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  • How to Invest with a Conscience (and Still Make Money)

    via The New York Timesby Paul Sullivan

    March 30, 2018

    Summary

    In this piece, Paul Sullivan shares insights about impact investing from various industry leaders, including: Jean Case of Case Foundation, Amit Bouri of the GIIN, Douglas Cohen of Athena Capital Advisors, Kristin Hull of Nia Impact Capital, Erika Karp of Cornerstone Capital, and R. Paul Herman of HIP Investor. The article shares tips that impact investors should consider (to invest with a conscience and still make money), such as: “do your homework, define your priorities, fill the gaps, grade on a curve, and set your expectations.”

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  • Just desserts – Sara Lee foundation to invest all assets into social change

    via Reutersby Lee Mannion

    March 30, 2018

    Summary

    This piece provides coverage of the Nathan Cummings Foundation’s move to invest its entire $440-million asset pool in ways that drive social change. The article highlights how this announcement follows last year’s decision by the Ford Foundation to commit up to $1 billion to impact investing over a decade, and signals that the market may continue to see more foundations make similar commitments to align their endowments with their values. The piece quotes GIIN CEO Amit Bouri, "We will continue to see more announcements like this one ... as more foundations realize that they are leaving their resources on the sidelines instead of putting all of their assets to work.”

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  • Investment by women, and in them, is growing

    via The Economist

    March 30, 2018

    Summary

    Published on International Women's Day 2018, this article demonstrates how much of the wealth transferred in the coming decades will end up in female hands. Specifically, the articles comments on how the gender wealth gap is gradually narrowing and, "as money managers seek to attract and serve rich women, and as those women express their values through their portfolios, the impact will be felt within the investment industry and beyond." The article also calls attention to gender lens investing as a growing trend in the market.

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  • Wanted: Private Capital to Tackle UN Sustainable Development Goals

    via Barron'sby Abby Schultz

    March 30, 2018

    Summary

     

    This article demonstrates how more private capital is needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Goals. Specifically, the piece shares findings from a UBS white paper that launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in January, and highlights how UBS is pushing forward a 100% sustainable investing cross-asset strategic asset allocation portfolio. The article also shares insights from GIIN CEO Amit Bouri who notes, “to really build a more sustainable world, we have to think how do we mobilize all of our assets ranging from cash through private investments to public investments to be part of the solution.”

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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

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

    via NextBillionby Abhilash Mudaliar

    October 11, 2017