The ImpactAssets Handbook for Investors (eBook)

Generating Social and Environmental Value through Capital Investing

Jed Emerson (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
Anthem Press (Verlag)
9781783087310 (ISBN)

Infos

A critical handbook for those interested and engaged in investing capital to generate financial returns with social and environmental impacts, “The ImpactAssets Handbook for Investors” offers a review of total portfolio management strategy and practice for investing capital and understanding its impact on creating a better world for both investors and community members.

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"e;The ImpactAssets Handbook for Investors"e; offers an introductory overview for investors interested in generating financial returns with the creation of social and environmental impact. In addition to discussions of portfolio structure and strategy, the handbook offers an overview of due diligence necessary to assess potential investments, a discussion of communications and performance measurement issues and other factors key to managing capital for multiple returns. While not an "e;answer book,"e; "e;The ImpactAssets Handbook for Investors"e;, with contributions from some of the field's leading experts in impact investing, offers practical insights and presents critical questions every investor should consider in creating an investment strategy and executing the deployment of investment capital.

Autor

lt;p>Jed Emerson, senior fellow at ImpactAssets, a nonprofit financial services firm, is an internationally recognized author and thought leader within the field of impact investing. He has led, co-founded and served on the board of directors of a variety of impact funds, social enterprises and family office investment committees. Originator of the concept of Blended Value, Emerson is coauthor of Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference (2011), the first book on impact investing (and winner of the 2012 Nautilus Gold Book Award), and The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism (2014).

Inhalt

List of Contributors; Introduction, Jed Emerson; 1. Construction of an Impact Portfolio: Total Portfolio Management for Multiple Returns, Jed Emerson and Lindsay Smalling; 2. Total Portfolio Management: One Practitioner’s Approach, Matthew Weatherley-White; Case Study 1; 3. Seed Stage Investing: High Impact, But Not for the Faint of Heart, Tim Freundlich, Jed Emerson and Lindsay Smalling; 4. Choosing Your Impact Investment Advisor, Brad Harrison and Stephanie Cohn- Rupp; Case Study 2; 5. Targeted Impact: Donor- Advised Funds and Impact Investing, Jointly authored by senior staff of ImpactAssets, RSF Social Finance and Tides Network; 6. Transformational Giving: Philanthropy as an Investment in Change, Kris Putnam-Walkerly; 7. Assessing Your Opportunities: The Challenge and Key Practices of Engaging in Investor Due Diligence, Sandra Osborne; Case Study 3; 8. The Measurement Challenge, Sara Olsen; 9. Communicating Impact: Frameworks for Messaging, Amy Hartzler; 10. A Journey to Impact: Initial Steps toward Impact Investing, Jennifer Kenning; Case Study 4; 11. Getting to Impact, Jed Emerson; 12. Concluding Thoughts on Mobilizing for Impact, Jed Emerson and Tim Freundlich; Appendix: Impact Investing Resources; Notes on Contributors; Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.10.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN-13: 9781783087310 / 9781783087310