This week: Syria’s first hackathon unites social innovators to support recovery; UK government backs social enterprise in public procurement rules shake-up; Alfanar’s MENA impact fund launch is “good news for impact investing”.
Thirteen representatives of impact investors, local government, asset managers and institutional investors will advise the Treasury on the development of a new social impact investing vehicle – but no social entrepreneurs are included.
USAID's near-shutdown is a reminder of the importance of catalytic capital in impact investing – and also of the question of whether access to cheaper money is necessary for impact investing to really work.
Independent review finds UK's social investment wholesaler has driven growth in lower-risk funds but frontline social investors say more catalytic capital is needed.
Social investors are under fire for not meeting the needs of the social entrepreneurs they seek to support. Could a collaborative apporach to the creation of impact funds be the solution?
UK social investment industry still ‘designed to favour social bankers, not social businesses’, concludes Social Enterprise UK’s ‘report card’ on the Adebowale Commission.
The soft-spoken former civil servant has done more than perhaps anyone to shape the UK impact investing space. As he begins a new role at the LSE, Kieron Boyle shares what he learned in Whitehall – and what keeps him sane in a “marathon” career.
Treasury-hosted meeting of impact investors results in announcement of £550m to tackle the UK’s housing crisis and hopes of cross-departmental commitment to boosting the impact economy.
Different interpretations of new data on UK social impact investment market sizing tell a range of different stories. This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
