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Case Study: Blended Finance with Jigsaw
Blended finance combines both impact investment and philanthropy in the one transaction. Explore how Jigsaw, a social enterprise that provides direct training and employment opportunities for people with disability in thriving businesses across Australia, used blended finance to drive its impact.
Case Study: Aspire Social Impact Bond
Social benefit bonds or social impact bonds (SIBs) are a type of financial instrument, and a form of social impact investment that have become increasingly popular – particularly in OECD countries – in recent years. The Aspire SIB was Australia’s first SIB focusing on homelessness.
Investing with Heart & Brain
Alan Schwartz AM is simultaneously a supporter and a critic of the Impact Investment movement. In this keynote address at the 2020 Australian Impact Investment Awards he reframes his criticism into constructive advice for Impact investors.