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The Impact Investor

Author : Cathy Clark
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118860713
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The Impact Investor written by Cathy Clark and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your money can change the world The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism offers precise details on what, exactly, impact investing entails, embodied in the experiences and best and proven practices of some of the world's most successful impact investors, across asset classes, geographies and areas of impact. The book discusses the parameters of impact investing in unprecedented detail and clarity, providing both context and tools to those eager to engage in the generational shift in the way finance and business is being approached in the new era of Collaborative Capitalism. The book presents a simple thesis with clarity and conviction: "Impact investing can be done successfully. This is what success looks like, and this is what it requires." With much-needed lessons for practitioners, the authors view impact investing as a harbinger of a new, more "multilingual" (cross-sector), transparent, and accountable form of economic leadership. The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism serves as a resource for a variety of players in finance and business, including: Investors: It demonstrates not only the types of investments which can be profitable and impactful, but also details best practices that, with roots in impact investing, will increasingly play a role in undergirding the success of all investment strategies. Wealth advisors/financial services professionals: With unprecedented detail on the innovative structures and strategies of impact investing funds, the book provides guidance to financial institutions on how to incorporate these investments in client portfolios. Foundations: The book explores the many catalytic and innovative ways for for-profit and non-profit investors to partner, amplifying the potential social and environmental impacts of philanthropic spending and market-rate endowment investment. Business students: By including strategies for making sound impact investments based on detailed case studies, it provides concrete lessons and explores the skills required to enhance prospects for success as a finance and business professional. Policy makers: Reinforcing the urgency of creating a supportive and enabling environment for impact investing, the book demonstrates ways policy has already shaped the sector, and suggests new ways for policymakers to support it. Corporate leaders: The book includes essential advice on the way business is and must be responding to a new generation of Millennial clients and customers, with unique insights into a form of value creation that is inherently more collaborative and outcomes-driven.

Social Impact Funds

Author : Helen Chiappini
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319552600
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Social Impact Funds written by Helen Chiappini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed study of the social impact funds industry. In particular, chapters focus on: The contextualization of social impact funds within the social impact investment market; The exploration of features, investment strategy and classification of funds; An in-depth analysis of the emergent literature; An analysis of case studies of impact funds; A synthetic assessment of the industry, conducted through a cluster analysis; The exploration of investment strategy and mission consistency of funds active in the market aimed to show funds attitude to be defined as “impact-oriented funds”; The investigation of determinants of funds’ target performance. This volume will be useful to scholars, students from different academic disciplines such as economics, finance, political science, entrepreneurship, and practitioners who are interested in impact investing and in the financing of social impact programs through impact-funds.

The Field of Social Investment

Author : Severyn T. Bruyn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521407762
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Field of Social Investment written by Severyn T. Bruyn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-25 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the theory and practice of professional social investment offers a conceptual foundation for investment policy and research and reviews empirical studies supporting new directions in investment policies.

Demystifying Social Finance and Social Investment

Author : Mark Salway
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317152808
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Demystifying Social Finance and Social Investment written by Mark Salway and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social finance and social investment are not challenging concepts to grasp. They use commercial-style investment tools to create a social as well as a financial return. The application, however, is not always as straightforward. This book begins in the wider field of social finance but focuses primarily on social investment as a tool. The reader is helped to understand this from different angles: introducing social investment, discussing social investment and taking a "deep-dive" into it to bring it to life. This unique book takes the reader on a journey from first principles to detailed practical application. This book examines the policy context and asks why social investment has only recently become so popular, when in reality this is a very old concept. This is linked to the agenda of making charities more "business-like", set against the changing face of investment, as charities can no longer rely on donations and grants as guaranteed income. The work they do is more important than ever and social investment, used with care, offers a new opportunity that is further explored in this text. Mark Salway, Paul Palmer, Peter Grant and Jim Clifford will help readers understand how a small amount of borrowing, or a different business model focused away from grants and donations, could be transformational for the non-profit sector.

Leverage for Good

Author : Lester M. Salamon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199376549
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Leverage for Good written by Lester M. Salamon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy barely growing or in decline, yet the problems of poverty, ill-health, and environmental degradation ballooning daily, new models for financing social and environmental objectives are urgently needed. Fortunately, a revolution is underway in the instruments and institutions available to meet this need. Loans, loan guarantees, private equity, barter arrangements, social stock exchanges, bonds, social secondary markets, and investment funds are just some of the actors and tools occupying the new frontiers of philanthropy and social investment. Together they hold the promise of leveraging for social and environmental purposes not just the billions of dollars of charitable grants but the hundreds of billions, indeed trillions, of dollars of private investment capital. While the changes under way are inspiring, they remain largely uncharted. This concise introduction to the topic, and its companion volume, provide the first comprehensive and accessible roadmap to these important advances. In the process, these works will better equip investors, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, business executives, government officials, and students the world over to capture the opportunities that these developments hold out to them and to our world.

