Ted Levinson on the Hidden Cost of Impact Investing in Market Rate Returns
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Episode notes
In this episode, originally recorded April 29, 2024, Beneficial Returns Founder and CEO Ted Levinson gives his take on what successful investments look like when the goal is impact. He and his team steward an impact-investing debt fund that makes loans to social enterprises reducing poverty in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Ted talks about his hope that philanthropy will take more risks and why the drive for market-rate returns is failing impact.
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Impact Investingsocial enterprisecapital stewardfinanceIndigenousEntrepreneurshipScaleTed LevinsonBeneficial Returnspoverty reduction