“This doesn’t need to be concessionary. This is alpha generating. It’s cheaper, faster, better. ” — Sanjeev Krishnan In this episode, I speak with Sanjeev
“What everybody gets wrong about impact is they think it’s about a transaction, a fund, a project. It’s really about building a system. ” —
“The rating agencies didn’t catch it. The market didn’t catch it. The true risk was not priced in. The pattern can break. ” — Elizabeth
“ESG does not equal sustainability. 84% of a portfolio is derived from resources that won’t be here in 10 years. ” — Samantha Duncan In
“You cannot do good if you’re not financially sustainable. ” — Leslie Maasdorp What does it take to build a development finance institution from scratch
“Ideas are free. Do a Google, and you’ll come up with ten great ideas in the financial sector. The idea is to convince me, as
Venture capital markets are supposed to be efficient. Capital is supposed to flow toward the highest-quality opportunities, and skilled investors are supposed to identify and
“We have to move the power and the decision making of what needs to be done much closer to the people and hold people accountable
“Is Impact Investing a disaster? Is what happened at BlackRock and elsewhere in the US the end of the impact story? I don’t think so.
“You cannot just go, whoops. I provided too much power there. The needs are bouncing in real time, and the intermittency created by renewables is
