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Seeding impact investing ecosystems in Senegal, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire
When building a local capital ecosystem, you have to go with the resources you’ve got. In Senegal, that happens to be oil. The …
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Allianz Global Investors’ Asia Pacific Infrastructure Credit Fund secures $270 million
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Returning investors power Lime Rock’s $640 million raise for the energy transition
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Family offices and individuals power second Autism Impact Fund to a first close
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Liberty Mutual Investments leads institutional backing in CenterNode’s $750 million raise
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More of the right kind of capital for growth firms in Africa (video)
Tech-enabled ventures in healthcare, education, agriculture and financial services are driving economic growth and job creation in Africa. “This segment of the market …
Impact Voices
Provocative opinions and insightful analysis from the community
Moving impact capital from safe bets to ‘impact by design’
A long-standing fault line once again cracked this year, splitting investors in the impact community. On one side are “impact-first” investors who accept …
Investors should be alarmed by the retreat of the Big Three asset managers from corporate stewardship
Not long ago, Larry Fink was writing annual letters to CEOs declaring that “climate risk is investment risk.” BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, …
For African institutional investors, performance is overcoming perceptions
As Africa works to mobilize over $2 trillion in domestic pension assets to help close the continent’s multi-hundred-billion-dollar infrastructure investment gap, the question …
Seven red flags institutional investors should avoid when evaluating impact fund managers
As more investment firms launch impact funds, it has become increasingly difficult for institutional allocators to identify the most qualified fund managers to …
Agents of Impact
Bold leaders. Taking action. Driving impact.