Impact Investing
Ben Thornley Makes The Case for Impact(ful) Investing in Public Markets
In his recent article in the Huffington Post, PCV’s Ben Thornley explains how public markets might be used as a compliment to the core of impact investing in private companies and other unlisted assets. Read the full article below. “Impact investing is concentrated in private markets for good reason. In one word: influence. Investors in […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Piecing together impact investing, $4 billion at a time
Ben Thornley, PCV’s Director of InSight, responds to the critics that cite impact investing as being ill-defined and lacking integrity in his blog for the Huffington Post. Read the full post here! One of the great myths about impact investing is that the practice is ill-defined and therefore lacks integrity. In reality, the two clear-cut […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Five Findings from New InSight White Paper
This morning we’re excited to release a new white paper that sizes the social impact investing private equity market in the United States at $4 billion. While $4 billion represents a very small segment (.5%) of the broader private equity market in the U.S. ($1 trillion) our findings demonstrate that social impact private equity investing in […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Funding for Impact Investing Research Grants and Fellowships Announced by InSight’s Initiative, IIPC
Exciting news from InSight: one of its key initiatives, the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative (IIPC), just announced the availability of funds for a new research grant and fellowship program. IIPC is a global community of researchers and policymakers who share knowledge and influence capital markets to support more effective impact investing. The research grant and […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Investing •
A Big Brazilian Step Forward for Impact Investing
Reflecting on the launch Wednesday of the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative, at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in Rio, we were struck by just how far impact investing has come — particularly because, at first glance, the notion that private capital might be harnessed to create intentional, targeted social and environmental impacts is relatively threatening […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Launches Impact Investing Policy Collaborative in Brazil
Today Beth Sirull, Ben Thornley, and Sarah Ritter of PCV and the Initiative for Responsible Investment launched the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative (IIPC) at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Why Brazil? Well, this week PCV is playing host to a convening of researchers and policy makers from around the world for […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Impact Investing + Policy = Collaboration Needed
Ben Thornley, PCV’s Director of InSight, just wrote a fascinating article about Impact Investing and Public Policy for the Huffington Post. Read the full article below. “Utter the word “policy” in a crowd of impact investing types and watch the eyes roll. It’s understandable. The culture of impact investing is strongly influenced by the relentless […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Health Impact Bonds to Replace Health Care Services?
In their report entitled “Impact Investing in Sources of Health,” Maria Hernandez and S. Len Syme, researchers at UC Berkeley and Rick Brush from Collective Health, LLC, explore the possibility of using an impact investing vehicle, namely Health Impact Bonds, to improve health outcomes in a cost-effective and sustainable way. Over the past couple of […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Investing • Small Business Resources •
Ben Thornley’s Huffington Post Blog – Tom Steyer: Impact Investing Icon
Ben Thornley, Director of PCV InSight, posted a new blog to the Huffington Post focusing on Tom Steyer of Farallon Capital. Read on for Ben’s take on Tom Steyer and his significance within the field of Impact Investing in his blog titled, “Tom Steyer: Impact Investing Icon” and follow Ben at www.twitter.com/ImpactInSight. Before the current […]