented stocks. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
eToro launches Social Trading Index™
eToro, a social investment network based in Cyprus has recently launched the beta version of its Social Trading Index™. The specialty of this is that it lets eToro users create rankings for themselves based on risk behaviour, drawdown and other relevant performance meters, to be shared by the investor community. […]
September 15, 2012
Fadi Ghandour’s next investment: Building a future for social enterprising in the Arab world
Fadi Ghandour’s name is synonymous with success. This Arab’s name is associated with Aramex, and he recently sold his Arab/English internet portal to Yahoo for US$85 million. He has now given up on his CEO seat to concentrate on creating a social enterprise ecosystem in the Arab region. Read more […]
September 15, 2012
6 tips for ethical investment
This post provides six ways in which to make sure that the investor is putting his or her hard earned money into funds and projects that are socially responsible, thereby making the investments ethical. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
Approaches involved in impact investing
This post gives a brief overview of socially responsible investing and then goes on to details the process typically involved in making SRIs, like screening, using shareholder advocacy, dabbling in community investing and more. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
Social entrepreneurs will be the ‘first movers’ in impact investing
This Q&A session with Charly Kleissner, Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-impact-investor talks about the future of impact investment globally, as well as in India. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
US: 2013 to be the year of impact investing, SRI as part of decision making expected to increase
An SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) survey conducted a month ahead of the 2012 SRI Conference finds that impact investment is going to fuel SRI investing, and that 2013 is going to ‘the year’ of impact investing. This survey is based on the feedback of some 200 SRI professionals. Read more […]
September 15, 2012
Behavioral economics and impact investing
Behavioural economists sometimes make decisions they usually preach against, as decisions are inherently based on a number of factors, not all of them rational. This post gives a few general examples of behavioural biases in economics, and then goes on to talk about the relevance of this concept to impact […]
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