Paula Garrido

Articles written by Paula Garrido

• Fi Forum calls for deeper stakeholder collaboration to maximise impact

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment

  

  Fi Forum calls for deeper stakeholder collaboration to maximise impact

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment

  Published on: May 23 2023 23 May 2023

  This year’s Fi Forum in Madrid focused on the need to accelerate the further mobilisation of capital into emerging markets, the importance of the ‘human factor’, and the crucial role of families when it comes to impact investing.

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• Pensions in developing countries: financial inclusion’s next frontier

  Posted in category:

  • Financial inclusion,
  • Impact Investing for Pensions

  

  Pensions in developing countries: financial inclusion’s next frontier

  Posted in category:

  • Financial inclusion,
  • Impact Investing for Pensions

  Published on: May 12 2023 12 May 2023

  Gautam Bhardwaj, one of the architects of India’s National Pension System and co-founder of pension tech company pinBox, discusses the importance and urgency of pension inclusion in developing countries.

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• Pension funds: as demand grows, innovation in impact investing strategies flourishes

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Impact Investing for Pensions

  

  Pension funds: as demand grows, innovation in impact investing strategies flourishes

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Impact Investing for Pensions

  Published on: May 9 2023 09 May 2023

  Appetite for impact investments among Europe’s pension funds is on the up but still only represents a very small part of their portfolios. Investment managers are responding by developing new impact-driven strategies across asset classes.

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Q&A: Ignaz Anderson discusses the building blocks of the new economy, ahead of this week’s PYM Impact Days

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment,
  • Philanthropy

  

  Q&A: Ignaz Anderson discusses the building blocks of the new economy, ahead of this week’s PYM Impact Days

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment,
  • Philanthropy

  Published on: April 18 2023 18 Apr 2023

  The annual PYM Impact Days gathering for wealth owners is taking place in Driebergen this weekend, under the title ‘Imagining the New Economy’.

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• Esade: European foundations must find ‘balance between learning and accountability’ on their impact journey

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Impact measurement,
  • Philanthropy

  

  Esade: European foundations must find ‘balance between learning and accountability’ on their impact journey

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Impact measurement,
  • Philanthropy

  Published on: March 16 2023 16 Mar 2023

  European foundations are making progress on their impact measurement and management journey but “blind spots” must be addressed in order to “future-proof philanthropy”, according to report by Esade Center for Social Impact and BBK.

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido
  • Danielle Rossingh

• Profile: Rubio’s Willemijn Verloop on backing ‘champions of change’

  Posted in category:

  • Social enterprise,
  • Social impact,
  • Venture capital

  

  Profile: Rubio’s Willemijn Verloop on backing ‘champions of change’

  Posted in category:

  • Social enterprise,
  • Social impact,
  • Venture capital

  Published on: February 13 2023 13 Feb 2023

  Serial social entrepreneur Verloop, founding partner of Rubio Impact Ventures, explains her approach to identifying and investing in entrepreneurs with potential to generate systemic change.

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• BNY Mellon launches EM debt impact fund

  Posted in category:

  • Bonds,
  • Funds

  

  BNY Mellon launches EM debt impact fund

  Posted in category:

  • Bonds,
  • Funds

  Published on: January 30 2023 30 Jan 2023

  The fund will be managed by Insight Investment and target emerging market debt investments with potential to generate positive and measurable impact as well as a financial returns

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Anthos’ Dimple Sahni: Translating values into an investment thesis

  Posted in category:

  • Investment,
  • Social impact

  

  Anthos’ Dimple Sahni: Translating values into an investment thesis

  Posted in category:

  • Investment,
  • Social impact

  Published on: December 16 2022 16 Dec 2022

  The managing director of Anthos Fund & Asset Management’s impact funds portfolios talks about investing for impact with values as a compass

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• Dirk Meuleman, Phenix Capital: “There are three times more impact funds today than what I forecasted five years ago” 

  Posted in category:

  • Funds,
  • Guide 2023,
  • Impact ecosystem

  

  Dirk Meuleman, Phenix Capital: “There are three times more impact funds today than what I forecasted five years ago” 

  Posted in category:

  • Funds,
  • Guide 2023,
  • Impact ecosystem

  Published on: December 9 2022 09 Dec 2022

  The CEO of Phenix Capital Group talks to Paula Garrido about how the impact investing universe has expanded in size and across asset classes, as more investment managers and asset owners join in. 

