By systematically relating the perspectives of the actors involved, the study gives a broad empirical picture on the major challenges for social impact investing in Germany. Results reveal nine critical problem areas we have arranged along three dimensions: financial returns, social returns, and ...
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“Preservation of the NOAH stock is important, but capital hasn’t been organized around it and people could not take a strike at it,” said AJ Jackson, executive vice president of social impact investing for Bethesda, Md.-based JBG Smith. “But these funds are the fastest and most effecti...
Social impact bonds (SIBs) have emerged as an innovative financing mechanism. This paper explores how health SIBs align with investors' expectations and the conditions required to attract investors. At present, health SIBs are unlikely to provide sufficient financial returns given their financial risk ...
Why do investors expect a firm to act ethically and exhibit social responsibility? Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate social responsibility is a model that prioritizes social impact in a business' efforts. The purpose of CSR is to make sure the firm has a positive, rathe...
In addition to a number of considerations when investing in any fund, investors in index funds and other passively-managed funds should understand the potential impact of the fund’s passive investing strategy on the investor’s exposure to risks in emerging markets. For example, an emerging marke...
The potential hypotheses for finance research based on social media sentiment revolve around the reliability of investor sentiment expressed on social media and the causal relationship between financial markets and this sentiment. The central hypothesis
This suggests that investors may reward companies for undertaking projects with social benefits even when doing so does not maximise shareholder value. Shareholders can also play an important role in the transition towards cleaner sources of energy through applying continued pressure as well as active ...
Corporate Purpose: The Company has a longstanding commitment to corporate purpose, including corporate responsibility, sustainability, human rights, global community and social impact, and diversity, equity and inclusion. The Board, through its Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee, ...
When it comes to social considerations, institutional investors are at different stages of developing their strategies, with some launching social-impact investment programs while others focus on monitoring social factors within their portfolios. As institutional investors have intensified their work on ...