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Olivia Wang

5 min read

Member SZC Impact Holdings provides best practices on how decentralized technologies can enable better impact assessments and thus facilitate social finance and inclusive economies.

Meeta Misra

5 Min Read

At the AVPN Conference 2018, collaborative funding was seen as a growing trend. A panel of thought leaders discussed the opportunities and challenges in developing successful collaborations.

Ruth A Shapiro

4 min

The Centre of Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS) highlights 3 key insights that enable and/or impede social investment in Asia.

Patsian Low

5 min

Encouraging landscape for innovative cross-sector, evidence-based funding in Asia, or Pay-For-Success (PFS) models. Find out what it takes to overcome market challenges to execute PFS successfully.

Kevin Tan

4 min

With an established presence in UK, US and Australia, Third Sector seeks to bring Pay For Success (PFS) projects to Asia to troubleshoot issues of ageing population, healthcare and more.

Cindy Wang

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Despite more Chinese philanthropists and HNWIs taking more active roles in tackling social issues, only a small group is supporting the environmental sector.
 
Find out what are the trends, challenges, and opportunities in store to drive strategic philanthropy in the region.

Keilem Ng

4 min read

The AVPN Impact Investment Series kicked off with a full house, and welcomed Garden Impact Investments to share ways to make a start in impact investing.

Chen Zhu

3 min read

Historically, philanthropic giving and wealth management in China has been completely separated and unaligned.

However, there is an increasing, and more strategic commitment amongst social ecosystem stakeholders.

Patricia Chu

3 min read

Director of Memberships, AVPN, highlights 3 reasons why the impact investing industry in Asia has not reached its potential.

As such, here are a few opportunities to contribute to the growing impact investing space in Asia.

Anh Nguyen

3 min read

We draw 3 key takeaways from AVPN member Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation’s approach to grow a vibrant social innovation culture in East Asia.

As “Collaborating for Impact” is a key theme for the AVPN Conference 2017, here are a few examples of multi-sector collaborations within the social investment landscape.

Patricia Chu

2 min read

To build partnerships to increase the flow of giving between Europe and Asia, The King Baudouin’s Foundation (KBF), the largest foundation in Belgium had its first roadshow in Asia.

Glean key findings drawn from our members from Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore on cross border philanthropy.

Agnes Arbon

Tencent Core Founder and Philanthropist, Charles Chen Yidan, announces the launch of Yidan Prize the world’s biggest education award.