Category: Leadership

Innovating with Purpose: Designing Systems for the Bottom of the Pyramid

Justin Seek, Credit Analyst March, 2020 When we think of basic financial services in many developing countries, we think of how the poor often rely on informal services, such as payday lenders, loan sharks, or even family and friends to finance their needs. Unfortunately, these services are often exceedingly costly or unreliable, or both. The […]

The Role of Private Debt Within Impact Investing

Ritika Khetawat, Guest Writer December, 2020 Impact Investing has witnessed incredible growth, capturing fund AUMs and mind-shares alike over the last two decades. The allure of delivering positive real world change while making a financial return has attracted a growing number of investors to this sector. AUMs grew to an impressive US$715Bn1 by the end of […]

GreenArc Capital: End-of-Year Newsletter

What a year it has been! As we head into 2021 with renewed hope of returning to a new normal filled with more resilience, opportunity and travel, we would like to share with you some of the exciting highlights 2020 brought to GreenArc Capital. We thank all those who have supported us this year, which […]

TBLI Conference Asia 2020 – Impact Investing in Emerging Markets

Join GreenArc CapJoin GreenArc’s CEO & Founder, Bikram Chaudhury, as he discusses the trends and challenges shaping the impact investment landscape in emerging markets, alongside Anashrin Pillay, CEO of Risk Insights.ital CEO, Bikram Chaudhury, and Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory, and Finance (SSAF) APAC at Credit Suisse, Joost Bilkes, in this webinar organized by the […]

The Role of Technology in Reducing Barriers to Credit

Maxine Avasadanond, Intern November, 2020 In the developed world, accessing credit through banks is the most common method of obtaining financing. Taking out credit cards and mortgages, and applying for loans through these established and regulated institutions allow us the means to enhance our livelihoods by purchasing goods and services we deem contributory to our […]

The Invisible Hand of the Ballot Box – The Private Sector’s New Global Role

Justin Seek, Credit Analyst December, 2020 Forty-eight hours after the historic 2020 US presidential election, environmentalists, progressives, and globalists sighed in relief. As the results unfolded, the world watched on with bated breath, fully aware that the policies that emerge from this national election will have global consequences. With inequality levels at all-time highs, a […]

Bank of China takes the lead in Asia with $940 million blue bond issuance

Justin Seek, Credit Analyst October, 2020 Plummeting fish stocks, garbage islands in the oceans and rising sea levels are – just to name a few – grave issues impacting our world today. Out of the 17 UN SDGs, SDG14 (Life Below Water) unfortunately receives the least attention from blended finance and impact investment.1 Currently, marine economies […]