UVA Honors RIN Fellow Christine Mahoney
RIN fellow Christine Mahoney is honored by the University of Virginia with a Public Impact-Focused Research Award for her work supporting the rights of displaced people locally, nationally and globally.
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Browse the Refugee Investment Network’s press, updates, and features.
Charlottesville-founded Refugee Investment Network looks ahead to the new year & new Administration
2021 is set to be a year of transition — from the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccination to coping with the pandemic’s lingering impacts to a new presidential administration. The Refugee Investment Network is gearing up to expand its mission of inserting a refugee-oriented lens into investments.
RIN-CEO Social Impact Fund Closes $1.5M Raise
The RIN-CEO Social Impact Fund (SIF) closed a $1.5M raise in October, reaching its initial target. The SIF was launched in partnership with the International Rescue Committee’s Center for Economic Opportunity (IRC-CEO) to offer impact investors a unique opportunity to secure a concessional rate of return while directly supporting financial inclusion for hundreds of refugees across the United States.
Refugee investments provide blueprints for Biden’s reset on immigration
As the Trump administration was building walls and new restrictions, impact investors and innovative humanitarians were creating a marketplace of financing solutions for migrants and refugees.
NYU Team Wins Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge Using Refugee Investing Lens
A team of NYU grad students adapted RIN’s refugee investing lens to design the first Refugee Exchange-Traded Fund, winning the 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge.
Refugee Opportunity Index (ROI) Expert Panel Summary
RIN and the Economist Intelligence Unit convened a panel of experts to advise on the development of an indicator framework for the ROI.
Read the full meeting summary here.
The new ROI: The Refugee Opportunity Index
In partnership with the Economist Intelligence Unit, the RIN is proud to announce the Refugee Opportunity Index. The ROI will shine a light on policy shortcomings and serve as a tool to incentivize policy reforms that support refugee economic integration and inclusive growth.
Mobilizing private capital to back solutions to the migration crisis in Latin America
Fabiola Salman, Marcos Paya, and Sylvia Warren from Dalberg Advisors detail the opportunities for individuals, investors, and governments to collaborate to find solutions to the migration crisis in Latin America. With case studies focused on Mexico, the Northern Triangle and Venezuela, they examine the innovative enterprises and financial tools being used to improve the livelihoods of thousands of displaced people.
Why This Bay Area University Is Supporting Refugee Business
This Forbes interview with Thane Kreiner of the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University details the ways that the RIN works with incubators and accelerators to build the field of refugee investing. The Miller Center has a dedicated program for refugee entrepreneurs and is planning to have a second cohort of entrepreneurs in the near future.
Refugee lens investing arrives
This Euromoney feature on the RIN’s launch details the organizations initiatives, along with the work of its partners to find sustainable and durable solutions to the crisis of forced migration. RIN founder John Kluge is interviewed to discuss the Refugee Lens, as are Lev Plaves from Kiva and Kasra Movahedi from IRC’s Center for Economic Opportunity.
Project Understanding: The global refugee crisis
In this special report, Ipsos contributes to building a better global understanding of the benefits of welcoming refugees. Managing Directors John Kluge and Tim Docking co-author a chapter on Refugee Investing in this report on private sector involvement in solutions to global forced migration.
Displacement urgency draws private finance fix
This Asia Times article outlines the application of private capital market tools to address funding shortfalls recommended under the new United Nations Global Compact for Refugees.