At the beginning of 2020, our MHM team went on field visits to Ethiopia and Niger. Their findings will help structure a Development Impact Bond around Menstrual Hygiene Management in these countries, in collaboration with the French Development Agency and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Freshfields advises innovative finance advisory firm KOIS on employment focused Social Impact Bonds
Global law firm Freshfields advised KOIS on three out of a total of four innovative employment focused social impact bonds launched in the last two years. All four social impact bonds are investing in people, supporting them back into work to positively change lives. The social impact bonds are backed and financed by the French Government.
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Healthcare in a post-COVID-19 world: investable models
Apr 20, 2020 | Club deals, Health, Innovative Finance, Investment management
COVID-19 will leave a significant imprint on how healthcare is funded and financed, provided and consumed. In this article, we explore the potential investable models in a post-COVID-19 healthcare system and highlight six models as well as the role of government. We also confine ourselves to the South Asian healthcare ecosystem, and specifically India.
CNBC: Op-ed: Two-thirds of our team is autistic. That’s helping us survive the coronavirus
Apr 16, 2020 | Club deals, Education & Employment, Press
Auticon was the first company in Germany to employ people diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome as IT consultants. Today, they are present all over the world, including the US, and their employees’ particularity is what helps them survive the coronavirus crisis.
KOIS invested in Auticon in 2012, when it had only 7 consultants. Today, we’re happy to see that companies such as Auticon, with a dual objective of profit and impact, are able to keep having an impact during the COVID-19 crisis.
Discover our 2019 Impact Report
Apr 9, 2020 | Climate & Nature, Club deals, Education & Employment, Health, Innovative Finance, Investment management
In 2020, we came out with the second edition of our impact report. Since our first investment in 2010, we have focused on creating a positive measurable societal & environmental impact, as well as delivering attractive returns for our investors.
Discover how we managed to serve this dual impact-profit objective in our 2019 Impact Report.
COVID-19 and the role for private capital
Apr 7, 2020 | Club deals, Health, Innovative Finance, Investment management
These are unprecedented times. The COVID19 situation is replete with uncertainty over how it will evolve, even over the next few weeks. Last week, we spoke to several actors to understand their response to the pandemic and the role for private capital amidst this crisis.
KOIS Newsletter – Putting innovative finance to the fight
Mar 26, 2020 | Health, Innovative Finance
Today, the contribution our portfolio companies and projects are providing to support those fighting the COVID-19 crisis makes us want to do more. In fact, we are already looking for partnerships where our innovative finance expertise can help bring solutions to the sectors affected by this outbreak.
The New Humanitarian: Saving lives and making money: Can humanitarian impact bonds marry the two?
Aug 15, 2019 | Health, Innovative Finance, Press
This article examines new directions in financing humanitarian work. Increasingly, aid organisations are on the lookout for novel ways to pay for lifesaving projects.
KOIS’ first Impact Report
Apr 17, 2018 | Climate & Nature, Club deals, Education & Employment, Health, Innovative Finance, Investment management
In 2017, we came out with our first ever Impact report. In this first edition, we describe our current projects and investments, in a clear impact perspective.
DEVEX: ICRC launches world’s first Humanitarian Impact Bond
Sep 8, 2017 | Health, Innovative Finance, Press
On Friday 8th September 2017, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the launch of the world’s first Humanitarian Impact Bond aiming to raise 26 million Swiss francs ($27.3 million) to build and operate three physical rehabilitation centers in conflict-affected parts of Africa over the next five years.