Description: This book provides a detailed study of the social impact funds industry. In particular, chapters focus on: The contextualization of social impact funds within the social impact investment market; The exploration of features, investment strategy and classification of funds; An in-depth analysis of the emergent literature; An analysis of case studies of impact funds; A synthetic assessment of the industry, conducted through a cluster analysis; The exploration of investment strategy and mission consistency of funds active in the market aimed to show funds attitude to be defined as "impact-oriented funds"; The investigation of determinants of funds' target performance. This volume will be useful to scholars, students from different academic disciplines such as economics, finance, political science, entrepreneurship, and practitioners who are interested in impact investing and in the financing of social impact programs through impact-funds. Helen Chiappini received her PhD cum laude in banking and finance at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is currently honorary Assistant Lecturer in microfinance and ethical finance at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and honorary Assistant Lecturer in banking and finance at Marconi University of Rome, Italy. Helen is also affiliated to the Research Centre for Banking and Finance at Regent's University London, UK, where she was previously a visiting Research Fellow. Her research interests lie in the areas of social impact investment, social impact funds and microfinance. Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: An introduction to Social Impact Investing.- Chapter 3: Impact-oriented investment funds: an overview.- Chapter 4: A market segmentation of impact-oriented funds.- Chapter 5:How many funds are really "impact funds"?- Chapter 6: Determinants of funds' target return.- Chapter 7: Concluding remarks.
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EAN: 9783319552590
UPC: 9783319552590
ISBN: 9783319552590
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Book Title: Social Impact Funds: Definition, Assessment and Pe
Item Length: 21 cm
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
Publication Name: Social Impact Funds: Definition, Assessment and Performance
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Ag
Item Height: 210 mm
Subject: Finance
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 3443 g
Author: Helen Chiappini
Item Width: 148 mm
Format: Hardcover
