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A New Investment Model For Financing Social Good

A study shows how profit-driven and impact investors can co-invest in ways that bring both financial returns and social value.

Bhagwan Chowdhry

Professor of Finance. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Digital Identity Research Initiative (DIRI), and the Faculty Director of I-Venture Immersive (ivi) programme. His research spans international and corporate finance, with recent focus in microfinance, fintech, and impact investing.

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Video Summary

In this episode of The Big Picture, Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry shares his research on how projects aiming to deliver both profits and social impact can find the right mix of investors. He proposes a joint financing model in which profit-driven and social impact investors co-invest. When the potential social value of a project is high, this collaboration benefits both parties. It provides financial returns to profit-seeking investors and delivers greater social outcomes for impact investors.

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