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• GIIN launches ‘Impact Lab’ to help investors optimise impact performance

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Impact measurement

  

  GIIN launches ‘Impact Lab’ to help investors optimise impact performance

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Impact measurement

  Published on: October 18 2022 18 Oct 2022

  As founding strategic partners, EQT Foundation, Temasek and Visa Foundation have committed $4.5 million to fund this ‘first-of-its-kind’ industry initiative

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Triple Jump-managed Africa energy fund surpasses $100m with DFC investment

  Posted in category:

  • Blended finance,
  • Energy access

  

  Triple Jump-managed Africa energy fund surpasses $100m with DFC investment

  Posted in category:

  • Blended finance,
  • Energy access

  Published on: October 17 2022 17 Oct 2022

  The Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund has received a $40m investment from the US International Finance Corporation, taking total capital commitments to the fund to $106m

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• GIIN Forum: Impact investing market surpasses $1 trillion milestone  

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem

  

  GIIN Forum: Impact investing market surpasses $1 trillion milestone  

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem

  Published on: October 12 2022 12 Oct 2022

  The GIIN’s latest market sizing report estimates that global assets under management in impact investments now represent $1.164 trillion, a sign of the sector’s “undeniable momentum”

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Pymwymic backs crop intelligence provider Aurea

  Posted in category:

  • Agri-food,
  • Funds

  

  Pymwymic backs crop intelligence provider Aurea

  Posted in category:

  • Agri-food,
  • Funds

  Published on: September 5 2022 05 Sep 2022

  Aurea has developed crop intelligence analytics that support precision orchard farming, enabling fruit growers to monitor and treat trees individually, avoiding the ‘blanket’ approach used in traditional farming

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• Profile: Bridges Fund Management reaches 20-year milestone

  Posted in category:

  • Investment

  

  Profile: Bridges Fund Management reaches 20-year milestone

  Posted in category:

  • Investment

  Published on: August 23 2022 23 Aug 2022

  As Bridges marks its 20th anniversary, we talk to co-founders Michele Giddens and Philip Newborough about the evolution of their business and the impact investing sector as a whole

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Q&A with Katarzyna Wilk, Swiss Lead Impact Foundation

  Posted in category:

  • Investment,
  • Startup/Scale-up

  

  Q&A with Katarzyna Wilk, Swiss Lead Impact Foundation

  Posted in category:

  • Investment,
  • Startup/Scale-up

  Published on: June 24 2022 24 Jun 2022

  The Swiss Lead Impact Foundation supports young entrepreneurs in building impactful ventures. CEO Katarzyna Wilk talks to Impact Investor about impact startups and funds, regulation, ESG data, and greenwashing 

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• ILX reaches $1bn fundraising target with Pensioenfonds Vervoer’s investment

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance,
  • Funds

  

  ILX reaches $1bn fundraising target with Pensioenfonds Vervoer’s investment

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance,
  • Funds

  Published on: June 21 2022 21 Jun 2022

  Vervoer joins Dutch pension funds ABP and bpfBouw in backing private debt fund which will invest jointly with development finance institutions to provide loans for SDG-focused companies and projects in emerging markets

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• GIIN seeks feedback on impact investing in listed equities guidelines

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment

  

  GIIN seeks feedback on impact investing in listed equities guidelines

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment

  Published on: June 21 2022 21 Jun 2022

  GIIN has opened a public comment period for its upcoming guidelines for impact investing in listed equities. Separately, the organisation has added new impact themes to its IRIS+ system, including racial equity

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido
  • Ian Lewis

• PBAF’s new standard to help financial institutions keep biodiversity impact in check

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Policy & regulation

  

  PBAF’s new standard to help financial institutions keep biodiversity impact in check

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Policy & regulation

  Published on: June 17 2022 17 Jun 2022

  New standard aims to help financial institutions assess the impact of their loans and investments on biodiversity and take action to reduce damage and contribute to the protection and restoration of nature

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• At debate in Davos: Unlocking the social economy’s full potential

  Posted in category:

  • Policy & regulation,
  • Social impact

  

  At debate in Davos: Unlocking the social economy’s full potential

  Posted in category:

  • Policy & regulation,
  • Social impact

  Published on: May 24 2022 24 May 2022

  A report launched this week under the auspices of the World Economic Forum 2022 hopes to serve as a starting point to reduce common barriers preventing the advancement of the social economy

