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Investing for Good on Rise in Africa
Almost half of all assets under investment in three of Africa’s most significant economies are being invested for good in some way, according to new research from the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, a specialised unit at the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB).
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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IGNIA Successfully Raises US$90 Million as a First Closing of Its Fund II
IGNIA, a leading venture capital fund in Mexico, has closed the Mexican vehicle of its Fund II, raised through Mexican publicly traded certificates known as CKDs. Mexican pension funds invested in the fund, marking a first for venture capital in Mexico and demonstrating institutional investors' confidence in IGNIA's track record, as well as the accelerated economic growth found at the base of the socio-economic pyramid in Mexico.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Impact Investing Cleared for Take-Off: Merrill Lynch Whitepaper Tracks Key Developments in the Sector
Two major hurdles to the broader adoption of impact investing are being cleared by structural changes in the capital markets and new guidance issued by the Department of Labor that makes it easier for retirement plans to offer environmental, social and governance (ESG) solutions to investors planning for retirement.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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What Mark Zuckerberg’s Big Announcement Tells Us About the New Philanthropy
Mark Zuckerberg is now the seventh richest person in the world, with a net worth of $46 billion—which is way up from a year ago, thanks to Facebook's soaring stock (Zuckerberg owns over 20 percent of the company). That same run-up in stock value means that the millions of shares that Zuck has set aside for philanthropy in a donor-advised fund may now be worth over $3 billion, assuming those shares haven’t been sold since they were donated.
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- Investing, Technology
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- philanthropy
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Why the Financial Industry Is Getting Nicer
Last week’s Money20/20 conference delivered further evidence that it really is a new day in the financial industry . There is not just a technological change afoot but an ethical change: a feeling that finance can do more for people than simply move their money around .
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- Investing, Technology
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Crowdfunding May Cut `Not in My Backyard’ Risk for Renewables
If you paid for it, you probably won’t be mad that it’s near your house. That, at least is what the proponents of green energy are saying.
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Don’t Be a ‘Loser’: Why impact investing could benefit from Donald Trump’s playbook
The world of impact investing is getting swamped with jargon and insider’s terminology, says Alexandra Prather. Rather than creating an echo chamber of intellectual isolation, the impact ecosystem needs to dumb down the rhetoric and create a more inclusive and approachable dialogue. Ultimately, we need to "Trump" impact investing.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Navigating Impact Investing: The Need for Greater Clarity and Efficiency
Demand for impact investing is surging - yet investors, even interested ones, have a hard time wrapping their heads around the practice.
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- Investing
- Tags
- impact investing, research
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