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Do your clients want to make a social impact when they invest? Knowing the answer to that question may be part of your KYC obligations if CSA’s proposed targeted reforms are approved. Regardless, clients who care about responsible investing may be interested in impact investing. In addition to a financial return, impact investing is meant […]
Any investment with the scent of upside is fair game. But some investors don’t embrace traditional corporate values, and instead have social and environmental objectives.
TMX Group Inc. and MaRS Centre for Impact Investing are partnering to support impact investing in Canada, which is estimated at approximately $2 billion. It’s also projected to grow to $30 billion in the next decade, says the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance. Read: Impact investing: profit from a better world TMX will contribute […]
The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), an independent network of 14 of the world's leading sustainable banks, has pledged to impact the lives of one billion people by 2020.
The concept of impact investing is beginning to get its share of attention as heavyweights like Bill Gates start to throw their weight behind it.
Recently recognized asset class provides social and financial returns - It was only last year the phrase impact investing was first used to distinguish investments intended to create positive impact beyond financial returns from the wider trend of socially responsible investment.
A participatory speaker series around impact investing, aptly named Eye4Impact, kicked off on March 29 in Montreal. The initiative is backed by TBC Capital Inc., a Montreal-based financial services firm with a mandate to provide investment strategies and solutions with a focus on impact investments. The inaugural edition of the series featured Russell Read, former […]
Finally there is an asset class where philanthropy and desire for capital gains can cohabit without qualms or a clash. Known as impact investing, it is a growing phenomenon which requires the management of social and environmental performance alongside financial risks and returns. A participatory speaker series known as Eye4Impact kick starts March 29 in […]
There has long existed a gap between philanthropy and any singular devotion to capital gains. But this uncharted space is fast being filled by the growing phenomenon of impact investing. At its heart, impact investing is a simple concept: mobilizing private capital for public good. It operates on the basic premise of solving social and […]