In this article, Sonia Talati explores, “How new financing options are encouraging risk-averse investors to make impact investments.” In doing so, she provides coverage of the GIIN’s new issue brief, Scaling the Use of Guarantees in U.S. Community Investing. Talati shares key findings from the report, including a graph of sectors where guarantees are being used, and quotes GIIN's Research Director, Abhilash Mudaliar, about the use of guarantees to leverage impact.