This post began as an innocent nod to the Calgary Microcredit Conference that is taking place on September 11. In Alberta, just as in many places, we are seeing folks come forward into the nonprofit sector and social space who want to do more than donate their money.
Investors
In the past two years, the popular press, for good reason, has railed against the lack of regulation, systemic failures, and rampant conflicts of interest that led to the recent financial crisis. Securitized products, and derivatives of those products, have been featured prominently as analysts, academics, and legislators assign blame for the bank failures and the market turmoil of the past two years.
One of the biggest struggles in the social enterprise industry is the fact that it is still in its infancy. Thus, although remarkable new ideas and enterprises are entering the space by the day, there remains a significant lack of tangible examples and standards in place to clearly define which people and enterprises fit into the realm of social enterprise.
As market makers involved in social finance, we know that nothing stays the same and are continuously on the look out for opportunities to report on the changing political and economic landscape.
Causeway Social Finance and SocialFinance.ca are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2nd annual Canada Day at the Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco.
Jeff Mowatt on Three Business Models for the Bottom Billion
Sep 03, 2010