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Why Gender Diversity May Lead to Better Returns for Investors

3BL Media

Investing in equality for women can potentially increase a company’s—and your portfolio’s—bottom line. DESCRIPTION: By Lily Trager, Wealth Management, Director of Impact Investing. While COVID-19 has impacted all of us, it has disproportionately affected women, especially women of color. Our expert explains. 14 US Pat.

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Investors to Hold US Banks and Insurers to Account on Climate

Chris Hall

AGMs to be held by Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America on 25 April, and by Goldman Sachs on 26 April, are seen as key indicators of investment sentiment.

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Can the World Bank Show the Way Forward for Impact?

Chris Hall

A step change is needed in the scalability, replicability and measurability of impact to move beyond today’s incremental progress, according to Dr. Henning Stein. The new President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, recently spoke about investment’s role in delivering positive change. Someone has to put down a marker.

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Announcing Kiva’s Bold New Impact Strategy: The Nonprofit Microfinance Pioneer Shares its Refined Approach — And Unveils the Process Behind its Development

James Militzer

In answering these questions, we uncovered four key population segments that will form the heart of our impact strategy: Underbanked women : Women face disproportionate barriers in accessing finance due to factors such as gender biases, lack of collateral, and societal limitations that prohibit economic opportunities.

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On the Cusp of a New Era

Chris Hall

Latin America’s next phase of impact investing must embrace the region’s specific challenges and opportunities, says Ahmad El Jurdi, Principal at Lightrock. In recent years, Latin America has been at the core of a paradox within the global investment landscape.

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This Week’s People Moves: Ex-PGGM CIO Takes AustralianSuper Role

Chris Hall

A former central banker with over 30 years’ experience in financial services, Lindeijer served as Dutch pension provider PGGM’s CIO between 2011-2020 and was responsible for €250 billion in pension funds under management.

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Strengthening the ‘Environment’ Component of ESG: How Financial Institutions Can Bring Green Financing into the Mainstream in India

James Militzer

The latest Fair Finance India Policy Assessment 2020 noted this discrepancy, highlighting that assessed banks in India have scored highest on the themes of financial inclusion, followed by corruption and transparency and accountability, whereas they have scored very poorly on the environment theme, which includes climate change and nature.