Events, Midday Goes Social, News
Investors in today’s capital markets are beginning to recognise the social, ethical and environmental impact of their investments, and are keen to measure and assess it. Investing in values-driven enterprises generating positive externalities is becoming more...
Events, Midday Goes Social, News
“We need the migrants but we don’t like them. We need to solve this paradox”. This is how Philippe Fargues, Director of the Migration Policy Centre at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, opened the EIB...
Events, Midday Goes Social, News
How do you move from mainstream finance to social finance? The answer is “people”, says James Fairweather, Director of Big Issue Invest. Mr Fairweather was a successful fund manager for many years and is now a Director of Big Issue Invest, the social...
Events, Midday Goes Social, News
Social impact investments target a social objective as well as a financial return. By adding a new dimension – impact – to risk and return, the usual two dimensions that capital market investors take into account, “impact investing has the potential to...
Events, Midday Goes Social, News
Why do companies and NGOs often find it so difficult to interact in a meaningful way? “Because they don’t consider the relationship as a mutually beneficial situation but as a case of “we want their money” (NGOs)“ or “we have to finance an NGO” (corporates), said Kim...
