Impact investing is an emerging alternative asset class. In the last few years, the investment
in impact investing has grown many folds, however the research has not kept pace with the …

This paper reviews social finance. Venture philanthropy, microfinance, crowdfunding and
social impact bonds are financial and social innovations that reshape capital markets, the …

Sustainability is becoming the main character of the financial industry in Europe, especially
after the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) 2019/2088, which came into …

Most investors throughout the world have a single goal: to earn the highest riskadjusted
financial returns. They would not accept a lower financial return from an investment that also …

Identifying the intersection between digital finance, green finance and social finance is
important for promoting sustainable financial, social and environmental development. This …

Purpose Impact investing, a type of values-based investing that combines financial
investment with philanthropic goals, is receiving heightened scholarly and practitioner …

In the last ten years, we have witnessed a proliferation of investors claiming blended value
strategies, ie, pursuing both economic and social returns in their investments. Aside from this …

Many investors have shifted their asset allocations to account for Environmental, Social, and
Governance (ESG) issues. While we welcome this shift from an ethical perspective, the …

Purpose. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has gained substantial
force over the past few years. Worldwide, 21 trillion USD have been spent on sustainable …

Socially conscious individual investors face a host of challenges, not least of which are a
stock buy list screened by environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria, and …