Game on for the social investment octathlon!
James Perry sets out eight big questions to crack this coming year for social investment to succeed....more
View ArticleBritish High Commission backs impact investment efforts in South Africa
Moves are afoot to introduce new policy – and possibly a new corporate form – for social business in South Africa...more
View ArticleCall goes out to City as Big Society Capital says it will invest £50m by end...
City of London Corporation also commits £20m and calls on ‘other City institutions to follow suit’...more
View ArticleInvestment readiness fund hands out first £1m
The first awards from the £10m Investment and Contract Readiness Fund were announced this week – alongside the UK’s first Social Investment Readiness Charter....more
View ArticleFancy a Bonk? Invest in good pants
'The Bonk of Pants' – neither a Bank nor a Bond – it's a Bonk offering 10.2% annual interest!...more
View ArticleUK’s Big Society Capital invests a pure £1m
PURE – the Clean Planet Trust says the £1m will help fund up to 70 community energy projects...more
View ArticleRecord £10m investment for homelessness property fund
Housing association commits largest single injection to into a UK impact investment fund...more
View ArticleFirst ‘Social Impact Venture Capital Trust’ launched in UK
Retail market opens for social investment as FSE Group and Social Finance launch new vehicle to raise up to £20m of investment in socially-motivated businesses....more
View ArticleBrazil’s Vox Capital impact investing fund gets $4m equity investment from MIF
Fund to offer long-term financing for SMEs and start-ups serving the Base of the Pyramid (BoP)...more
View ArticleUK launches first local authority Social Impact Bond
The only way is Essex: first local authority SIB to fund £3.1m programme to improve lives for vulnerable young people...more
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