Some background on Social Impact Investing today, no direct SIB stories…
ImpactAssets Releases “IA 50” Impact Investing Showcase
CSRwire
ImpactAssets has released its 2014 impact investing showcase, the ImpactAssets 50 (“IA 50”), a free online resource for investors and financial advisors. The fourth annual guide features fund managers representing private debt and equity investments that deliver social and environmental impact as well as financial returns.
Fund managers included in the IA 50 2014 manage a combined $15.5 billion in assets devoted to creating measurable, positive impact.
“Impact investing is moving into the mainstream,” said Jed Emerson, Chief Impact Strategist of ImpactAssets. “We’re in a positive cycle where the increase in investable opportunities is bringing more investors into the impact fold, and the results from those investments fuel increased awareness and desire to achieve social and environmental as well as financial returns.”
Impact Investing Australia Appoints CEO
Pro Bono Australia
Investment adviser, Daniel Madhavan has been appointed as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Impact Investing Australia – a newly established Not for Profit set up to develop the market for impact investing.
Madhavan is joining the organisation following 12 years at wealth management firm JBWere, working in a range of roles including as an Investment Advisor, Head of NSW, Chief Operating Officer and most recently, Acting CEO.
OPIC, Global Partnerships Bring Depth Of Experience To Impact Investing
Devin Thorpe – Forbes
Infrastructure to support global impact investing is maturing, improving the viability of the model.
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Federal Government’s development finance institution, and Global Partnerships, a nonprofit investing in Latin America for over twenty years, are two examples of mature players in the impact investing space.