The case for social and green finances that help ignite faster progress toward the SDGs, and create long-lasting socioeconomic impact for millions of people worldwide is overwhelming and persuasive.
High Impact Capital Advisors Ltd. and Ningxia Dongfang Huimin Microfinance Corp. Ltd. (Huimin) announce the completion of CNY 45 million equity investment by IFU and Incofin Investment Management. High Impact Capital Advisors Ltd. has advised and raised CNY 45,000,000 (approx. USD 6,830,000) equity capital with an option of additional CNY 11,250,000 investment (approx. USD 1,710,000) for Ningxia Dongfang Humin Microfinance Corp. Ltd., a Chinese microfinance institution. Huimin founded as a poverty alleviation non-profit in 1996, makes loans mainly to rural women organized into lending groups who are jointly responsible for repaying all borrowings, a method modelled on microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus's Grameen Bank.
The Pandemic is bringing out the best in people across the world. Volunteers are looking out for theelderly and vulnerable neighbors. In Europe, people are singing to one another to keep spirits up associal distancing and self-isolation become the norm. One of our High Impact Capital Advisors Ltd. clients in Zhejiang who manufactures certified medical grade masks. Our team was able to purchase masks from this manufacturer, work with our international partners including the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), a Danish governmental development financial institution; Odense University Hospital(OUH) in Denmark; BankIm Bistum Essen eG (BIB), a German cooperative bank; Holy Trinity Brompton’s Alpha International; and African Parks to donate these CE and US FDA certified medical grade masks to Denmark, Germany, the UK, South Africa, the US and China.
Symbiotics and High Impact Capital Advisors (HICA) announce new USD 8.9 million loan agreement for CD Finance. Symbiotics, with the support of High Impact Capital Advisors (HICA) has raised CNY 63,000,000 (approx. USD 8,900,000) for CD Finance, a Chinese microfinance company focused on empowering the rural economy and the development of underserved groups, thereby alleviating poverty. CD Finance's goal is to support microentrepreneurs by providing productive financing. Through its loan offering, CD Finance seeks to support rural clients in producing income-generating activities and providing working capital for micro borrowers, especially women
Coinciding with 2020 Asia Financial Inclusion Forum(AFIF), UNDP and High Impact Capital Advisors (HICA) co- hosted a private luncheon dialogue on democratizing digitaltechnology to create scale for financial inclusion, a case study ofimplications and challenges for the China financial inclusion market at InterContinental Hotel, Bangkok on January 22, 2020. 30 invited guests attended the luncheon event including Mr. Steven Ying, Managing Partner of High Impact Capital Advisors Ltd.; Ms. Nan Li Collins, Head of SDG Innovative Finance, UNDP; and Founding Partner of AFIF, Mr. Borja Gutierrez.
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Ningxia Baofeng YanbaoCharity Foundation jointly hosted the 2nd annual Philanthropy Summit on Sustainable Development at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on November 23, 2019. Mr. Steven Ying, the Managing Partner of High Impact Capital Advisors LTD. attended the Event and he spoke at a plenary session on Common Actions for Sustainable Development. Nearly 100 influential philanthropists, impact investors, business elites, academia experts including Mr. Qu Dongyu, Director General of UNFAO; Mr. Dang Yanbao, Chairman of Yanbao Charity Foundation; Mr. Liu Fuqing, Vice President of China Charity Federation; Mr. Wang Yi, Vice President of the China Academy of Science’s Institute of Science and Development; Mr. Ma Weihua, Chairman of China Global Philanthropy Institute, and Member of UNDP SDG Impact Steering Group; Mr. Lu Dezhi, Chairman of Hua Min Foundation; and Mr. Fukutake Soichiro, Founder of Fukutake Foundation (Japan); Mr. Wang Zhenyao, the President of China Global Philanthropy Institute; Mr. Lei Hongpeng, Chief Representative of China Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and as well as representatives of world renowned research institutions, secretary-generals of charitable foundations, chief executive of major corporations joined the Event.
