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  • NCB Capital Impact

    via Forbesby Rahim Kanani

    January 07, 2012

    Summary

    Rahim Kanani of Forbes interviews Annie Donovan, Chief Operating Officer of NCB Capital Impact, a Community Development Financial Institution.

    From original article:

    "There are lots of opportunities in front of us. On the capital front, the world is beginning to better understand the work we do. The term "impact investing" is gaining currency. A Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN) survey forecasts the impact investment market in 2012 to be USD 3.8 billion. Those of us in the domestic segment of the market are positioned to make ourselves better known and attract this new investor class to our work."

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  • B Corps

    via The Economist

    January 06, 2012

    Summary

    The Economist published an article on B Corps, featuring Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard.

    From original article:

    "To qualify as a B Corp, a firm must have an explicit social or environmental mission, and a legally binding fiduciary responsibility to take into account the interests of workers, the community and the environment as well as its shareholders. It must also publish independently verified reports on its social and environmental impact alongside its financial results. Other than that, it can go about business as usual."

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  • Case Studies

    via Financial Timesby James Lamont

    December 21, 2011

    Summary

    The Financial Times features an article on investing in the base of the pyramid.

    From original article:

    "Dfid’s role models for its new private sector approach in India include the US-based Acumen Fund, part of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, the US Rockefeller Foundation and Mumbai-based Aavishkaar Investment."

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  • Former Deutsche Bank Head of Private Wealth Management on Impact Investing

    via Forbesby Rahim Kanani

    December 13, 2011

    Summary

    A Forbes interview with Gloria Nelund, Chairman and CEO of TriLinc Global, a private investment company dedicated to creating a global platform for impact investing through alternative investment funds.

    From original article:

    "With the launch of a USD 1.25 billion Global Impact Fund for "mainstreet" retail investors, TriLinc will help businesses in developing countries create jobs, grow the middle class and generate measurable positive impact."

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  • Can Venture Capital Save the World?

    via Forbesby Helen Coster

    November 29, 2011

    Summary

    Forbes features a cover story on Jacqueline Novogratz of the Acumen Fund.

    From original article:

    "Instead of shoveling aid dollars to causes or governments that give away life-sustaining goods and services, Acumen espouses investing money wisely in small-time entrepreneurs in the developing world who strive to solve problems, from mosquito netting to bottled water to affordable housing. It's a new twist on the old adage about teaching a man to fish, except that Novogratz wants to build an entire fish market."

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  • Impact Investors Earn More Than Good Karma

    via MarketWatchby Thomas Kostigen

    November 27, 2011

    Summary

    Commentary from MarketWatch on impact investing and data from the GIIN's first

    IRIS Data Report.

    From original article:

    "The majority of small, social enterprises aimed at doing good in the developing world are profitable, according to a new report by the Global Impact Investing Network."

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  • Ask the Experts

    via Americas Quarterlyby Amit Bouri Et. Al

    November 16, 2011

    Summary

    Americas Quarterly interviews impact investing professionals, including the GIIN's Amit Bouri, to discuss the effectiveness of impact investment as a tool to reduce poverty.

    From original article:

    "Increasingly, for-profit investment capital is being used to provide critical goods and services to poor people, including quality health care, clean water, education, affordable clean energy, and financial services. Individual investors, large-scale financial institutions, private foundations, retirement fund managers, and wealth advisors are among those allocating capital for impact investments."

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  • US Fund LeapFrog Eyes Indonesia, Philippine Insurance Firms

    via Reutersby Andjarsari Paramaditha

    November 09, 2011

    Summary

    Reuters speaks with LeapFrog Investments' Founder and President, Andrew Kuper. Kuper discusses LeapFrog's interest in insurance-related firms in Indonesia and the Philippines.

    From original article:

    "LeapFrog Investments, a U.S. fund focused on insurance-related firms, is looking to buy minority stakes in companies in Indonesia and the Philippines next year to tap markets it sees as under-penetrated, its founder told Reuters.

    The U.S. fund, founded in 2008 with $135 million of capital, was launched to look for ways to capitalise on the micro-insurance sector in Asia and Africa where a vast low to middle income population still lives without any insurance."

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  • Small Businesses Making a Big Social Impact

    via Forbesby Ryan Scott

    November 07, 2011

    Summary

    Forbes features an article on the increasing number of small businesses that are integrating missions of social impact into their profit motives.

    From original article:

    "A new ethos is emerging to take the tenets of corporate social responsibility to the so-called little guy, as an increasing number of small businesses integrate a mission of social impact into their profit motive."

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  • Impact Investing

    via Devexby Amy Lieberman

    November 06, 2011

    Summary

    Devex interviews the GIIN's Amit Bouri about impact investing.

    From original article:

    "Impact investment provides an additional funding stream to organizations that aim to have a positive social or environmental impact. While some of these organizations may always access grant funding to support their operations, others are developing business models that enable more traditional investment financing. Ultimately, the organizations working on the ground to advance development goals are best suited to define their own capital needs."

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  • Bank Tests the Social Investment Market

    via Financial Timesby Sophia Grene

    November 05, 2011

    Summary

    Deutsche Bank has announced the launch of a GBP 10 million social investment fund.

    From original article:

    "Deutsche Bank is launching a social investment fund of funds with GBP 10m ($16m) of its own money, aiming to build a track record in this sector before launching products for external investors.

    "We're trying to explore how this works with our own money," said Chris Minter, global head of DB private equity. "Talking to clients, there's real interest in this asset class, but you'll only get real volume if there's rigour in how the capital is deployed.""

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  • Geoff Moore of TBC Capital on the Potential of Impact Investing

    via Forbesby Rahim Kanani

    November 01, 2011

    Summary

    Forbes interviews Geoff Moore, President and CEO of TBC Capital, who discusses its launch and its focus on impact investing.

    From original article:

    "Why not explore how the levers of capital markets can revolutionize how we address social and environmental issues? My professional and personal experiences lead me to have absolutely no doubt that there are truly great investment opportunities to be found, and that double and triple bottom line investing is both achievable and highly necessary in today's world."

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