Social Investment Funds

Author : David Crosbie
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Investment Funds written by David Crosbie and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2009 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Socially Responsible Investing For Dummies

Author : Ann C. Logue
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470466790
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Socially Responsible Investing For Dummies written by Ann C. Logue and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generate a good return as well as goodwill with this guide to ethical investments Want to make money while you make a difference in the world? Socially Responsible Investing For Dummies, a 2010 Green Book Festival award winner, is as practical, hands-on guide to smart social investing that shows you how to maximize your profits while remaining true to your values. You get expert advice in targeting an issue you're passionate about, researching potential investments, and putting your socially responsible choices into action. Get started with social investing basics — understand what it is, why it works, and how investors define social responsibility Navigate the socially responsible enterprise — discover the business principles that help ethical organizations thrive Conduct your research — determine whether an investment has financial potential and also serves your personal needs Evaluate your investment choices — from stocks and bonds to mutual funds and ETFs to real estate and high finance, select the best investments and adjust your portfolio over time Get help from the pros — find brokers, financial planners, and mutual fund companies that can help you with your decisions Ensure your success — see how to diversify, monitor your investments, join forces with others, vote your proxies, keep your perspective, and more Keep up with investment trends — discover how to take advantage of new investment products and stay on top of industry changes Recognize truly socially responsible investments — understand how to tell socially responsible investment opportunities from "feel good" opportunities In Socially Responsible Investing For Dummies you will find: A clear introduction to social investing Issues to invest in, from environmental to international The different types of investments How to buy and sell Fiduciary responsibilities for the social investor How to use your investment clout to influence a company's performance Ten social investing traps you must avoid Activist investing success stories

Social Impact Investing Beyond the SIB

Author : Mario La Torre
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331978322X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Social Impact Investing Beyond the SIB written by Mario La Torre and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a preliminary attempt to understand the impact investors’ preferences and characteristics. It offers an empirical insight of the main features characterizing social risk of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and explores the correlation existing between social risk and financial return. It assesses case studies of social impact investment architectures and their legal and operational limits. It also analyzes new trends in social impact measurement, focusing on the Spanish and Swedish experiences. The book concludes with a road map of priorities and policy strategy for social impact investments development.

Social Investment Funds

Author : David Crosbie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Social Investment Funds written by David Crosbie and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Corporate Social Investing

Author : Curt Weeden
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1609946065
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Corporate Social Investing written by Curt Weeden and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details a practical, 10-step plan that can create exciting new relationships between businesses and nonprofits Weeden's plan could generate an additional $3 billion a year in corporate support for vital causes, improving quality of life for millions, while at the same time bolstering corporate profits Offers essential advice for businesses planning their corporate social investing strategies and nonprofits seeking corporate support Corporate philanthropy is on its way out. A new concept called "corporate social investing"-which requires that every commitment of money and/or product/equipment/land which a company makes must have a significant business reason-is taking its place. The transition has implications to every business and nonprofit organization in America. This book provides the strategic plan for making the transition to corporate social investing. By following the practical steps described here, businesses and nonprofits can forge creative alliances that can boost corporate profits while at the same time providing added resources for schools, colleges, cultural organizations, civic groups, and other important charities. Weeden's breakthrough plan, based on his innovative concept of corporate social investing, has the potential to dramatically change the way businesses and nonprofits interact. If widely implemented, it could substantially increase corporate support for nonprofits, turning the tide against cutbacks, offering profound benefits to businesses, and revitalizing the essential services nonprofits provide.

Impact Investing

Author : Antony Bugg-Levine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118100689
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Impact Investing written by Antony Bugg-Levine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking book on the transformative power of impact investing This is the first book to chart the catalytic path of this new industry, explaining how it is and can be a positive disruptive force. It shows how impact investing is a transformational vehicle for delivering "blended value" throughout the investment spectrum, giving a single name to a set of activities previously siloed in enclaves, revealing how they are linked within what is becoming a new field of investing. Written by two leaders in the growing field of impact investing, the book defines this emerging industry for participants on all sides of the funding equation (investors, funders and social entrepreneurs). Filled with illustrative examples of impact investing success stories Reveals how the field can expand in order to address the most critical social and environmental issues of our day Explores the wide-ranging applications of impact investing as well as entrepreneurial opportunities The authors do not take a normative approach to argue how investors should behave like an investment guide might but show how entrepreneurial people and institutions are already offering an integrated alternative.

