Interesting articles today from Phillip Blond, a fascinating thinker along with details of JPM’s activity in the area…
J.P.Morgan Social Finance Providing Financial Services For Impact Investments
Forbes
Forbes Asia interviewed Amy Bell, Head of Principal Investments for J.P. Morgan Social Finance, which provides financial services to the growing market for impact investments, meaning those investments made with intent to generate impact alongside a financial return.
She has overseen the group’s principal investment portfolio, which seeks to earn a reasonable rate of return alongside of achieving positive impact on low-income and excluded populations around the world. The deals completed to date include investments in MicroVest II, the LeapFrog Financial Inclusion Fund, IGNIA, the Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund, and the African Agricultural Capital Fund.
Social Finance Providers ‘Should Incentivise Charities That Collaborate’
Third Sector
Phillip Blond of the think tank ResPublica tells event at the Conservative Party Conference that too many small charities do too much of the same thing
Funders should offer a pool of finance that charities and social enterprises can only access if they collaborate or merge, delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester heard yesterday.
Phillip Blond, director of the think tank ResPublica, told an event organised by his organisation and the local infrastructure body Navca that third sector bodies must unite and work together to compete successfully with big business when trying to win public sector contracts.