{"product_id":"the-impact-investor-isbn-9781118860816","title":"The Impact Investor","description":"\u003cb\u003eYour money can change the world\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e offers precise details on what, exactly, impact investing entails, embodied in the experiences and best and proven practices of some of the world's most successful impact investors, across asset classes, geographies and areas of impact. The book discusses the parameters of impact investing in unprecedented detail and clarity, providing both context and tools to those eager to engage in the generational shift in the way finance and business is being approached in the new era of Collaborative Capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book presents a simple thesis with clarity and conviction: \"Impact investing can be done successfully. This is what success looks like, and this is what it requires.\" With much-needed lessons for practitioners, the authors view impact investing as a harbinger of a new, more \"multilingual\" (cross-sector), transparent, and accountable form of economic leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a resource for a variety of players in finance and business, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestors: It demonstrates not only the types of investments which can be profitable and impactful, but also details best practices that, with roots in impact investing, will increasingly play a role in undergirding the success of all investment strategies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWealth advisors\/financial services professionals: With unprecedented detail on the innovative structures and strategies of impact investing funds, the book provides guidance to financial institutions on how to incorporate these investments in client portfolios.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFoundations: The book explores the many catalytic and innovative ways for for-profit and non-profit investors to partner, amplifying the potential social and environmental impacts of philanthropic spending and market-rate endowment investment.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBusiness students: By including strategies for making sound impact investments based on detailed case studies, it provides concrete lessons and explores the skills required to enhance prospects for success as a finance and business professional.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePolicy makers: Reinforcing the urgency of creating a supportive and enabling environment for impact investing, the book demonstrates ways policy has already shaped the sector, and suggests new ways for policymakers to support it.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCorporate leaders: The book includes essential advice on the way business is and must be responding to a new generation of Millennial clients and customers, with unique insights into a form of value creation that is inherently more collaborative and outcomes-driven.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTables and Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Sir Ronald Cohen xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Key Practices and Drivers Underlying Impact Investing 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Inside Collaborative Capitalism 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roots of Collaborative Capitalism 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Collaborative Capitalism Pyramid 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Core Elements of Collaborative Capitalism 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting It All Together: Collaborative Capitalism in Action 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking Ahead 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Raising the Curtain on Impact Investing 58\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSizing the Market 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Actors and Activities 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fund Perspective 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Twelve Funds 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerformance Numbers 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact Investing Fund Landscape 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Four Key Elements of Successful Impact Investing 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Impact DNA 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Means to an End 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Need for Clarity 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact Value Chain and Theories of Change 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting Everyone Aligned 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom First to Last: Measurement and Reporting 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing It Together: Sequencing the DNA of Impact Investors 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMission First and Last Approaches 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mission First and Last Tool Kit 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Symbiosis as Strategy 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Practice of Policy Symbiosis 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Sector Innovation in Alignment with the Private Sector 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Public Case for Impact Investing 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Policy Symbiosis Tool Kit 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Five London Principles 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The New Deal 196\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Terrain for the New Deal 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyths of Catalytic Capital 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Purposes of Catalytic Capital 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Catalytic Capital Tool Kit 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Multilingual Leadership 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Skillsets for New Leaders 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultilingual Leadership in the Research 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultilingual Leadership as Cross-Disciplinary and Collaborative 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Multilingual Leadership for Impact Investing 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Multilingual Leader: From Individual to Team to Firm 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding a Multilingual Team: Acquiring Multilingual Capacity 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Multilingual Leadership Tool Kit 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Impact Investing 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Looking Ahead: Trends and Challenges 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Writing on the Wall 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Concluding Reflections 285\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOngoing Challenges for the Field’s Development 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing the Right Tool for the Right Problem 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Road Ahead 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpact Investor Resource Guide 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 335\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCATHY CLARK\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE i3) and a professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. She also co-leads the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke, part of USAID's Higher Education Solutions Network. She is a leading authority on for-profit social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and impact assessment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJED EMERSON\u003c\/b\u003e is senior advisor to three family offices, each of which is executing 100% impact\/sustainable investment wealth management strategies. He is also chief strategist of ImpactAssets and a senior fellow with the Centre for Social Investment at Heidelberg University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEN THORNLEY\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and managing director of ICAP Partners and a strategic advisor to REDF and Pacific Community Ventures (PCV). He created the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative at PCV, with partners from Harvard University, and consults with CalPERS and other leading financial institutions on the social and economic impacts of over $25 billion of targeted investments.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clark, Emerson, and Thornley are leaders in the impact investing space and with this book offer an opportunity to understand the field from every vantage point—offering real examples of funds that have more than proven the theory that you can do well by doing good. Over just a short period of time, impact investing has transformed from a new concept to a robust sector, with investment opportunities available to every type of investor.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Judith Rodin,\u003c\/b\u003e president, The Rockefeller Foundation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a hands-on resource that details the practices and performance of a new class of savvy investors delivering positive social and environmental outcomes alongside competitive financial returns. The book is accessible to business and financial professionals at all levels and highlights a new form of economic leadership that is more cross-sectoral, transparent, and outcomes-oriented, and in which impact investors excel. The authors offer investors, financial advisors, corporate leaders, foundations, policymakers, and students the tools needed to engage in a generational shift to a new era of Collaborative Capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Impact Investor\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the types of investments that can be profitable and impactful for individuals and the strategies that will enable asset managers to succeed. It also provides an unprecedented level of detail on innovative structures and approaches of impact investing funds, providing invaluable guidance for financial institutions on how to create impact investment products or include them in client portfolios. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoundations will discover innovative ways that for-profit and nonprofit investors can partner to amplify the potential impacts of philanthropic and market-rate investments. Public sector officials and policy advocates will learn how government is harnessing the power of capital markets to pioneer innovative new solutions to social and environmental challenges. 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