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  • People are Really into Impact Investing

    via Fast Companyby Ben Paytner

    June 21, 2018

    Summary

    This article focuses on the growing interest in impact investing over the last year, drawing heavily on the GIIN’s recent Annual Impact Investor Survey. The piece highlights data on a range of topics, including investor satisfaction with financial performance. Paytner shares data showing that over 80 repeat respondents demonstrated an annual growth rate of 13%, with the same group upping investments by an average of 27% this year. On this point, Amit notes that the data is “particularly noteworthy because it demonstrates that investors remain optimistic in the future of the market and are committed to creating impact, as they continue seeking new investment opportunities around the world.” 

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  • Best Practice in Impact Management Begin to Take Hold

    via Stanford Social Innovation Reviewby Ben Thornley and Brian Locascio

    June 21, 2018

    Summary

    Unifying best practices in impact management has become an increased focus over the last year.  In this article, Tideline outlines their IMPACT Principles—integration, materiality, pragmatism, authenticity, commitment, and transparency—to help investors toward continued progress in impact measurement and management. The GIIN’s Navigating Impact is mentioned as a useful resource to help impact investors, regardless of where they are with their impact management strategy. Read more about the IMPACT Principles, and discover other industry resources highlighted in the piece.

     

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  • Impact Investors Hold USD 228 Billion in Assets

    via Barron'sby Abby Schultz

    June 08, 2018

    Summary

    This article highlights several key findings from the GIIN's 2018 Annual Impact Investor Survey. Specifically, the piece shares information about growth in the market, investor satisfaction with financial and impact performance, how the market is evolving with more conventional investors making impact investments, some challenges that lie ahead as the industry continues to grow, and more. The article also quotes GIIN Research Director Abhilash Mudaliar about some of the GIIN's priority areas going forward, including, "developing a set of principles for impact investments" and, "how to address fragmentation and bring about a greater degree of standardization in the ways in which we measure and manage impact."

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  • Impact investing deals soar in 2017 – GIIN

    via Pensions&Investmentsby Sophie Baker

    June 08, 2018

    Summary

    In this article, Sophie Baker provides coverage of the 8th edition of the GIIN's Annual Impact Investor Survey. She highlights data such as capital invested in 2017, allocations into particular sectors and geographies, investor alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and more. The piece quotes GIIN CEO Amit Bouri about the momentum in the market as well, "The annual survey demonstrates there is significant momentum in the market and provides data and insights for investors to maximize their impact and ultimately tackle critical global issues such as access to education and health care, gender inequality, poverty, climate change and more."

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  • Millennials are driving a shift in investing — here's how to meet your financial and social impact goals

    via Business Insiderby Interview with Sara Silverstein & Amit Bouri, published by Jacqui Frank and Kara Chin

    June 05, 2018

    Summary

    In this interview Sara Silverstein and Amit Bouri discuss the development of the impact investing market, the performance of impact investments, ways that investors can approach impact measurement and management, and more. The interviews highlights how there is growing interest from a variety of investors around the world as they begin to recognize that, "impact investing in many ways is proving that money can do more than just make more money." Bouri also notes that millennials in particular are driving a shift in investing, "the huge wave of interest is coming from millennials."

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  • Impact holding companies: Breaking the chains of the 10-year fund is harder than it looks

    via Impact Alphaby Carol Clouse

    May 17, 2018

    Summary

    This article explores how holding company or “holdco” structures can help investors to take “long-term stakes in operating companies that deliver benefits such as affordable housing, financial inclusion and sustainable fisheries.” The piece details how traditional closed-end structures that typically span 10 years, "do not always give portfolio companies the time they need to generate optimum financial value or sustained social or environmental results." As such, the market is seeing impact investors expressing interest in--and developing holdco structures to create lasting impact.

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  • Proof of Performance in Private Impact Debt

    via Barron'sby Abby Schultz

    May 17, 2018

    Summary

    In this article, Abby Schultz provides an overview of key findings from the GIIN's report, The Financial Performance of Impact Investing Through Private Debt. The piece quotes GIIN Research Director Abhilash Mudaliar on the significance of this type of data, “Performance data is critical information for investors who want to make informed choices, “and to better be able to compare and contrast performance against other aspects of their portfolios as well as their peers.” The article also describes how impact investing has gained a lot of traction, but also highlights how more capital is needed to solve global challenges. Schultz quotes GIIN CEO Amit Bouri, “One way to attract that capital is by bridging knowledge gaps in both financial performance and impact measurement.” 

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  • Impact Investing: What It Is and How It Can Reshape Markets

    via ThinkAdvisorby Bernice Napach

    May 17, 2018

    Summary

    This article provides an overview of what impact investing is, what it is not, and how wealth advisors and other consultants will play a key role in realizing the GIIN’s future for financial markets, where all investments contribute to positive social and environmental impact. The piece underscores how the GIIN Roadmap for the Future of Impact Investing can help advisors to monitor developments in the field to respond to client demand. It also provides an overview of the five other categories of action required to achieve this vision for the future of financial markets.

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  • It's Time To Act On Financial Inclusion For A Sustainable Future

    via Forbesby Rupert Scofield

    May 17, 2018

    Summary

    In this article, Rupert Scofield of FINCA International details a call for greater financial inclusion to spark a bottom-up approach to create more inclusive and sustainable markets. He notes, “To create lasting change, I have always held to the conviction that investment and financial prosperity must come from the bottom-up, not the top-down… While charity and redistribution should be part of the solution, many of us in this trade believe the real hope lies in market-based solutions.”

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  • Saving the World: the 'New Normal' for Finance?

    via Jakarta Globeby Lee Mannion

    May 17, 2018

    Summary

    In this article, Lee Mannion shares data and insights about the growth of the impact investing industry and features the GIIN’s vision for the future of financial markets. He also quotes GIIN CEO Amit Bouri about why investors are increasingly interested in the market, "It is possible to make a profit and do good for the world. That is what has captured the attention of so many people when it comes to impact investing.” This piece was initially published in Reuters.

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  • New impact investing ‘road map’ to help boost scale, effectiveness

    via Pensions & Investmentsby Meaghan Kilroy

    May 17, 2018

    Summary

    This article provides coverage of the GIIN’s Roadmap for the Future of Impact Investing. Specifically, the piece highlights the GIIN’s call for the investing community to take various actions to increase the scale and effectiveness of impact investing and quotes GIIN CEO Amit Bouri about his vision for the future of financial markets.

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  • How the Market for Impact Investing Could go from Billions to Trillions

    via LinkedIn Pulseby Devin Banerjee

    May 04, 2018

    Summary

    This article provides coverage of the Roadmap for the Future of Impact Investing, which presents a vision for more inclusive and sustainable financial markets and articulates a plan for impact investing to lead progress toward this future. The piece comments on how the impact investing market could go from billions to trillions, and quotes GIIN CEO Amit Bouri on the need to take action “immediately and with urgency."

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