GreenArc Capital: Q2 2022 Newsletter
The ESG name is being sullied. These past few weeks have seen the sector go through a lot of name calling, from reffered to as a scam to being branded one of the most successful marketing stories in the investment world. However, one thing is clear, a reckoning is coming. Regulators, watchdogs and rating agencies have ramped up the pressure to weed out the greenwashers from true sustainability.
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The role of Impact in the approaching crisis
What role can investors take, and how would it help? Big events coming out of the news, one relentlessly after another, herald a doom and gloom future. Now, more than ever, emerging markets and developing countries require assistance to keep their populations from falling back down the poverty line.
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GreenArc Capital: Q1 2022 Newsletter
The year of the Tiger is upon us, an animal that embodies the characteristics of courage and bravery and a year about making big changes. As nations and societies embraced the positive shift from Covid-19 pandemic to endemic, a new thread emerged on the global stage - the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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The Exponential Rise of Sustainability Linked Finance
Most of us are already familiar with ‘green/social/sustainability’ bonds and loans whose proceeds must be used for a purpose that can be classified as green or social or sustainable. This "use of proceeds" model has advantages but also constraints. It was in response to these limitations that ‘sustainability linked’ instruments were introduced not long ago and the market for these instruments has taken off.
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What is the Role of Social Investing?
Social investing, also commonly known as impact investing or purpose driven finance, has certainly been drumming up a lot of interest for itself over the past few years, with investors around the world making social investments to unleash the power of good.
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GreenArc Capital: Year End Newsletter
As we bring in the new year and look ahead to 2022, we can reflect on 2021 as a year that defined, and perhaps propelled sustainability issues to the forefront of a common global agenda.
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The rising importance of ESG factors in corporate analysis and valuation
Environment, Social and Governance factors, or ESG in short, has become unprecedentedly important in corporates’ operational and supply chain management in light of the global pandemic. Given the observed relationship between ESG credentials and corporates' financial performance, investors are increasingly looking into corporates' ESG profiles as part of the valuation process to make an informed investment decision.
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Urban impact investing
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated social and economic inequalities across countries and demographics. As the world grapples with the socio-economic repercussions of the health crisis, the need for impact investing, investments made with the intention to generate positive social and environmental impacts, is greater than ever.
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GreenArc Capital: Q3 2021 Newsletter
As summer draws to a close and we head into the final quarter of 2021, we see a flurry of activity within the sectors of ESG, impact and fintech. A myriad of seminars, webinars, competitions, and conferences have flooded the sector, all aiming to bring sustainability to the forefront of discussions and drive the sustainable finance ecosystem.
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Impact investing – incorporating impact into the investment process
Join GreenArc Capital CEO, Bikram Chaudhury, and Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory, and Finance (SSAF) APAC at Credit Suisse, Joost Bilkes, in this webinar organized by the CFA Society Singapore on how key impact principles can inform investment strategies and aid the investment process in both private debt and private equity markets.
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GreenArc Capital: Q2 2021 Newsletter
GreenArc has had many exciting announcements and updates in the past few months. You can check out what we have been up to this past quarter in our newsletter!
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Leveraging impact measurement to drive private debt investor flows
“There is an imperative need for better integration of sustainability and impact data to reflect the outcomes on beneficiaries and meet client expectations.”
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Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) implementation pathways: where do financial institutions fit in?
“In the context of international decision-making processes, while financial institutions (FIs) and other stakeholders may have a presence, communication between each group is not optimized and is often unidirectional. This breaks down the synergies in the work of each stakeholder and threatens to impede upon the monitoring and reporting arm for SDG contribution.”
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What do the Game-changing EU Sustainable Finance Regulations Mean for the Wider ESG Industry?
“The European Green Deal is our new growth strategy – for a growth that gives back more than it takes away. It shows how to transform our way of living and working, of producing and consuming”.
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Innovating with Purpose: Designing Systems for the Bottom of the Pyramid
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.
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GreenArc Capital’s Chaudhury: "It's a massive generational...
Catch GreenArc's founder and CEO Bikram Chaudhury in this featured interview with RadioFinance on how GreenArc is fostering inclusive finance in emerging markets through AI technology!
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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.
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The Role of Private Debt Within Impact Investing
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.
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TBLI Conference Asia 2020 - Impact Investing in Emerging Markets
Join 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.
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The Invisible Hand of the Ballot Box - The Private Sector’s New Global Role
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.
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The Role of Technology in Reducing Barriers to Credit
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 health, safety and well-being.
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TBLI Conference Europe 2020 - Creating Impact Indexes: Case Study Panel
Join Eugenia Martini Donati of iGravity and Sonia Thurnherr of Global Risk Profile in this panel on integrating ESG criteria into investment indexes, moderated by GreenArc's Director of Impact & Outreach, Meeta Misra.
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Bank of China takes the lead in Asia with $940 million blue bond issuance
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.
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Impact Investing in the wake of the current environment: is it even more vital than ever?
Join GreenArc Capital's CEO & Founder Bikram Chaudhury in this webinar organised by CFA Society Singapore as he discusses the increasing relevance and imperative of impact investing in the context of Covid-19, alongside Patti Chu, Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Mana Impact Partners.
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