Posts Tagged ‘investment’
What makes the Philippines an attractive investment for PEs and VCs
According to the GIIN’s (Global Impact Investing Network) latest report on impact investing in the Southeast Asia, the Philippines is Southeast Asia’s second-largest impact investing market in terms of both the amount of impact capital disbursed and number of impact deals completed between 2007 and 2017. The inquirer.net organizes the report description of impact investors…
Read MoreInvestment potential of Vietnam’s Fintech Industry
The ASEAN Fintech Census(3) reports that the financial sector landscape in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with its underserved SMEs and consumer markets, complimented by increased mobile and internet penetration has paved the way for the disruption of traditional financial institutions. On the back of strong fundamentals and with FinTech adoption on the…
Read MoreInsights into the sectors attracting impact investing in India
The Global Impact Investment Network(GINN), not-for-profit group that works to promote impact investments and has some 230 members, defines impact investments as 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…
Read MoreIndia: a solid case for impact investment
The latest McKinsey report released in September 2017 shows the value of India’s impact investment ecosystem to have accumulated $4.1 billion worth of investments over the period of 2010 – 2016. As impact investment attracts more attention with social responsibility drawing attention from private equity and venture capital, global impact investment is anticipated to reach…
Read MoreFintech opportunities in Brazil attract venture capital investment
While Brazil’s political environment is mired in instability and allegations of corruption, the fintech industry has emerged strong, with the number of Fintech start-ups in Brazil surging in recent years, making it the largest financial technology market in Latin America(1). Fintech firms are capitalising on some 210 million adults who remain unbanked, in the country…
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