Impact Investing Is Ubiquitous, But Where's the Impact?
Impact investment totaled $639 billion in 1995, had grown sixfold to $4 trillion by 2012, and has quadrupled in the last eight years to $17 trillion.Even as the percentage of assets invested for...more

Business Forum Aims to Continue 'Tech-For-Good Revolution'
Sir Ronald Cohen spoke at the launch of the Israel Impact Economy Forum on Monday.He said transparency must be embraced if states wish to regain the trust of their citizens.The event was organized by...more

Church of England Names Head of Social Impact Investment
Move comes as the church allocates 16m to target investments with a focus on financial inclusion, affordable and safe housing, and the environment.Vanessa Morphet is stepping into the newly-created...more

Big Society Capital and Schroders Team up For £100M Impact Trust Launch
Big Society Capital and Schroders team up for 100m impact trust launch.The Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust plc will open access to private impact markets to a wide range of investors such as...more

Grunin Prize Recognizes That, in Impact Investing, Lawyers Are Innovative, Too
The award goes to lawyers who have developed innovative approaches aimed at boosting social entrepreneurs and impact investing.Goldstein Hall devised a way for community development corporations to...more

Here's What You Need to Know About Impact Investing, Where Returns Are Not the Only Reward
Impact investments generate specific, positive and measurable environmental, social and/or good governance outcomes.Due to risk, many investment opportunities are available only to accredited...more

Future Returns: Sustainable Investing Is Turning Mainstream
US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment's biennial report on sustainable investing found assets in these strategies climbed 42% to US$17.1 trillion from about US$12 trillion in...more

The Week in Impact Investing: Transition
The President-elect's transition team named 500 people to its agency review teams.The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition names Ian Gary, ex- of Oxfam America, as executive...more

The Week in Impact Investing: Patience
As Africa's economies restart from COVID lockdowns, helping improve the resilience of the continent's small businesses is one of the fastest paths to growth.Virginia-based Micronic Technologies...more

The Brief: Revenue-Based Financing and Zero-Interest Debt, Digitizing Kenya's Taxis and Prazil's ...
Netflix's Layla Ramirez, Credit Suisse's Sherrise Pond and Barclays Investment Bank's Amadou Sow are among 17 BLCK VC New York City fellows.Open Capital is looking for a project leader and a...more