Impact Investing Behaviors are Changing, Toniic says
Impact investing is becoming more mainstream and a more acceptable notion with return tradeoffs, as investors seek impact not just in early-stage investments, but across entire portfolios, according to a new report by Toniic.
Backers Say Go “More Digital” but Funding is the Real Challenge, Study Says
A new study by the British Council suggests that over 160,000 social enterprises in the Philippines suffer growth due to lack of good funding and capital. The study notes that in Southeast Asia, the Philippines included, the youth bulge potentially can bring demographic dividends but can also spell disaster if the young cannot find economic opportunities.
Investing in our Children is Investing in our Future
Save the Children has released its End of Childhood Index, which scores countries by factors that "end" childhood, such as malnutrition, violence, teen pregnancy and lack of access to education. Dr. Jill Biden and Carolyn Miles, president and CEO of the non-profit, are among who have been involved in the work.
Betting on Women – Wharton’s Project Sage
More venture capital funds are leveraging the potential of women to drive a large untapped multi-trillion-dollar market, according to Wharton Social Impact Initiative's landmark gender lens study.
Alternative, Inclusive Financing for Asia MSMEs, Report Urges
Philanthropic accelerator AVPN urges in a new report the need for more experimental and inclusive funding strategies and tools for struggling MSMEs in the Asian region.
Interest in ESG May Be Plateauing, CFA Institute reports
The CFA Institute latest ESG Survey 2017 report suggests that ESG adoption may be plateauing, or slowing. The needs for better data on comparability across firms, and better quantitative and qualitative data may be the chief reasons why.
10 High-Performing Funds with a Conscience, Bloomberg
Funds that invest in ESG-conscious firms and that produce high returns need not be mutually exclusive. Bloomberg shares ten that satisfy both bottom lines.
Find Powerful Relationships in ESG Data, Studies Say
Corporate financial performance is positively linked most of the time with ESG factors individually, and taken in combination. There are no shortcuts to ESG analyses, the set of studies suggests.
How Bias Can Also Impact Funding
A recent study by a researcher in Columbia suggests that bias also exists in the process of evaluating entrepreneurs, potentially impacting the funding of those entrepreneurs' ventures, and by extension, the potential opportunities of those investments.
Combine Rules and Rituals to Effect Change, Asserts Rockefeller VP
To achieve systems change, attention must be paid not just to formal procedures or activity, but also to culture, and in particular, to a culture that is results-based and focuses on accountability, says Zia Khan of the Rockefeller Foundation.
