Monthly Archives: July 2012

The report called on regulators and trade bodies to do more to make social impact investing easy for advisers and a mainstream option for clients. It also made recommendations to European and UK authorities and financial regulators on how to … Continue reading →

Now that impacting investing has achieved buzz phrase status, the next step for financial advisors and their clients is to understand what the heck it’s all about and how it can fit into a portfolio. These and other topics related … Continue reading →

GENEVA, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Bamboo Finance, a leading impact investment firm with a pioneering history of funding growth stage business models that drive economic viability in low-income markets, has invested R$7M (US$3.6M) in Bille, a Special Purpose Enterprise … Continue reading →

Greater participation by women in the labor force would raise GDP worldwide. In America, GDP could rise by 9% and in the Eurozone GDP by 13%. The impact in the Middle East and North Africa would be even greater: average … Continue reading →

Santa Barbara , CA – July 19, 2012 (Investorideas.com renewable energy newswire) Per the Kauffman Foundation, during the Great Recession, more Americans have become entrepreneurs than at any time in the past 15 years. In 2011, an average of 47,083 … Continue reading →

This week, the Nonprofit Quarterly published an article about the Council on Foundations’ new CEO, Vikki Spruill, and her official introduction to the organization. NPQ’s Rick Cohen discusses a few key points of Spruill’s statement, including her “upbeat perspective on … Continue reading →

A growing number of grantmaking organizations in Washington, D.C., have begun to experiment with loans and equity investments that require nonprofits or socially minded businesses to repay the money over time, the Washington Post reports. Known as impact investing, the … Continue reading →

One of the great myths about impact investing is that the practice is ill-defined and therefore lacks integrity. In reality, the two clear-cut requirements of an impact investment provide a perfectly sufficient foundation: one, that impact investments are made with … Continue reading →

If you’re looking for more than a pure financial return, socially responsible investing may be a great alternative, Tom Ricketts, Incapital chairman and owner of the Chicago Cubs, told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” Since 2005, Incapital has been working … Continue reading →

New research from Tiburon Strategic Advisors shows increased adoption by brokerage firms of impact investing products and services. “The impact investing market is likely to see the institutionalization of the business, platform development, & brokerage firm adoption,” Tiburon said in … Continue reading →