Weekly News Update from the Mission Markets Team

We are happy to see Impact Investing making more of an appearance in the news lately! Here are some of the articles that we thought were particularly relevant to what we do and our vision for the future of the space. We hope you find them interesting and useful. Your comments are welcome, as always!

"'Impact Investing' Teeters on the Edge of Explosive Growth"
-The New York Times

"Money Catches up With Meaning in Social Enterprise"
-The Huffington Post

"IGNIA Fund I Invests MX$38.1 million in Barafon, and Innovative Provider of Public Telecommunications and Related Services to Low Income Populations"
-PR Newswire

"Social Investment Company ResponsAbility Makes Debt Investments Totaling $2.8m in Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) Pearl Microfinance Limited of Uganda and fondiBESA of Albania"
-Microcapital.org

"Kenyan Regulator to Link Investors With Technology Companies"
- Bloomberg Business Week

Happy Reading!

-The Mission Markets Team