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Wealthy clients are favoring a different kind of socially responsible investing, focusing on private equity and nonprofit projects

Commentary: Business schools launch social impact programs

Commentary: Resources available for those who want to know more

Rockefeller Foundation exec's aim is to develop measurement tools, other market mechanisms for philanthropy.

These community impact notes help finance green and affordable housing - and the revitalization of communities.

The investment bank is planning to buy commercial mortgages made through the Small Business Administration's 504 program, reviving a faltering market

It's hedge-fund investing for do-gooders

Earn, Invest in Social Responsibility

India Stands to Gain a Great Deal from the Social VC Movement

Capitalism is tackling the world's biggest social and environmental problems - and giving investors a new way to do well by doing good.

A new group is aiming to revolutionise the standard maths used to select investments for billions of dollars worth of assets by constructing a data engine that contrasts - and quantifies - the tangible social benefits of investing opportunities.

Britain's government tries a new way to finance social spending

One person at a time

The new industry of impact investment has the potential to become the best way of addressing global challenges

One exciting thread is a quest for a new way of thinking about markets and their intersection with social issues

While the rest of the market has seen losses, impact investing has outperformed.