AAA,
an alternative investment advocacy and research group, has lent its
support to the TMX Group in Canada, which has announced a commitment
to contributing to the development of the impact investing market in
the country.
Boston,
MA, USA, August 3, 2012 -- Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA), an
alternative investment advocacy and research group, has lent its
support to the TMX Group in Canada, which has announced a commitment
to contributing to the development of the impact investing market in
the country.
TMX
Group is officially supporting MaRS Centre for Impact Investing ('the
Centre'), which has been created to try to promote and initiate
impact investing programs. The programs that will be launched by the
Centre are all about mobilizing cash to help fund projects that are
beneficial on either a social or environmental level.
The
existing impact investment market in Canada is worth an estimated
CA$2 billion and is expected to increase to CA$30 billion within the
coming ten years as more and more investors look for ways to ensure
their money goes towards ethical and responsible causes. The MaRS
project will work by finding ways to match investment with projects
that could help social or economic causes, but that could also
generate returns for the investors.
AAA's
analysis partner, Anthony Johnson, said, “Many people may presume
that impact investors see little return on their investment. However,
more and more ethical investment projects are generating healthy
returns due to the fact that there are an enormous number of
opportunities to help people in developing countries to make money by
starting their own enterprises.”
The
TMX Group's Vice president, Ronald Alepia, said, "TMX Group is
pleased to support corporate social innovation in partnership with
the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing."
"The
MaRS Centre for Impact Investing is the right institution with which
to develop this transformative new opportunity for Canada. We've been
active with the Centre from its inception and look forward to a long
and productive partnership," he added.
AAA
supports ethical investments of all kinds, including investment in
sustainable forestry plantation projects, such as those run in Brazil
by firms like Greenwood
Management.
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