GIIN Launches Fund Manager Training Program in Impact Investing
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Posted By: Hija Chang on November 24, 2014 The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) launched today a fund manager training program to support impact investment skills development and increase the number of impact investment-ready vehicles supporting small and medium-sized enterprises with private equity, debt, and mezzanine capital. Through a variety of courses designed in partnership with leading experts, fund managers investing in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia can strengthen core skills in impact capital raising, social and environmental performance management, and impact investment management. The initial training topics focus on advancing skills that impact investors and leading industry limited partners (LPs) have identified as critical for the development and success of individual funds as well as the impact investing industry at large. “We are pleased to support the broadening community of fund managers using investment to address important social and environmental issues.” said Luther M. Ragin, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the GIIN. “As large-scale institutional investors look to make more impact investments, there is a critical need for qualified asset managers to aggregate and distribute impact investment capital. With the GIIN Fund Manager Training Program, we hope to help fund managers in high-growth regions better attract and deploy capital by strengthening investment effectiveness and approaches unique to impact investing.” Applications for two courses – Strengthening Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Management and Raising Impact Investment Capital – are currently available on the GIIN website. In 2015, fund managers will also be able to apply for training in Impact Measurement and Performance Management and Investment Management. With future potential to expand to other areas of the globe, the program currently focuses on managers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, two regions among those poised for the greatest impact investment growth, according to the GIIN and J.P. Morgan’s 2014 Impact Investor Survey. Eligible funds invest in small and medium-sized businesses with the intention to create positive social impact. Pilot seminars on Raising Impact Investing Capital were held earlier this year in Kenya and India, with over 30 fund managers gathering to explore successful fund raising tactics and marketing approaches for different investor types. More recently, pilot trainings in Strengthening Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Management took place in Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, and Vietnam, reaching 32 participants from 8 funds. About GIIN The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. Impact investments can be made in both emerging and developed markets, and target a range of returns from below market to market rate, depending upon the circumstances. The GIIN builds critical infrastructure and supports activities, education, and research that help accelerate the development of a coherent impact investing industry. For more information, please visit www.thegiin.org. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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