Investing for Impact

By M. Lane. Better Business, 2015

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Impact investing in private markets could be as large as $2.1 trillion in assets under management, but only a quarter of that, $505 billion, is clearly measured for its impact, both for development impact and financial returns. The report also highlights the enormous potential to invest for impact in public equity markets. Today, assets totaling about $10 trillion are actively managed and these strategies could be directed toward achieving impact. The publication includes trends in impact investing, survey results of investor practices

Subfields: Finance

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