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Podcast: Helping Impact Investing Live Up to Its Promise

via The Chronicle of Philanthropyby Denver Frederick

February 16, 2018

Summary

In this podcast, listen to GIIN CEO Amit Bouri discuss various ways to help impact investing live up to its promise. Specifically, he discusses the role of the GIIN as a field builder in the industry, shares data about the financial returns of impact investments, comments on the role of impact investing in addressing the SDGs, and more.

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Impact Investors Make Strides in Measuring Results

via Barron'sby Abby Schultz

December 20, 2017

Summary

This article demonstrates how the impact investing industry has made major strides in improving how impact investors measure and manage their social and environmental impact. The piece provides examples of impact measurement and management (IMM) tools and frameworks that investors use to measure impact, such as the GIIN’s IRIS Metrics, the SDGs, and the Impact Management Project. The piece also quotes the GIIN’s Kelly McCarthy about IMM practice and references several key findings from the GIIN’s The State of Impact Measurement and Management Practice report.

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Despite 50 exits in the last 7 years, how India’s impact investors are scaling up the fund pool

via Economic Timesby Taslima Khan

December 14, 2017

Summary

This article provides examples of impact investments in India and references data from a McKinsey report, Impact Investing Finds its Place in India, to indicate “early signs of success and underscore India’s attractiveness for deep-pocketed global impact investors.” The piece comments on how the industry is growing in the region, yet there is still a long way to go, and further growth will depend on fund managers “capacity to absorb larger pools of capital and increase their investment ticket sizes.” The article also quotes the GIIN’s Anil Sinha: “There is huge interest from overseas investors like large pension funds, but most funds in India are small for their ticket sizes. Maybe the next round of fund managers will have that appetite.”

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MythBusters: Further Proof That Impact Investments Reap Healthy Returns

via Forbesby Anne Field

December 14, 2017

Summary

This article demonstrates how there is, “more evidence pointing to the potential for impact investors to make healthy returns from their investments.” Specifically, the piece highlights key findings from the GIIN’s report, GIIN Perspectives: Evidence on the Financial Performance of Impact Investments and quotes GIIN Research Director Abhilash Mudaliar about how this evidence is debunking myths about impact investing. “There’s a persistent myth that impact investing automatically necessitates a trade-off in financial performance...but it’s quite feasible for impact investors to make competitive returns.”

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Yes, impact investing can be profitable

via Investment Newsby Abhilash Mudaliar

December 08, 2017

Summary

In this OpEd, GIIN Research Director, Abhilash Mudaliar, shares insights about the financial performance of impact investments. Drawing on findings from GIIN Perspectives: Evidence on the Financial Performance of Impact Investments, Abhilash illustrates how impact investments can achieve market rate returns, depending on fund manager selection, and calls for increased transparency of financial and impact performance data to enable financial advisers to make more informed portfolio allocation decisions for clients, allow new players to more confidently develop market entry strategies, and allow both to set well-informed performance expectations and more accurately evaluate performance.

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Generation SRI - Sustainable investment joins the mainstream

via The Economist

December 08, 2017

Summary

This article sheds light on the rise of impact investing among millennials. Specifically, the piece demonstrates how this generation is or will be experiencing a transfer in wealth, and is seeking opportunities to invest it responsibly. The piece includes examples of millennials who are already active in impact investing, such as some members of the ImPact, and quotes GIIN CEO Amit Bouri about the increase in client demand for more impact investing products that will align with investors' values.

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What Building Capacity Means for Family Office Impact Investors

via Campden FBby James Beech

October 18, 2017

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Three Key Insights from GIIN Report on the Power of Capacity Building in Impact Investing

via NextBillionby Abhilash Mudaliar

October 11, 2017

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NextBillion Abhilash Mudaliar

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'Tech for good' investors find they can also make good returns

via Financial Timesby Hasan Chowdhury

September 26, 2017

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Financial Times Hasan Chowdhury

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As Wealthy Millennials Take Control of Family Fortunes, Impact Investing Is Set for a Big Boost

via Fast Companyby Ben Schiller

September 15, 2017

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Fast Company Ben Schiller

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Commentary: Driving capital to impact investing with an eye on 2030

via Pensions & Investmentsby Amit Bouri

September 07, 2017

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Pensions & Investments Amit Bouri

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Impact Investing on the Rise: Interview with the GIIN’S Abhilash Mudaliar

via Just Meansby Jason Howell

August 29, 2017

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