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CalPERS for California 2013
The fourth annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $20.8 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2013. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across asset classes.
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Annual Report 2013
PCV had its most impactful year ever in 2013! Read our Annual Report to learn more about how PCV is creating economic opportunities in underserved communities.
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Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds
“Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds”, created in partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University and Impact Assets, identifies twelve high-performing funds that have seen both financial and social returns on their investments. This report is designed to be a resource for […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
CalPERS for California 2012
The third annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $20.7 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2012. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across asset classes.
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
CalPERS California Initiative 2012 – Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets
The California Initiative is a $1 billion economically targeted private equity investment strategy that seeks to generate attractive financial returns. As an ancillary benefit, the California Initiative was designed to create jobs and promote economic opportunity in California. To determine the extent of the ancillary benefits, CalPERS measures the impact of the California Initiative by […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV 2012 Annual Report
In 2012, PCV supported entrepreneurs who were building businesses and creating jobs in neighborhoods that needed it most. Even as PCV has actively rebuilt local economies in California, we have also gained recognition nationally and internationally as a thought leader responsible for advancing policies that drive investment to disadvantaged communities around the world. Learn about […]
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Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation
Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation is intended to add a perspective to the global conversation already under way about how we move beyond binary choices in crafting responses to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Fundamentally, it is about leveraging private enterprise and capital for public benefit. We refer to this as […]
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Capital Markets for Impact at Scale
On October 1, 2012, The Rockefeller Foundation and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco co-hosted Capital Markets for Impact at Scale, an event curated by InSight at Pacific Community Ventures and Equilibrium Capital. The event gathered leaders in impact investing – including many active in community development finance – as well as leaders in […]
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The Impact Investor – A Market Emerges: The Six Dynamics of Impact Investing
The Impact Investor is a project to build data-driven and practitioner-guided knowledge for the rapidly growing field of impact investing. It is a partnership between InSight, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University, and ImpactAssets. It is supported by the Omidyar Network, the Annie E.Casey Foundation, the RS Group (Hong Kong), […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
CalPERS for California 2011
A first of its kind report highlighting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $19 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2011. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across asset classes.
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
CalPERS California Initiative 2011 – Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets
The objective of the California Initiative is to generate attractive financial returns. As an ancillary benefit, the California Initiative was designed to create jobs and promote economic opportunity in California. To determine the extent of the ancillary benefits, CalPERS measures the impact of the California Initiative by examining portfolio companies that: Traditionally have had limited access to institutional […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Market for Social Impact Investing by Private Equity Funds Stands at $4 Billion in the United States
In one of the first efforts to characterize the landscape of social impact investing through private equity in the United States, PCV InSight valued total assets managed by U.S. private equity managers with the goal of achieving both financial returns and intentional social benefits at approximately $4 billion. The market includes 69 General Partners (GPs) that meet stringent qualifications […]