Poverty Alleviation and Social Investment Funds

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Poverty Alleviation and Social Investment Funds written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social policy, Latin America.

Corporate Social Investing

Author : Curt Weeden
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1609941527
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Corporate Social Investing written by Curt Weeden and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Curt Weeden unveils a 10-step "corporate social investing" plan which not only promises to improve a company's bottom line but should lead to an increase of $3 billion or more a year in business support for schools, healthcare institutions, civic groups, and other nonprofit organizations. Corporate Social Investing is a powerful resource for business executives, nonprofit organization leaders, and company employees who are nonprofit board members or volunteers.

Growing the Social Investment Market

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911003359
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Growing the Social Investment Market written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Global Handbook of Impact Investing

Author : Elsa De Morais Sarmento
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119690641
Total Pages : 1331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Global Handbook of Impact Investing written by Elsa De Morais Sarmento and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 1331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to invest your capital to achieve a powerful, lasting impact on the world. The Global Handbook of Impact Investing: Solving Global Problems Via Smarter Capital Markets Towards A More Sustainable Society is an insightful guide to the growing world-wide movement of Impact Investing. Impact investors seek to realize lasting, beneficial improvements in society by allocating capital to sources of impactful and sustainable profit. This Handbook is a how-to guide for institutional investors, including family offices, foundations, endowments, governments, and international organizations, as well as academics, students, and everyday investors globally. The Handbook´s wide-ranging contributions from around the world make a powerful case for positive impact and profit to fund substantive, lasting solutions that solve critical problems across the world. Edited by two experienced and distinguished professionals in the sustainable investing arena and authored by two dozen renowned experts from finance, academia, and multilateral organizations from around the world, the Global Handbook of Impact Investing educates, inspires, and spurs action towards more responsible investing across all asset classes, resulting in smarter capital markets, including how to: · Realize positive impact and profit · Integrate impact into investment decision-making and portfolio · Allocate impactful investments across all asset classes · Apply unique Impact Investing frameworks · Measure, evaluate and report on impact · Learn from case examples around the globe · Pursue Best Practices in Impact Investing and impact reporting While other resources may take a local or limited approach to the subject, this Handbook gathers global knowledge and results from public and private institutions spanning five continents. The authors also make a powerful case for the ability of Impact Investing to lead to substantive and lasting change that addresses critical problems across the world.

Evaluating Social Funds

Author : Laura Rawlings
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821350621
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Evaluating Social Funds written by Laura Rawlings and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Introduced in Bolivia a little over a decade ago, social funds have become a key community-led poverty reduction tool. The social fund model has proved to be a dynamic, replicable approach, easily adapted and scaled up in diverse countries around the world. This study is the first systematic cross-country impact evaluation of social funds using survey data and accepted evaluation methodologies.

The SRI Advantage

Author :
Publisher : New Society Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780865714779
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The SRI Advantage written by and published by New Society Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socially responsible investing (SRI) is investing that is mindful of the impact on society of that investment. It is often described to investors as allowing them "to do well by doing good." SRI usually describes investments that screen out companies that violate environmental or other laws, use child labor or sweatshops, discriminate in hiring, or-in general-produce products detrimental to society or engage in practices deemed reprehensible by most people. Although many people want to invest in socially responsible ways, until recently most investors believed that they had to give up some measure of performance to do so. The SRI Advantage demonstrates why this is emphatically not the case. It presents overwhelming evidence that SRI has outperformed financially, explains in detail why SRI outperforms, and then examines the im-plications for investment professionals, investors, pension funds, and community/nonprofit groups. Authored by Peter Camejo-the chair of an SRI investment fund-in collaboration with more than a dozen other SRI professionals, "The SRI Advantage "includes chapters on: Pension funds and fiduciary responsibility The energy industry and SRI SRI mutual fund performance The international dimension of SRI Community investing strategies Foundations and mission-related investing Prefaced by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, and introduced by Republican corporate accountability advocate Robert A. Monks, "The SRI Advantage "will be of special interest to investment advisors and financial planners, private investors, the nonprofit sector, brokers, mutual fund managers, and-especially given the Enron scandal-pension fund trustees and staff. Peter Camejo has 17 years of experience as an investment adviser, specializing in socially responsible investing. He founded the California-focused Council for Responsible Public Investment, created the Eco-Logical Trust for Merrill Lynch-the first environmentally screened fund for a major firm, and a top performer-and is chair of an asset management company.