Archive

  • Covid-19 shapes the case for gender-lens property investment

    24 August 2020

    A 'world-first' gender-lens fund is a proof of concept for impact investments post-pandemic, writes Keith Breslauer of Patron Capital

  • Book review: Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change by Sir Ronald Cohen

    20 August 2020

    Impact is a lucid overview of the nascent impact investing 'revolution', written by one of the movement's founders, says Michael Hurley

  • Healthcare impact investing webinar: Investment need accelerating but data dearth hampers storytelling

    13 August 2020

    American Century Investments explains how impact investing in healthcare can pay social and financial dividends, but that data shortfalls make the story harder to tell. Ahren Lester reports.

  • Does private education have a place in an impact investment strategy?

    13 August 2020

    There is a strong argument that private education has no place in impact investing. The reality is a lot more complicated, says UBP's Eli Koen

  • Family offices and impact investing

    06 August 2020

    Is a rush of family office-managed private wealth into impact investments inevitable, asks Michael Hurley

  • Circular economy webinar: Integration and data are key to development

    06 August 2020

    Accelerating investment in the circular economy requires banking innovation as well as increasingly holistic thinking and transparent data, the speakers at an Environmental Finance webinar said, with current progress leaving plenty of reasons to be upbeat. Ahren Lester reports.

  • Do insurers care about the Sustainable Development Goals?

    14 July 2020

    The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are meant to be the "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". So why aren't insurers taking an active role in pursuing them? Paul Walsh reports

  • Allocate more to impact post-Covid-19, Canadian pension funds told

    19 June 2020

    Traditionally risk-averse Canadian pension funds are gradually investing more to create positive impact but still lag their European counterparts, Michael Hurley writes

  • Institutional portfolios can be more resilient with Impact

    04 June 2020

    The unexpected stress test of Covid-19 has provided insight into which companies might be more resilient to risks such as climate change, according to Gordon Power

  • Impact in Africa: SMEs' fight for survival amid Covid-19

    22 May 2020

    With the 'missing middle' in sub-Saharan Africa ballooning and many SMEs on life support, Vital Capital has launched a debt facility to help, Nimrod Gerber tells Michael Hurley