Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Impact Investing
2. Language of Instruction:
Tiếng Việt
3. Course Code:
IMP617012
4. Credits:
3
5. Course Objectives:
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
Impact Investing is a discipline which seeks to generate social benefits as well as financial returns. From boutique beginnings, Impact Investing has surged into the mainstream of global money management, now affecting trillions of dollars of assets. The greatest demand is for strategies and products that promote social good while having expected returns competitive with non-impact options.
This finance elective will provide a detailed introduction to this emerging sector of impact investing, equipping students with vital, practitioner-focused skills in the following areas:
- Basic of investment management and diversification strategy;
- Equity, debt and alternative investment structuring for early- through late-stage social ventures;
- Assessment of impact and financial value for companies and investment portfolios;
- Legal and governance strategies to preserve mission-focus throughout organizational scale;
- Roles of investment funds and philanthropy in building the impact investing marketplace.