Friday 29 April 2016

The market makers: Local innovation and federal evolution for impact investing (Alaina J. Harkness, Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Brookings)

REUTERS/Jeff Haynes - The skyline of Chicago is seen with the steam fog coming off Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, January 28, 2014.

Announcements of new federal regulations on the use of program-related investments (PRIs) and the launch of a groundbreaking fund in Chicago are the latest signals that impact investing, once a marginal philanthropic and policy tool, is moving into the mainstream. They are also illustrative of two important and complementary paths to institutional change: fast-moving, collaborative local leadership creating innovative new instruments to meet funding demands; federal regulators updating policy to pave the way for change at scale.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/metropolitan-revolution/posts/2016/04/28-market-makers-harkness-gustaffson-wright

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