Tag: Investment Fund
Using Donor-Advised Funds for Impact Investments
Unlocking the potential of Donor-Advised Funds could go a long way in addressing some of the world's thorniest problems. Steps you can take.
Impact Fund Investments Are Paying Off, WHEB Report Says
The WHEB Sustainability Fund report adds to the growing body of positive data on the performance of impact investments, and highlights the importance of rigorous measurement and active management.
Attitudes About Impact Investing Vary Widely, Report Says
While 44% of advisors would be willing to accept lower returns in order to achieve a positive social impact, only 11% of platform decision makers agree. On the outcomes side, more than half of registered investment advisors say they are dissatisfied with offerings and social benefits achieved by their investments.
How SRI Can Wreck Your Portfolio – Contrarian View
Impact investors who intentionally avoid buying shares of "sin stocks" actually help some of those companies repurchase their shares, causing the opposite of investor intentions.
Chicago VC Event Showcases Impacting Investments
“There’s a lot more happening in impact investing in Chicago than there was in 2012 when we started,” the the event's CEO Jessica Yagan said to the crowd. “In 2012, it would have been hard to find a whole lineup of impact funds and entrepreneurs to present that weren’t ours.”
Gates Foundation Announces a New Coalition to fight Epidemics
In Davos this past week at the World Economic Forum, a global coalition called CEPI was to help fight outbreaks of diseases around the planet. In the announcement, Bill Gates former founder of Microsoft, calls for a new system for catalyzing activity to develop...
TPG’s new $2B Rise Fund seeks to deliver impact at scale
Both the size and target of TPG's new and impacting Rise Fund are unprecedented.
The fund, $1B when first announced has since grown to $2B, and is a market-mover, with investments in countries like Myanmar to improve the poor country's telecom infrastructure and India to...
India-based Lok Capital builds a third $100M Impact Fund
Impact Investor Lok Capital, based in India, has raised a third fund of up to $100 million, which it will use to make at least six impact investments in the coming year in 2017.
Oregon-based Climate Trust Seeds a $5.5M Carbon Investment Fund
The $5.5 million fund, packaged through the Packard Foundation, is expected to help catalyze the development of forestry projects and conservation initiatives.












