The Impact Investor : Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Cathy.

Contributor:

Emerson, Jed.

Thornley, Ben.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Investments--Social aspects.

Investments.

Investments--Environmental aspects.

Social responsibility of business.

Local Subjects:

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Your money can change the world The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism offers precise details on what, exactly, impact investing entails, embodied in the experiences and best and proven practices of some of the world''s most successful impact investors, across asset classes, geographies and areas of impact. The book discusses the parameters of impact investing in unprecedented detail and clarity, providing both context and tools to those eager to engage in the generational shift in the way finance and business is being approached in the new era of

Contents:

The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism; Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword ; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Key Practices and Drivers Underlying Impact Investing; 1 Inside Collaborative Capitalism; The Roots of Collaborative Capitalism; The Social Role and Responsibility of Business; The New Fiduciaries: Millennial's and Entrepreneurs in the Lead; Aligning Risk Mitigation and the Delivery of Better Outcomes; The Collaborative Capitalism Pyramid; Three Core Elements of Collaborative Capitalism; Transparency; Outcomes Orientation

Attention to Constituency Putting It All Together: Collaborative Capitalism in Action; Integrating an Outcomes Orientation into The California Endowment; Constituent Alignment at Citi; Creating an Investing Platform for Outcome-Driven Investors at Morgan Stanley; Aligning "Outcome Buyers" Through Social Impact Bonds; Transparency Through RSF Prime; Stakeholders as Investors at Calvert Foundation; Looking Ahead; 2 Raising the Curtain on Impact Investing; Sizing the Market; Global Microfinance; US Community Finance; Economically Targeted Investment by US Public Pension Funds; Green Bonds

International Development Key Actors and Activities; The Fund Perspective; The Twelve Funds; Aavishkaar: India Micro Venture Capital Fund; ACCIÓN Texas Inc; Bridges Ventures: Sustainable Growth Funds I and II; Business Partners Limited: Southern African SME Risk Finance Fund; Calvert Foundation: Community Investment Note; Deutsche Bank: Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium I; Elevar Equity: Unitus Equity Fund and Elevar Equity II; Huntington Capital: Huntington Capital Fund II, LP; The W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Mission Driven Investments; MicroVest: MicroVest I, LP

RSF Social Finance: RSF Social Investment FundSEAF: Sichuan SME Investment Fund, LLC; Performance Numbers; The Impact Investing Fund Landscape; First Responders; Solution Specialists; Early-Stage Innovators; Scale Agents; Part Two: Four Key Elements of Successful Impact Investing; 3 Impact DNA; A Means to an End; The Need for Clarity; The Impact Value Chain and Theories of Change; Getting Everyone Aligned; From First to Last: Measurement and Reporting; Bringing It Together: Sequencing the DNA of Impact Investors; Mission First and Last Approaches; Structural; Strategic; Investor Driven

ThematicThe Mission First and Last Tool Kit; Gaining Clarity; Aligning Internally; Aligning Externally; Tracking and Reporting Impact; 4 Symbiosis as Strategy; The Practice of Policy Symbiosis; Public Sector Innovation in Alignment with the Private Sector; The Public Case for Impact Investing; Foundational; Financial; Regulatory; Advocacy Driven; Opportunistic; The Policy Symbiosis Tool Kit; Acquire Knowledge; Build Partnerships; Be Visionary; Proceed with Integrity; The Five London Principles; Clarity of Purpose; Stakeholder Engagement; Market Stewardship; Institutional Capacity

Universal Transparency

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781118860755

1118860756