Sentences with phrase «impact investment funds»

Impact investment funds often have higher expense ratios, so remember to take those into account.

Impact investments, including impact investment funds, are expected to generate a financial return on capital and, at a minimum, a return of capital.

According to a study by Cambridge Associates, impact investment funds launched between 1998 and 2004 — meaning those that have had a chance to sell their portfolios — have outperformed comparable private - equity funds.

Having recently signed an agreement to partner with the Grassroots Business Fund, a social impact investment fund that assists small businesses at the base of the economic pyramid around the world, Envoys will be able to extend the reach of programs to help bring greater benefits to the small, family - owned vendors throughout the developing world.

The first Impact Investment fund under this initiative brought together the federal government, the state of Michigan, The Dow Chemical Company and Credit Suisse.

In April, online test preparation platform Oliveboard raised an undisclosed amount in funding from India Educational Investment Fund, an early - stage impact investment fund established by Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.

These funds handily outperformed similar - sized funds in the comparative universe (4.5 %), impact investment funds over $ 100 million (6.2 %), and funds over $ 100 million in the comparative universe (8.3 %).

Most recently, Carrie served as Director of Business Development at Farmland LP, a sustainable agriculture impact investment fund.

The ImpactAssets 50 is intended to illustrate the breadth of impact investment fund managers operating today, though it is not a comprehensive list.

The barrier to investments in LPs is problematic from the standpoint of building Canada's impact investment market, as impact investment funds are often structured as LPs.

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It is led by the Moringa fund, an agroforestry impact investment fund.

In aggregate, impact investment funds launched between 1998 and 2004 — those that are largely realized — have outperformed funds in a comparative universe of conventional PI funds.

Derwin Sisnett is the managing partner of ReThink Community, a social impact investment fund that provides capital for real estate assets collectively centered on education, housing, healthcare, and the workforce.

The government is also getting involved: The Obama administration's Startup America initiative has allocated $ 1 billion for an impact investment fund.

Emerging markets impact investment funds have returned 9.1 % to investors versus 4.8 % for developed markets impact investment funds.

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership.

Impact investment funds that raised under $ 100 million returned a net IRR of 9.5 % to investors.

The company had last has raised funds in 2015 from Impact Investment Holding, an impact investment funding unit of advisory firm Ennovent.

Cynthia Ryan is a Director of the Schooner Africa Fund, an impact investment fund based in Nairobi, Kenya that focuses on the agricultural sector in East Africa.