Impact Investing News
Visit the press clips resource page of the GIIN website for a more complete list of impact investing news coverage.An article in this month’s issue of Financial Advisor Magazine explores the recent growing interest in impact investing and the move towards performance measurement standards.
Read more >Ode Magazine makes the case for impact investing, and tells a real-life example of a new homeowner in Berkeley, California whose mortgage was made possible by impact investment in low-income housing.
Read more >GIIN Board Chairman Antony Bugg-Levine discusses the progress already made in impact investing, and the areas for further development in an interview with Alliance Magazine.
Read more >Impact investor Ron Cordes reaches out to prospective impact investors and financial advisors in an article published recently in Financial Planning Magazine.
Read more > | Investor Spotlight: Sarona Asset Management  Each month, an impact investor discusses with the GIIN his or her motivations, impact investment strategy, and challenges faced in this growing industry. This month, we spoke to Gerhard Pries, President of Sarona Asset Management, a boutique investment firm that has focused on impact investing since its inception in 1953. Sarona recently launched Sarona Frontier Markets Fund I LP, one of the first impact investing fund of funds.Read the full interview with Gerhard Pries >
MIX to Share Microfinance Data with IRISThe Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) and the GIIN are working together to develop a structured data feed that will enable the GIIN’s Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) initiative to access financial and social performance data from more than 1,800 microfinance institutions (MFIs) currently reporting to MIX. MIX is the world’s largest provider of microfinance data. The GIIN will use the data in cross-sector analyses of the impact investing industry. This work has been enabled by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.Read the press release >
GIIN Board of Directors Welcomes Two New MembersThe GIIN is pleased to announce two new members have joined its Board of Directors: Katherine Fulton, Partner of Monitor Group and President of Monitor Institute, and Nick O’Donohoe, Global Head of Research at J.P. Morgan. Read bios of the GIIN Board of Directors >
Call for Submissions: G-20 SME Finance ChallengeAt this month’s G-20 meeting in Toronto, a competition was launched to find the best models worldwide for public-private partnerships that catalyze finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The G-20 has secured commitments for the winning idea from development banks and interested bilateral donors, including the IFC and the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank Group, the African Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Proposals are welcome from private financial institutions, private investors and companies, socially responsible investors, foundations, and civil society organizations. The challenge was launched by the Group of 20 and Ashoka’s Changemakers, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Proposals are due by August 25. Visit the challenge website to learn more or submit a proposal >
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