Originally published in Portuguese for EXIT Magazine No27 “Change Management in the Third Sector: myth or revolution?”, Jun-Dec 2011, read original on pg 38 in Portuguese here, and English here

The world is not ending but the world of finance is changing.

Nouriel Roubini, the economist who earned his moniker “Dr Doom” for predicting the financial crisis of 2008, asks “Is capitalism doomed?” in an article by the same name published in August this year.Read More »

Article for the ResPublica Fringe Magazine 2011 “Essays and Articles from selected political party conference partners” (download magazine here, article on pg 17).

2011, Jointly written for ResPublica by: Filippo Adarrii (Euclid Network) & Karl H Richter (JenLi Foundation) & Karol Sachs (European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks, Crédit Coopératif)

2008 in Paris at the height of the credit crunch, 75 years after George Orwell published ‘Down and out in London and Paris’ during the great depression, a congenial dinner time discussion about the fusion of market-based systems and solidarity principles set the scene for creating an integrated capital market for social investment across Europe. Read More »

Published 21 April 2011, www.alliancemagazine.org, orginal article here.

J P Morgan’s seminal report Impact Investments: An emerging asset class, published in November 2010, is the watershed proclamation that impact investment is going mainstream – so wherein lies the rub?Read More »

Originally prepared for Euclid Network, see here.

This short paper is intended as an introduction to the broad spectrum of Social Investment Funds, with the purpose of stimulating debate about the characteristics and variation of these funds.

There is an increasingly divergent interpretation of what constitutes a Social Investment, from low-level positive screening of Socially Responsible Investments (SRI’s) through to philanthropic funds which maximise social impact. With the publication of JP Morgan’s seminal paper “Impact Investments: An emerging asset class” (29 Nov 2010), it may be most appropriate to begin by focusing on funds which could be classified within this context as Impact Investments i.e. “investments intended to create positive social or environmental impact beyond financial return”. Even within this narrow band, there is subtle variation between Impact-First Investments – which optimise social/ environmental impact with a minimum specification for financial performance – and Financial-First Investments – which optimise financial returns with a minimum specification for social/ environmental impact.Read More »