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The Impact Investor

Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism
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von: Cathy Clark, Jed Emerson, Ben Thornley
25,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	22.09.2014
ISBN/EAN:	9781118860755
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	384

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Your money can change the world The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism offers precise details on what, exactly, impact investing entails, embodied in the experiences and best and proven practices of some of the world's most successful impact investors, across asset classes, geographies and areas of impact. The book discusses the parameters of impact investing in unprecedented detail and clarity, providing both context and tools to those eager to engage in the generational shift in the way finance and business is being approached in the new era of Collaborative Capitalism. The book presents a simple thesis with clarity and conviction: "Impact investing can be done successfully. This is what success looks like, and this is what it requires." With much-needed lessons for practitioners, the authors view impact investing as a harbinger of a new, more "multilingual" (cross-sector), transparent, and accountable form of economic leadership. The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism serves as a resource for a variety of players in finance and business, including: <ul> <li>Investors: It demonstrates not only the types of investments which can be profitable and impactful, but also details best practices that, with roots in impact investing, will increasingly play a role in undergirding the success of all investment strategies.</li> <li>Wealth advisors/financial services professionals: With unprecedented detail on the innovative structures and strategies of impact investing funds, the book provides guidance to financial institutions on how to incorporate these investments in client portfolios.</li> <li>Foundations: The book explores the many catalytic and innovative ways for for-profit and non-profit investors to partner, amplifying the potential social and environmental impacts of philanthropic spending and market-rate endowment investment.</li> <li>Business students: By including strategies for making sound impact investments based on detailed case studies, it provides concrete lessons and explores the skills required to enhance prospects for success as a finance and business professional.</li> <li>Policy makers: Reinforcing the urgency of creating a supportive and enabling environment for impact investing, the book demonstrates ways policy has already shaped the sector, and suggests new ways for policymakers to support it.</li> <li>Corporate leaders: The book includes essential advice on the way business is and must be responding to a new generation of Millennial clients and customers, with unique insights into a form of value creation that is inherently more collaborative and outcomes-driven.</li> </ul>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables and Figures ix Foreword by Sir Ronald Cohen xi Preface xix Introduction 1 Part One Key Practices and Drivers Underlying Impact Investing 17 1 Inside Collaborative Capitalism 19 The Roots of Collaborative Capitalism 20 The Collaborative Capitalism Pyramid 34 Three Core Elements of Collaborative Capitalism 39 Putting It All Together: Collaborative Capitalism in Action 44 Looking Ahead 56 2 Raising the Curtain on Impact Investing 58 Sizing the Market 62 Key Actors and Activities 66 The Fund Perspective 73 The Twelve Funds 81 Performance Numbers 93 The Impact Investing Fund Landscape 98 Part Two Four Key Elements of Successful Impact Investing 109 3 Impact DNA 111 A Means to an End 114 The Need for Clarity 117 The Impact Value Chain and Theories of Change 118 Getting Everyone Aligned 127 From First to Last: Measurement and Reporting 129 Bringing It Together: Sequencing the DNA of Impact Investors 138 Mission First and Last Approaches 141 The Mission First and Last Tool Kit 149 4 Symbiosis as Strategy 155 The Practice of Policy Symbiosis 156 Public Sector Innovation in Alignment with the Private Sector 158 The Public Case for Impact Investing 159 The Policy Symbiosis Tool Kit 181 The Five London Principles 191 5 The New Deal 196 The Terrain for the New Deal 196 Myths of Catalytic Capital 200 Four Purposes of Catalytic Capital 203 The Catalytic Capital Tool Kit 222 6 Multilingual Leadership 229 New Skillsets for New Leaders 230 Multilingual Leadership in the Research 232 Multilingual Leadership as Cross-Disciplinary and Collaborative 235 Defining Multilingual Leadership for Impact Investing 239 The Multilingual Leader: From Individual to Team to Firm 243 Building a Multilingual Team: Acquiring Multilingual Capacity 247 The Multilingual Leadership Tool Kit 249 Beyond Impact Investing 254 Part Three Looking Ahead: Trends and Challenges 257 7 The Writing on the Wall 259 8 Concluding Reflections 285 Ongoing Challenges for the Field’s Development 287 Using the Right Tool for the Right Problem 291 The Road Ahead 291 Impact Investor Resource Guide 293 Notes 308 Acknowledgments 324 About the Authors 332 Index 335

Autorenportrait

CATHY CLARK is director of the CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE i3) and a professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. She also co-leads the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke, part of USAID's Higher Education Solutions Network. She is a leading authority on for-profit social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and impact assessment. JED EMERSON is senior advisor to three family offices, each of which is executing 100% impact/sustainable investment wealth management strategies. He is also chief strategist of ImpactAssets and a senior fellow with the Centre for Social Investment at Heidelberg University. BEN THORNLEY is the founder and managing director of ICAP Partners and a strategic advisor to REDF and Pacific Community Ventures (PCV). He created the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative at PCV, with partners from Harvard University, and consults with CalPERS and other leading financial institutions on the social and economic impacts of over $25 billion of targeted investments.

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"Clark, Emerson, and Thornley are leaders in the impact investing space and with this book offer an opportunity to understand the field from every vantage point—offering real examples of funds that have more than proven the theory that you can do well by doing good. Over just a short period of time, impact investing has transformed from a new concept to a robust sector, with investment opportunities available to every type of investor." —Judith Rodin, president, The Rockefeller Foundation The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism is a hands-on resource that details the practices and performance of a new class of savvy investors delivering positive social and environmental outcomes alongside competitive financial returns. The book is accessible to business and financial professionals at all levels and highlights a new form of economic leadership that is more cross-sectoral, transparent, and outcomes-oriented, and in which impact investors excel. The authors offer investors, financial advisors, corporate leaders, foundations, policymakers, and students the tools needed to engage in a generational shift to a new era of Collaborative Capitalism. The Impact Investor reveals the types of investments that can be profitable and impactful for individuals and the strategies that will enable asset managers to succeed. It also provides an unprecedented level of detail on innovative structures and approaches of impact investing funds, providing invaluable guidance for financial institutions on how to create impact investment products or include them in client portfolios. Foundations will discover innovative ways that for-profit and nonprofit investors can partner to amplify the potential impacts of philanthropic and market-rate investments. Public sector officials and policy advocates will learn how government is harnessing the power of capital markets to pioneer innovative new solutions to social and environmental challenges. In addition, the authors include essential advice on the way business is—and must be—responding to a new generation of Millennial clients and customers focused on a more sustainable form of blended value creation in all aspects of their lives. Designed as an informative and practical resource, The Impact Investor highlights strategies for making sound impact investments, offers illustrative case studies, and presents concrete lessons that will build skills and enhance prospects for professional and organizational success.