Investing with Impact: Why Finance is a Force for Good - Hardcover

Balkin, Jeremy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1629560588 ISBN 13: 9781629560588

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Investing with Impact: Why Finance Is a Force for Good outlines the roadmap to reinvigorating a skeptical public and demoralized financial services industry by making the case that, contrary to popular misconception, finance is not the cause of the world's problems; in fact, it can provide the solution. Author Jeremy Balkin presents the case that the finance industry can improve the state of the world by positively influencing the allocation of capital.  Investing With Impact explains the methodology of Balkin's 6 E Paradigm, opening the toolbox to this revolutionary framework for the first time. In so doing, Balkin expands the impact investment universe, enabling mainstream capital to flow where opportunities generate positive investment returns and have demonstrable social impact.  Described by the Huffington Post as the "Anti-Wolf of Wall Street," Balkin is challenging the status quo on Wall Street by leading the intellectual debate embracing the $1 trillion frontier impact investment market opportunity. The book demonstrates conclusively that, if we can change the culture in finance, we can change the world for the better.

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"Jeremy's work is inspiring and important and speaks to the potential of a generation ready to change the world. He is a role model for young people eager to find new and innovative ways to make a difference." - Lynn Schusterman, co-chair of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
"If impact investing becomes 'business as usual, ' the future will be a much different place." - Dr. Judith Rodin, president, The Rockefeller Foundation
"Making money and doing good in the world are not mutually exclusive." - Arianna Huffington, founder, Huffington Post, and author of "Thrive"
"Leadership is much less about how to do, and much more about how to be. Jeremy Balkin's "Investing with Impact" makes a powerful case for ethical leadership in finance." - Frances Hesselbein, CEO, The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
"Jeremy Balkin's "Investing with Impact" is a must-read for everyone on Wall Street." - Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas, founder & CEO, ESG Analytics AG
"Jeremy Balkin's insightful work, "Investing with Impact," not only provides a powerful message that reshaping finance can be a powerful tool for social good, but sends a warning to the existing establishment that change is coming soon." - Kevin Steinberg, president & Head of Client Services, Purpose
"After all, I think that the banking system can - or should - be a force for economic development." - Antonio Simoes, CEO, HSBC UK
""Investing with Impact" makes the robust case for market based innovation, combined with the power of entrepreneurship and capital markets to deliver measurable positive social impact." - The Hon. Dominic Perrottet, Minister for Finance and Services, NSW Government
"Impact investing is gathering force as more people seek to generate profit and social impact together. Jeremy Balkin's "Investing with Impact" reminds us that impact investing is ultimately a movement to reinfuse morality into markets with profound implications for how we live and work." - Antony Bugg-Levine, co-author of "Impact Investing" and CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund
""Investing with Impact" persuasively articulates how and why millennials will fundamentally transform Wall Street and corporate America." - Joan Kuhl, international speaker and author and founder of Why Millennials Matter
"Jeremy Balkin's TED Talk ignited a global movement. His book "Investing with Impact" shines the light on the exciting path ahead where finance is used as a force for good." - Shyno Mathew, co-organizer, TEDxColumbiaUniversity2015
"Leadership must get the culture right, provide clarity of purpose and then get out of the way." - Adrian Hondros, executive general manager, Commonwealth Private Bank
"Innovation and experimentation drive our high achievers to push the boundaries of that which is possible. Jeremy Balkin thinks outside the established paradigm and outlines how "Investing with Impact" can truly be achieved." - Professor Chris Styles, Dean, UNSW Business School
Jeremy s work is inspiring and important and speaks to the potential of a generation ready to change the world. He is a role model for young people eager to find new and innovative ways to make a difference. Lynn Schusterman, co-chair of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
If impact investing becomes business as usual, the future will be a much different place. Dr. Judith Rodin, president, The Rockefeller Foundation
Making money and doing good in the world are not mutually exclusive. Arianna Huffington, founder, Huffington Post, and author of Thrive
Leadership is much less about how to do, and much more about how to be. Jeremy Balkin's Investing with Impact makes a powerful case for ethical leadership in finance. Frances Hesselbein, CEO, The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jeremy Balkin's Investing with Impact is a must-read for everyone on Wall Street." Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas, founder & CEO, ESG Analytics AG
"Jeremy Balkin's insightful work, Investing with Impact, not only provides a powerful message that reshaping finance can be a powerful tool for social good, but sends a warning to the existing establishment that change is coming soon." Kevin Steinberg, president & Head of Client Services, Purpose
After all, I think that the banking system can or should be a force for economic development. Antonio Simoes, CEO, HSBC UK
Investing with Impact makes the robust case for market based innovation, combined with the power of entrepreneurship and capital markets to deliver measurable positive social impact. The Hon. Dominic Perrottet, Minister for Finance and Services, NSW Government
Impact investing is gathering force as more people seek to generate profit and social impact together. Jeremy Balkin s Investing with Impact reminds us that impact investing is ultimately a movement to reinfuse morality into markets with profound implications for how we live and work. Antony Bugg-Levine, co-author of Impact Investing and CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund
Investing with Impact persuasively articulates how and why millennials will fundamentally transform Wall Street and corporate America." Joan Kuhl, international speaker and author and founder of Why Millennials Matter
Jeremy Balkin's TED Talk ignited a global movement. His book Investing with Impact shines the light on the exciting path ahead where finance is used as a force for good." Shyno Mathew, co-organizer, TEDxColumbiaUniversity2015
Leadership must get the culture right, provide clarity of purpose and then get out of the way." Adrian Hondros, executive general manager, Commonwealth Private Bank
Innovation and experimentation drive our high achievers to push the boundaries of that which is possible. Jeremy Balkin thinks outside the established paradigm and outlines how Investing with Impact can truly be achieved. Professor Chris Styles, Dean, UNSW Business School
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About the Author

Described as the "Anti-Wolf of Wall Street" by the "Huffington Post, "Jeremy Balkin is regarded as an international expert on values in finance and impact investing. His popular TED talk, "The Noble Cause: Positively influencing the allocation of capital," makes the case for impact investing and outlines the revolutionary framework he developed called The 6 E Paradigm. Jeremy Balkin is on record describing "Philanthropy as an asset class" and is regularly asked to share his views at international conferences, newspaper opinion editorials, and private boardroom events. He has been invited to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos, United Nations in New York, London School of Economics, Harvard, and Yale. After surviving a life-changing extreme sports injury in 2008, Balkin has gone on to run the New York, Boston, Chicago, and London Marathons, and successfully returned from Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, raising funds for a range of causes in the process through his non-profit philanthropic fundraising platform, Give While You Live. Balkin is a selected Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, member of the prestigious ROI Community, and has been nominated as a state finalist for the highest civilian honor in Australia, The Australian of the Year Award. In 2014, he was honored to receive the prestigious Alumni Award for Achievement, becoming the youngest recipient in the history of the University of New South Wales. Jeremy Balkin has a bachelor of commerce degree and a master's in applied finance, and studied at the University of New South Wales and Harvard Kennedy School. He resides in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1629560588
• ISBN 13: 9781629560588
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208