Overview
- Highlights recent research in the impact investing field
- Provides research from an international network of universities and scholars including also those in the Scientific Committee of Social Impact Agenda per l’Italia.
- Analyzes new trends in social impact measurement, including a Spanish case study
- Assesses whether social responsible investments will reduce risk without a negative impact on returns by analyzing the risk-return trade-off over different time horizons
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance (SIF)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides a preliminary attempt to understand the impact investors’ preferences and characteristics. It offers an empirical insight of the main features characterizing social risk of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and explores the correlation existing between social risk and financial return. It assesses case studies of social impact investment architectures and their legal and operational limits. It also analyzes new trends in social impact measurement, focusing on the Spanish and Swedish experiences. The book concludes with a road map of priorities and policy strategy for social impact investments development.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mario La Torre is Full Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. His main research areas are banking and financial intermediaries, financial markets and financial innovation. He is expert in ethical finance, impact finance and microfinance, as well as audiovisual and art financing. He is editor of the book series “Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance” published by Palgrave MacMillan. He has been member of the G8 Taskforce on Social Impact Investments.
Mario Calderini is Full Professor in Social Innovation at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano and he is Director of Tiresia, Centre of Research on Social Innovation and Social Impact Investments. He is President of the Scientific Committee of the Social Impact Agenda per l’Italia and he was previously member of the Social Impact Investment Task-Force. His main research areas are social impact investments and social innovation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Impact Investing Beyond the SIB
Book Subtitle: Evidence from the Market
Editors: Mario La Torre, Mario Calderini
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78322-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78321-5Published: 02 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08674-9Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78322-2Published: 18 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-5105
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5113
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 225
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Investments and Securities