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1 Democratizing Impact Investing Professor Durreen Shahnaz Founder Impact Investment Exchange Asia and Impact Investment Shujog

2 Impacting 100 Million Lives by 2020

3 FACT #1: 3 MDGs have been achieved which has via unprecedented efforts by donors and governments, expanding hope and opportunity for people around the world The World Today -UNDP FACT #2: But 30% of people in Southern Asia and 48% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to live under $1.25/day - United Nations FACT #3: There is widespread inequality -richest 1%of the world s population own more than 48% of global wealth -Oxfam Photo Credits: Hamed Parham

4 Impact Investing: An Emerging Paradigm Shift Photo Credits: Nafis Kamal

5 The Grand Vision US$ 1 Trillion (2020) Today s Market Size US$ 25 Billion (WEF, 2013) Photo Credits: 401kcalculator.org

6 Impact Investing Overview Impact Investment ($) Uncoordinated Movement Marketplace Building Capturing Value Maturity US$ 1TR Requirement: 55%Annual Growth Rate The Grand Vision US$ 1 Trillion (2020) US$ 46BN Today s Market Size US$ 46 Billion (WEF, 2014)

7 IIX & Shujog s Grand Vision 100 MILLION LIVES (2020) More than Risk & Returns Re-Focused Conversation on IMPACT Photo Credits: AJ. Mat

8 IIX & Shujog: Impacting 100 Million Lives by 2020 Our Mission Impacting 100 million lives by 2020 by linking capital markets with development issues. IIX: To effectively match impact investment capital with social sector development promoting inclusive growth, economic development, and environmental sustainability. Shujog: To strengthen, deepen and expand the impact that social and inclusive organizations create in poor and vulnerable communities.

9 Shujog Catalyzing the Ecosystem by Broadening Knowledge, Magnifying Impact and Scaling the Number of Social EnterprisesAcross Asia Shujog Research Published Over 20 Mapping and Landscaping & Action Oriented Research Papers Shujog Assessments Conducted +60 Assessments with +50 in the pipeline for 2015 to Help Magnify Impact Shujog ACTS Revolving Facility to Provide Assistance for Capacity Building & Technical Assistance

10 IIX s Impact Partners Platform Asia s Largest Crowd-Funding Platform that Connects High-Impact Social Enterprises to Impact Investors Extensive Network of +500 Impact Investors from across the globe Provided Technical Assistance services to +20 high impact Social Enterprises Raised +$11 million in capital impacting over 8 million lives for 25 Social Enterprises.

11 IIX s Impact Exchange The World s First Social Stock Exchange Democratizing Capital Markets by Linking Development with Finance First is the first impact investing market open to the public and providing secondary trading in financial securities. Improves liquidity and transparency while ensuring mission protection IIX conducts impact screening and monitoring and will develop the market. IIX also provides support on financial structuring and analysis. Stock Exchange of Mauritius operates the Impact Exchange board on its platform under regulation of the Financial Services Commission

12 IIX Sustainability Bonds: FINANCING DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPING FINANCE Innovative Debt Instruments Designed to Mobilize Private Capital for Development Raises Capital For a Pool of Underlying Social Enterprises to Diversify Risk Generates both Financial and Social Returns and Listed on Impact Exchange Photo Credits: David Altmann

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14 Next Instruments in the IIX Sustainability Bond Series Women s Agriculture Bond Women s Energy Bond

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16 Democratizing Impact Investing Through Effective Ecosystem Building Donors Social Impact Measurement Investor Networks IIX and Shujog s Impact Investing Network Consultants/ Financial Advisory Investment/ Private Banks Accounting and Law Firms Relativ Impact 16

17 THANK YOU Photo Credits: Moyan Brenn

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