January 29 2016

Harvard Business Review explains various types of product including SIBs.

Making Sense Of The Many Kinds Of Impact Investing

Brian Trelstad – Harvard Business Review

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs.  That’s just the beginning of the confusion—even if you accepted that such diverse investments should all be grouped into one category, how do you even measure and compare impact anyway?