These forums, jointly hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX) will aim to impart a deeper understanding of impact investment, impact measurement and market readiness of Social Enterprises around Asia.
Forum objectives
Specifically, the forums aim to:
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1. Advocate impact investment in Asia
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2. Act as a catalyst for impact investment in Asia and introduce IIX as a platform for raising social capital
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3. Explore with local Social Enterprises their needs for access to capital, capital raising mechanisms, and regulations
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4. Evaluate the current state of social enterprises and impact investment in Asia
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5. Introduce Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), which is developing Asia’s first social stock exchange
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6. Highlight the services of Impact Investment Shujog, IIX’s non-profit sister company, which prepares social enterprises to raise capital and conducts in-depth research on impact measurement tools for the developing world