IIX Asia has just concluded its inaugural Impact Forum For Social Change in Dhaka, Bangladesh. For more information, see the Forum link on our website.
“Social enterprises need financing from ‘impact investors’ that include a heterogeneous group like foundations, family offices, banks, pension funds and social investment to scale up their efforts, a discussion in Dhaka was told yesterday.
Impact investors are a group that eyes a social goal beyond merely returns in terms of profit…IIX Asia, a Singapore-based social enterprise, seeks to establish the region’s first social stock exchange to provide sustainable social enterprises from developing countries with the opportunity to raise capital through the stock market.”
– “Seminar Stresses Social Stock Exchange,” The Daily Star 1/11/11 (full article)
The recently concluded Impact Forum for social exchange co organized in Dhaka, Bangladesh by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX Asia) saw conclusions of social enterprises making a significant contribution towards inclusive economic growth and providing opportunities to the poor of the Asia and Pacific region…
The one-day forum saw 60 participants gather together from the government, development agencies, social enterprises, and impact investors, as well as experts in capital market development and resource mobilization. It was aimed at providing participants with a deep insight of impact investment, impact measurement, and the market readiness of social enterprises in Bangladesh and other areas of the Asia and Pacific region.
– “Impact Forum for Social Exchange Organized in Dhaka,” Microfinance Focus 1/13/11 (full article)