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Profile: Oryx Impact’s Guardans on backing Africa’s local talent to unlock opportunities

  Posted in category:

  • Funds,
  • Investment

  

  Profile: Oryx Impact’s Guardans on backing Africa’s local talent to unlock opportunities

  Posted in category:

  • Funds,
  • Investment

  Published on: May 10 2022 10 May 2022

  Oryx Impact aims to contribute to the creation of more sustainable and resilient societies in Africa by investing in local impact funds which support SMEs and businesses providing essential goods and services across the continent

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Phenix Capital: One-third of impact funds target emerging markets

  Posted in category:

  • Funds,
  • Investment

  

  Phenix Capital: One-third of impact funds target emerging markets

  Posted in category:

  • Funds,
  • Investment

  Published on: May 3 2022 03 May 2022

  Around 35% of all impact funds invest in emerging markets, according to the latest report by Phenix Capital. SDGs 7 (affordable and clean energy) and 1 (no poverty) are the most targeted among emerging market impact funds

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• GIIN’s new impact performance benchmark ‘milestone’ for the sector

  Posted in category:

  • Financial inclusion,
  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Impact measurement

  

  GIIN’s new impact performance benchmark ‘milestone’ for the sector

  Posted in category:

  • Financial inclusion,
  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Impact measurement

  Published on: April 8 2022 08 Apr 2022

  The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a beta version of its first impact performance benchmark. It will allow investors to assess and compare sector-specific impact performance to peers and to SDGs, and to make investment choices to maximise impact

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• UN Women’s Bhatia: Gender and climate action ‘inextricably linked’

  Posted in category:

  • Investment

  

  UN Women’s Bhatia: Gender and climate action ‘inextricably linked’

  Posted in category:

  • Investment

  Published on: April 1 2022 01 Apr 2022

  Anita Bhatia urged investors to back solutions that respond to both gender and climate challenges, speaking at the Impact Summit Europe. Diversity and inclusion and the need for mobilising capital at scale to tackle systemic risks were also at debate

  

  Written by:

  • Danielle Rossingh
  • Karolina Adamkiewicz
  • Paula Garrido

• Dutch pension funds plough more capital into impact funds 

  Posted in category:

  • Funds

  

  Dutch pension funds plough more capital into impact funds 

  Posted in category:

  • Funds

  Published on: March 29 2022 29 Mar 2022

  Pensioenfonds Detailhandel and Pensioenfonds PostNL are among the growing list of Dutch pension funds increasing exposure to impact investments, allocating €100m and €400m, respectively, to SDG-aligned strategies

  

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  • Paula Garrido

• Profile: Amit Bouri on scaling impact investments with integrity

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem

  

  Profile: Amit Bouri on scaling impact investments with integrity

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem

  Published on: March 29 2022 29 Mar 2022

  CEO and co-founder of the Global Impact Investing Network shares his vision for mobilising capital on a scale commensurate with the social and environmental challenges facing the world

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Expert view: Mobilising capital into EM private debt, one billion at a time

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance

  

  Expert view: Mobilising capital into EM private debt, one billion at a time

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance

  Published on: February 15 2022 15 Feb 2022

  Manfred Schepers, founder and CEO of ILX Management, is on a mission to bridge the gap between institutional investors’ desire to raise their sustainability profile in emerging markets, and the need for a greater mobilisation of private capital towards SDG-focused projects

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Data-driven valuations can boost investor confidence in financial inclusion funds

  Posted in category:

  • Financial inclusion,
  • Investment

  

  Data-driven valuations can boost investor confidence in financial inclusion funds

  Posted in category:

  • Financial inclusion,
  • Investment

  Published on: February 1 2022 01 Feb 2022

  ACTIAM has partnered with IHS Markit to utilise data on loan sector curves to value private debt loans, a move they hope could boost investor confidence in financial inclusion funds and contribute to the growth of this impactful sector

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido

• Welcome to Impact Investor’s new home

  Posted in category:

  • Updates

  

  Welcome to Impact Investor’s new home

  Posted in category:

  • Updates

  Published on: January 18 2022 18 Jan 2022

  This week, we are launching a new website designed to enhance your reading experience. As our coverage widens, we welcome your feedback and suggestions on how to continue improving our content, and the way we present it to you..

  

  Written by:

  • Paula Garrido